Tag: "Insurance Company"

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JEVCO-owner Westaim posts Q1 profit of $4.4 million

“Westaim completed a positive first quarter in 2012. Our non-standard automobile line of business, in line with our industry peers, continues to reflect profitable results and we expect this to continue in the remainder of 2012,” said CEO Cameron MacDonald

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FSCO proposes upgrade to solvency standards for Ontario-incorporated insurance companies

“In responding to new risks arising from these developments, insurance supervisors around the world, including OSFI, have been embracing stronger solvency standards,” says FSCO

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A.M. Best comments on Intact Financial’s proposed acquisition of JEVCO

“Given the close proximity to the recent sizeable acquisition of AXA, A.M. Best believes that execution risk is heightened slightly,” said A.M. Best

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Intact Financial acquires JEVCO for $530 million

Adjusting for the payment of a $30 million cash dividend paid by JEVCO to Westaim during the first quarter of fiscal 2012, the purchase price is approximately 1.38 times the net book value of JEVCO as at December 31, 2011

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Applied Systems opening Canadian data center

Company says its third facility – and first in Canada – to meet growing demand for online broker management systems

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Intact Insurance, Policy Works launch portfolio download

Intact Insurance to become Canada’s first private insurer to offer brokers with Policy Works, an enhanced connectivity solution

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Busted: Four true tales of Canadian insurance fraud

To mark March as Fraud Awareness Month, IBC has compiled a few of the more bizarre fraud cases it has come across lately

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The riskiest film of 2011

“‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ featured a wide range of risky elements, including motorcycle, skateboarding, fight and torture scenes, and filming in foreign locations, which all contributed appreciably to its overall risk”

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Glenn Williams appointed President & CEO of Western Financial Insurance Company

Glenn Williams replaces Randy Valpy, effective January 20, 2012

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Google fined for bad autocomplete suggestion on French insurance company

Search engine fined $65,000 after its autocomplete suggested “crook” or “scammer” after company name

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Insurer for Sandusky charity argues over legal expenses

New Jersey-based Federal Insurance Co., a subsidiary of The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, says that any illegal acts committed by Sandusky were not committed in his capacity as an official of Second Mile

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An open letter from ICBC President and CEO Jon Schubert to insurance customers

ICBC President and CEO Jon Schubert has written an open letter to BC insureds in regards to the company’s Q3 results and their impact on rates

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Fugitive insurance fraudster sentenced to seven years in prison

Emmanuel Feuerwerker, still on the lam, sentenced in absentia for his role in $620,000 fraud scam

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Insurer sues Hallmark to recover $1.8M after fire linked to snow globe destroyed Michigan home

The lawsuit, filed Nov. 2 in federal court in Grand Rapids, accuses Hallmark and a Taiwan company of negligence and product liability

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Biting coverage for Obama

“We’ve got the crocodile insurance ready to go for Michelle and the kids – 50 grand if the president does get taken.”

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FSCO warns Rockfort Company Ltd. not licensed to do insurance business in Ontario

The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) is warning consumers that Rockfort Company Ltd. is not licensed to do insurance business in Ontario as either an agent or company

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A.M. Best withdraws ratings of Kingsway Financial Services Inc. and its subsidiaries

Withdrawals follow Kingsway Financial Services Inc.’s request to no longer participate in A.M. Best’s interactive rating process

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Western Financial Group building new office complex in Winnipeg

Western Financial Group will be the anchor tenant at the new complex at 600 Empress Street

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IBM’s Watson supercomputer, famous for ‘Jeopardy!’, moving to health insurance at WellPoint

IBM’s supercomputer system, best known for trouncing the world’s best “Jeopardy!” players on TV, is being tapped by one of the U.S.’s largest health insurers to help diagnose medical problems and authorize treatments

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