Tag: Canada insurance

Auto insurance data shows Ford trucks loved by thieves

Canada Auto Insurance

The IBC has released its report identifying the 10 most stolen vehicles. The auto Insurance Bureau of Canada has just announced its list of the 10 vehicles that are the most popular targets of thieves and has identified Ford trucks at the top of this list, particularly in the province of Alberta. The report covered vehicle thefts from across the country but provided a breakdown by province. This IBC list is issued once per year in order to help auto insurance companies and consumers to better identify the vehicles that…

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Insurance news from Canada shows $100 million in claims from Sandy

Julie Campbell
Toronto Ontario Canada Auto Insurance News

After the superstorm pummeled through the United States, it smashed into Canadian provinces. According to the most recent insurance news estimates from Canada, after leaving the United States, superstorm Sandy led to insured property damage that will total approximately $100 million. These statistics were issued from the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) based on claims received. The IBC has based this data on the claims that are being made in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec. The estimate is still considered to be preliminary, but it has now been…

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Disability insurance could cost Canadians $600 million to repay veterans

Cost sharing health plan makes insurance news

The ruling to compensate disabled vets for their military pensions comes with a high price. The recent ruling that the Canadian government must compensate veterans with disability insurance payments as a part of their military pensions with retroactive payments that span back nearly four decades could be an extremely costly one. The internal estimates produced by the government have shown that this could cost $600 million. They have also stated that this figure may be on the low side of the scale. At the end of last week, the attorneys…

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Canada to make changes to unemployment insurance regulations

S.Vagus
Unemployment insurance

Unemployment regulations targeted by Conservative government Employment insurance in Canada is undergoing some major changes. The government has announced changes to employment insurance regulations that are meant to address the high unemployment rates the country is facing currently. This unemployment rate is leading to a high payouts, which has put the government under a degree of financial stress. The government believes that these changes to insurance regulations will encourage the unemployed to accept lower-paying jobs or commute to more distant locations, which could get the unemployed back to work and…

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Increase expected for commercial insurance rates

H. Cutner

Though consumers have been seeing steady increases in rates for casualty, property, home, and auto insurance, companies have not seen any notable raises in their own insurance costs. Yet. The sensitivity of businesses to increases for insurance rates runs much deeper, and some new competition has brought some of the business for commercial insurance to Canada. Those two factors have allowed the price of those plans and policies to remain relatively steady over the last few years. However, according to RSA Canada’s chief executive, Rowan Saunders, this trend will not…

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