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Your Source For Daily Insurance News & AnalysisRead moreRising costs due to COVID-19 are partly to blame for premium hikes, insurers say
Soaring commercial auto insurance rates, onerous conditions ‘killing us,’ small businesses say
Rising costs due to COVID-19 are partly to blame for premium hikes, insurers say The excerpted article was written by John Lancaster · CBC News For more than five years, Frank Hunt's moving company has been a pillar of his community in Barrie, Ont., but he...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among Canadian women (excluding non-melanoma skin cancers). It is the second leading cause of death from cancer in Canadian women. Breast cancer can also occur in men, but it is not common.
Hub International Acquires Certain Assets of Ontario-Based Mumby Insurance Brokers Inc
Hub International Limited (Hub), a leading global insurance brokerage, announced today that it has acquired the property and casualty and employee benefits businesses of Mumby Insurance Brokers Incorporated (Mumby Insurance). Terms of the transaction were not...
Canada’s hospitality businesses face new threat amid coronavirus – rising insurance
The excerpted article was written By Nichola Saminather | Reuters Canadian hospitality businesses, already reeling from the downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, are facing yet another existential threat as insurance companies spike premiums or exit the space,...
Toronto hospital network says 150 patients affected by data breach
By Denise Paglinawan THE CANADIAN PRESS TORONTO _ A Toronto hospital network says about 150 patients have been affected by a data breach in which their medical records were allegedly used in an extortion attempt involving a third-party provider. Unity Health Toronto...
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Fake website offers to book driving tests, Manitoba Public Insurance warns
Anyone who booked appointment on the site should report it to Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre CBC News Manitoba Public Insurance is warning people about a fraudulent website offering to book road and knowledge tests for drivers. "It has come to the attention of Manitoba...
Read moreExisting policy holders received rebate cheques, but drivers seeking new policies saw higher average prices
Despite early COVID-19 rebates, car insurance rates have risen during pandemic and are set to rise more
Existing policy holders received rebate cheques, but drivers seeking new policies saw higher average prices The excerpted article was written by Pete Evans · CBC News Despite highly publicized rebates from companies in the early days of the pandemic, rates for new...
Benefits By Design (BBD) Inc. partners with PocketPills to provide digital pharmacy services to CDN businesses
SURREY, BC, Oct. 5, 2020 /CNW/ - PocketPills, Canada's leading digital pharmacy, today announced their partnership with Benefits by Design (BBD) Inc., to provide cost-effective benefit plans to its members by leveraging PocketPills digital pharmacy platform. Through...
CRA to withhold tax from new Covid-19 benefits
Unlike the CERB, new benefits will be subject to 10% tax at source The excerpted article was written By Rudy Mezzetta The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will withhold 10% tax at source from amounts distributed through three new Covid-19 recovery benefits announced by the...
Novacap Acquires Interest In AGA Financial Group
MONTREAL, Oct. 5, 2020 /CNW/ - Novacap, one of Canada's leading private equity firms, announced that it acquired an interest in AGA Financial Group Inc. ("AGA"), one of Quebec's leading employee benefits advisory firms and third-party administrators of group insurance...
