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By Dan Joling THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ANCHORAGE, Alaska _ More Arctic sea ice melting each summer from global warming is making it easier for ships to plot routes through the environmentally sensitive Bering Strait, and is prompting concerns among U.S. Coast Guard...
Saint John’s Operation Red Nose revived for Christmas season
CBC News | New Brunswick Operation Red Nose will ride again in the Saint John area. The program provides free rides during the Christmas season to prevent people from drinking and driving. it was halted a few years ago, when the local operators couldn't find an...
Risks remain even as courts hold back on liability for private parties
Written By Chella Turnbull | Law Times With the holiday season approaching, it’s a good time for a reminder about the liability issues facing commercial establishments for the actions of their drunk patrons. The issue is a source of amazement to many foreigners. If...
Quebec: Industrial Alliance acquires BBA Financial Group
By Alain Theriault , Serge Therrien , Hubert Roy iA Financial Group (Industrial Alliance) has signed an agreement to purchase the operations of Quebec managing general agent BBA Financial Group on Dec. 1, 2015. This confirms the news that we reported last week. The...
TIC Travel Insurance Coordinators becomes Allianz Global Assistance
TORONTO, Nov. 16, 2015 /CNW/ - Allianz Global Assistance and TIC Travel Insurance Coordinators (TIC), which merged to form one of Canada's largest providers of travel insurance and assistance in January 2015, officially became one in both name and brand on November...
Economical Executive Changes
Press Release: WATERLOO, ON, November 17, 2015 - Economical Insurance today announced that Michael Gagnier has left the company to pursue other endeavours. "We thank Michael for his leadership over the past three years as senior vice-president and chief information...
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Square One finds 91% of Canadians are unaware of a common home insurance condition that can result in a claim denial
"As our survey found, most people simply don't know about this common home insurance condition," says Vander Zalm. " Canada NewsWire VANCOUVER, Nov. 16, 2015 /CNW/ - Square One recently conducted a survey to determine awareness levels of a common home insurance...
Paris air travel proceeds, but some cancel future visits as subdued mood prevails
By David Koenig THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Even as airlines operated a normal schedule of flights into and out of Paris, travellers with future plans to visit the French capital reconsidered their options after a series of terror attacks. Some quickly cancelled their...
It’s time for a consumer insurance bureau in Ontario: Speaker’s Corner
Written By Peter Cozzi and Darryl Singer | Law Times Personal injury professionals have expressed much consternation of late about the drastic changes to the Insurance Act and the statutory accident benefits schedule. Paralegals, who for years have derived a nice...
Questions raised about General Motors, government action in recall over thousands of car fires
By Tom Krisher And Dee-Ann Durbin THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DETROIT - Shortly after Elizabeth Berry parked her bright yellow 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS on the street in front of her family's home in May 2014, flames engulfed the engine, destroying the car and scorching...
