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Your Source For Daily Insurance News & AnalysisMastercard to open $510M cyber-security centre in Vancouver
The excerpted article was written by Tyler Orton Business in Vancouver Ottawa is putting up nearly $50 million to boost the presence of Mastercard Inc. in Vancouver with the launch of a $510 million cyber security centre. The credit card company announced Thursday...
Does private insurance fit with Canada’s health system?
In Canada, private medical insurance does not exist. Our health care system does not allow paying with private health insurance for any …
State of emergency, not a reason to deny auto insurance
Erin Norwood, Atlantic Canada’s manager of government relations for the Insurance Bureau of Canada, said while companies don’t condone …
Manitoba offering disaster aid to those affected by severe October snowstorm
WINNIPEG _ The Manitoba government is offering disaster assistance to municipalities, homeowners, farms and small businesses pummelled by a vicious snowstorm in October. More than 250,000 electricity customers lost power at some point as thick, heavy snow brought down...
Avoiding potholes: An insurance expert’s how-to guide
CTV Montreal Re-run They wreak havoc on our cars, our nerves and our wallets, and no matter how much we try to fix them, it seems potholes are as Quebec as poutine. With potholes so much a part of the landscape, you would think that by now most Quebecers would know...
Black History Month stamp celebrates little-known hockey history
The Colored Hockey Championship stamp tells the story of overcoming adversity HALIFAX, Jan. 23, 2020 /CNW/ - Canada Post today unveiled a stamp honouring the Colored Hockey Championship and the all-Black hockey teams in the Maritimes that competed for it between 1895...
How Canadian researchers are using data to track the spread of the coronavirus
TORONTO _ Canadian researchers are making advances in tracking the trajectory of viral illnesses, like the emergent coronavirus, as they try to stay ahead of any potential threat to Canada. From global flight patterns to learning the names of individual patients,...
China virus outbreak may wallop economy, financial markets
By Elaine Kurtenbach THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGKOK _ News that a new virus that has afflicted hundreds of people in central China can spread between humans has rattled financial markets and raised concern it might wallop the economy just as it might be regaining...
Car crash injury claims aren’t increasing, insurance can handle costs
LAUREN BOOTHBY Edmonton Journal An Alberta group advocating for fair auto insurance is out with a new report challenging the reasoning behind scrapping a rate cap that will now see some drivers paying nearly 30 per cent more for auto insurance this year. Insurers have...
Report says auto insurance hikes unnecessary
City News The excerpted article was written by Kenny Mason, Andrea Montgomery CALGARY (660 NEWS) – Drivers continue to see rising auto insurance rates but one group says the hikes aren’t needed. Last month, the United Conservative government announced it was creating...
