Site Map (Articles) for August - 2026

Date
Title
25 Aug 2026
Intact Insurance keeps claimant within Minor Injury Guideline despite shoulder tear
25 Aug 2026
Definity avoids translation services claim in Minor Injury Guideline dispute
25 Aug 2026
Aviva loses class action disclosure appeal in CDSPI dentist case
25 Aug 2026
Allstate defeats bid to split neuropsychological assessment past fee cap
25 Aug 2026
Why some Ontario newcomers pay triple for car insurance
25 Aug 2026
What Ontario's remote wildfires mean for commercial insurers
25 Aug 2026
IBC pushes climate adaptation into Quebec's election campaign
25 Aug 2026
Sentric Specialty enters Canada with a Beazley renewal-rights deal
25 Aug 2026
US-Canada tariff war escalates as Ottawa hits back with US$20 billion tariffs
25 Aug 2026
Sun Life and Wilton Re form reinsurer to scale block acquisitions
25 Aug 2026
Depreciated payouts are leaving contractors owing more than their wrecked equipment is worth
25 Aug 2026
Gen Z is twice as likely to gut their insurance coverage when money gets tight
25 Aug 2026
HDI Global targets lead market position in fine art and specie
25 Aug 2026
Freight's green switch is creating a claims gap for brokers
25 Aug 2026
Trump's 50% auto tariff threat adds to a cost pressure already hitting Canadian premiums
25 Aug 2026
Ottawa urged to back First Nations insurance captive
25 Aug 2026
Canada's data centre boom is straining conventional underwriting
25 Aug 2026
Sun Life launches Online Counselling
24 Aug 2026
TD General beats treatment plan claim after late clinical notes ruling
24 Aug 2026
Nordic Insurance defeats catastrophically injured driver's attendant care benefits claim
24 Aug 2026
ICBC driver stays at fault despite parking lot assault claim
24 Aug 2026
Court approves settlement notice for Aviva class action from Ontario denturists
24 Aug 2026
WTW flags structural shift beneath general aviation insurance soft market
24 Aug 2026
What Teresa Palandra wants to accomplish in her first year running Marsh Canada
24 Aug 2026
Navigating tariffs, thefts and talent
24 Aug 2026
Panama Canal cuts traffic over El Niño, and it might not be the last chokepoint to break
24 Aug 2026
Wildfires in Europe are exploding - Canada may have a problem too
24 Aug 2026
US-Canada trade talks collapse, leaving brokers with a specific and immediate to-do list
24 Aug 2026
A BC lightning storm sparked 50 wildfires and a flood alert at the same time
24 Aug 2026
Alberta's 20 carrier shutdowns show what a national trucking database would - and would not - fix
24 Aug 2026
SGI's own office floods as insurer pushes through contested rate hike
21 Aug 2026
Tribunal cuts driver's fault to 60% after ICBC overlooks e-scooter rule
21 Aug 2026
Prince Harry given one week to pay share of CAD$17.9m
21 Aug 2026
Brokers need to ask this one valuation question before insuring an office-to-residential conversion
21 Aug 2026
Contact sports are one of the hardest insurance classes to place, broker says
21 Aug 2026
Alberta's crop insurance market is still catching up - and a single storm can undo a quiet season
21 Aug 2026
Flood coverage gap puts pressure on Canada's broker channel
21 Aug 2026
Bald Range fire traps B.C. brokers against closing coverage window
21 Aug 2026
Co-operators names Craig Bran CIO - and gives him the AI claims platform he already built
21 Aug 2026
Record El Niño arrives as reinsurance pricing hits cycle lows
20 Aug 2026
Intact beats pedestrian's accident benefits bid at Ontario tribunal hearing
20 Aug 2026
Wawanesa wins most accident benefits treatment plan claims as fees cut
20 Aug 2026
Certas keeps claimant under Minor Injury Guideline, denies special award bid
20 Aug 2026
Definity Insurance defeats driver's $27,716 dental claim over accident causation
20 Aug 2026
Ontario court approves notice plan for Aviva, Legion branch settlement
20 Aug 2026
The farm insurance gap brokers keep missing: the operation changed and the policy didn't
20 Aug 2026
The Arctic is opening as a shipping route - and the insurance industry isn't ready
20 Aug 2026
US-Canada tariff deal could ease claims pressure - but exporters' risk profiles have shifted
20 Aug 2026
Cadillac F1 owner denies sale talk as insurance probe widens
20 Aug 2026
150 structures confirmed lost to Bald Range fire as evacuees begin filing claims
20 Aug 2026
AXIS Capital names Jim Rhyner to lead financial lines, programs and Canada business
20 Aug 2026
Intact built a miniature house and destroyed it five ways
20 Aug 2026
Sun Life's AI advisor tools are live - but the E-23 governance race is the bigger story
19 Aug 2026
Intact beats catastrophic impairment claim after surveillance and expert dispute
19 Aug 2026
TD General wins IRB clawback despite claimant's section 44 defence
19 Aug 2026
SGI Canada loses MIG argument over its own psychological report
19 Aug 2026
Intact Insurance defeats special award bid after Minor Injury Guideline loss
19 Aug 2026
Why global insurers are rebuilding their life insurance books
19 Aug 2026
Tech training can exacerbate employee burnout: Canadian study
19 Aug 2026
AI efficiency gains mean nothing if insurers target headcount before examining the work
19 Aug 2026
How brokers can help clients cut their car theft risk before it hits their premium
19 Aug 2026
Gallagher Re creates digital risk unit as AI reshapes accumulation
19 Aug 2026
HDI Global Canada adds primary cyber product as group H1 results hold firm
19 Aug 2026
Tariff deadline extended by three days, but trade credit exposure is not going anywhere
19 Aug 2026
Property Guardian enters Canada's wildfire risk scoring market - and it is not alone
19 Aug 2026
Toronto's lithium-ion battery fires are up 250% since 2022, data show
19 Aug 2026
Alberta Care-First pricing can now begin - but the $260 savings figure is not locked in
18 Aug 2026
Primmum Insurance beats treatment plan dispute over unclaimed accident benefits
18 Aug 2026
Saskatchewan Government Insurance loses fight over no-fault insurance notice of appeal
18 Aug 2026
New Brunswick court denies insurer bid to force examination under oath
18 Aug 2026
Commonwell fails to bar accident benefits claim over insurer's examination
18 Aug 2026
Dominion beats accident benefits claim over assessor conflict of interest
18 Aug 2026
BFL Canada on the entertainment industry's most overlooked exposure
18 Aug 2026
Listing your cottage on Airbnb without telling your insurer could cost you your claim
18 Aug 2026
Aon CFO departs as broker reaffirms 2026 guidance
18 Aug 2026
McDougall expands into group insurance as Duliban acquires Mississauga's Insuranceland
18 Aug 2026
Ontario-Quebec storm losses climb to $439 million - CatIQ
18 Aug 2026
Wawanesa's mobile claims unit arrives in Penticton as Summerland re-entry expands
18 Aug 2026
Insurance Institute of Canada and CIP Society name 2026 Rhind Bursary recipients
17 Aug 2026
Intact defeats claimant's bid to escape Ontario's minor injury cap
17 Aug 2026
Insurer's examination sinks claimant's chronic pain Minor Injury Guideline claim
17 Aug 2026
Intact Insurance beats accident benefits claim despite limitation period gap
17 Aug 2026
Belair Insurance acted in bad faith on accident benefits, tribunal finds
17 Aug 2026
Definity Insurance beats special award bid despite losing assistive devices claim
17 Aug 2026
Aon names Brad Lorimer as CEO of Canada, two months after predecessor's departure to Lockton
17 Aug 2026
Gas prices push Canadian inflation to 3%, and insurers are watching closely
17 Aug 2026
Aon brings US$200 million in dedicated capacity to R&W and tax insurance
17 Aug 2026
Aviva Canada's CEO won't chase a soft commercial market, even as pricing pressure builds into 2027
17 Aug 2026
As US-Canada trade talks remain unresolved, Allianz Trade CEO urges a three-part risk framework
17 Aug 2026
Who will earn a spot on the Hot List 2026?
17 Aug 2026
BC's 'super' El Niño could set up a drier, earlier start to the 2027 wildfire season
17 Aug 2026
Why FireSmart discounts still aren't standardized, even as mandatory rules gain support
17 Aug 2026
THIA data: Canada's US travel boycott is reshaping insurance demand, not just destinations
17 Aug 2026
IBC renews $65 billion infrastructure call
16 Aug 2026
Moody's pushes for near-term framework to translate climate risk into credit terms
16 Aug 2026
Talanx posts record H1 profit as HDI Global Canada pushes deeper into specialty
14 Aug 2026
Tribunal upholds TD General Insurance denial of psychological treatment claim
14 Aug 2026
Primmum Insurance faces split tribunal ruling over accident benefits claims
14 Aug 2026
Onlia beats claimant's $5,108 physiotherapy claim as tribunal cites stalled recovery
14 Aug 2026
Intact Insurance beats Minor Injury Guideline claim after psychological tests backfire
14 Aug 2026
Aviva defeats catastrophic impairment claim as tribunal cites tax records
14 Aug 2026
Car thieves shifting from relay attacks to CAN bus intrusions, Équité Association says
14 Aug 2026
Standard equipment insurance can't keep up with how contractors actually work, CHES CEO says
14 Aug 2026
Aviva Canada's combined ratio improves - but the commercial book is flashing a warning to brokers
13 Aug 2026
ECCC launches new targeted warning system for severe thunderstorm and tornadoes
13 Aug 2026
HUSAR team deployed to Bald Range as province plans formal loss notification
13 Aug 2026
La Caisse flags AI pressure on insurance valuations
13 Aug 2026
HDI Global Canada opens Vancouver office, expanding Western Canada underwriting
13 Aug 2026
Dominion avoids special award despite losing psychological injuries treatment dispute
13 Aug 2026
Fogged windows sink plumbing company's fight against ICBC's fault split
13 Aug 2026
Ontario court upholds Dominion's fleet coverage denial, rejects duty to defend
13 Aug 2026
Fake driver's licence fraud voids vicarious liability in ICBC case
13 Aug 2026
QBE's adjusted profit rises to $1.03 billion in half-year result
13 Aug 2026
A sanctioned Russian insurer has quietly emerged behind the salvage of the tanker rotting off Oman
13 Aug 2026
Definity beats food delivery driver's accident benefits bid at tribunal
13 Aug 2026
Marine insurance is racing to the bottom, and nobody's stopping it, source says
13 Aug 2026
Recent graduates are more open to AI for insurance research, but trust still lags
13 Aug 2026
Marsh names Chetna Gulati-Kapoor global chief claims officer
13 Aug 2026
Desjardins P&C earnings hold flat as June Quebec storms drive claims higher
13 Aug 2026
IBC sends mobile support team to Penticton as Bald Range evacuation drags on
13 Aug 2026
Six in 10 Canadian small businesses still uninsured - but the gap has stabilized
13 Aug 2026
What Sagicor's Q2 results mean for ivari policyholders and brokers
12 Aug 2026
Definity Insurance defeats claimant's staged accident benefits claim at LAT
12 Aug 2026
Co-operators defeats claimant's Minor Injury Guideline bid over psychological assessment
12 Aug 2026
Ontario tribunal reopens Definity MIG ruling over flawed validity testing reasoning
12 Aug 2026
Concussion wins driver relief from forfeiture in Aviva notice fight
12 Aug 2026
Definity beats Allstate's excluded driver coverage challenge in Ontario court
12 Aug 2026
CUSMA breakdown could cost Canada over 100,000 jobs: report
12 Aug 2026
AI job elimination fears are 'a bit of a myth,' Deloitte's Sood says
12 Aug 2026
Farms have split into two different businesses, and underwriting needs to follow
12 Aug 2026
Data centre fire losses expose risks brokers cannot afford to miss
12 Aug 2026
Hurricane Debby's flooding closes at $2.8 billion
12 Aug 2026
Bald Range claims are already building, even without a damage count
12 Aug 2026
IBC wants Calgary's cancelled roofing rebate back - one builder's move shows why
12 Aug 2026
Auto theft falls 10.1% again, but Canadian premiums aren't following
11 Aug 2026
Intact Insurance's denial notices undercut its Minor Injury Guideline win
11 Aug 2026
TD beats Minor Injury Guideline, limitation period challenge over pending exam
11 Aug 2026
Tribunal orders ICBC to reinstate mother's caregiver benefits
11 Aug 2026
Dominion loses fight to block accident benefits package delivery duty
11 Aug 2026
Cashflow, not tariffs, is the biggest risk to Canadian businesses right now
11 Aug 2026
Event cancellation coverage is narrowing, and clients need to buy back key perils, BFL Canada says
11 Aug 2026
Six-year-low catastrophe losses aren't the reassurance they look like
11 Aug 2026
Appeals court keeps Meta, Google and TikTok on the hook over young users
11 Aug 2026
A sanctioned tanker is rotting off Oman's coast, and no insurer has stepped up to pay for it
11 Aug 2026
B.C.'s state of emergency turns Bald Range access into a claims bottleneck
11 Aug 2026
Steel freight rebate could concentrate supply chain risk onto two rail networks
11 Aug 2026
TD Bank flags $117 million in catastrophe claims as Prairie storms bite
11 Aug 2026
GreenShield funds national menopause study as employer costs pass $3.5 billion
10 Aug 2026
Intact defeats claimant's MIG bid over Court of Appeal precedent
10 Aug 2026
Insurance Business reveals Canada’s best young insurance professionals for 2026
10 Aug 2026
Halifax bomb threat renews questions about Canada's terrorism insurance gap
10 Aug 2026
Brokers are asking for higher social engineering fraud limits
10 Aug 2026
Wildfire smoke is quietly damaging homes and businesses far from the fire itself
10 Aug 2026
The Best Young Insurance Professionals Under 35 in Canada | Rising Stars
10 Aug 2026
Insurers thought the threat to cyber was bad from AI. Now even OpenAI is scared
09 Aug 2026
Empire Life results show what's back in demand
09 Aug 2026
Co-operators' own captive insurer won't touch complex commercial risk without a broker
09 Aug 2026
Sun Life telegraphs its next board chair nearly a year out
09 Aug 2026
Intact commits $1 million to Team Canada Olympians through new community grant program
09 Aug 2026
BHSI Canada expands surety and cyber lines as Berkshire's reinsurance arm posts a stronger quarter
09 Aug 2026
Rates keep falling, but car, casualty and D&O show where the soft market is fraying
07 Aug 2026
ICBC's fault split survives after Milani Plumbing's evidence falls short
07 Aug 2026
Certas denial letter clears Minor Injury Guideline notice hurdle at LAT
07 Aug 2026
Wawanesa avoids payout despite late accident benefit denials
07 Aug 2026
Certas defeats income replacement benefit claim over essential tasks gap
07 Aug 2026
Westland just turned up in 13 Southern Interior communities
07 Aug 2026
Insurance agent loses licence after tribunal decision
07 Aug 2026
IBC: theft falling, but insurance losses still triple 2015 levels
07 Aug 2026
Trisura posts 84.9% combined ratio as Canadian surety market softens
07 Aug 2026
Sun Life group sales jump 27% on broker demand
07 Aug 2026
Prairie storm losses climb 140% in five years
07 Aug 2026
Everest sells Mexico unit to Fairfax
07 Aug 2026
AXA XL just bought the vendor half of every cyber panel it sat on
07 Aug 2026
AIG's Q2 looks solid. International brokers should read the detail
07 Aug 2026
What Allianz's record result means for Canadian brokers placing commercial risks
07 Aug 2026
Canopius grows profit while cutting Bermuda contracts on price
06 Aug 2026
Aviva loses session duration fight as tribunal backs treating practitioner
06 Aug 2026
TD loses consent form fight as tribunal backs assessor independence clause
06 Aug 2026
ICBC denies dealership's $5 million claim over garage policy coverage gap
06 Aug 2026
Certas defeats deemed incurred and attendant care benefits claims at tribunal
06 Aug 2026
A century-old brokerage joins McDougall as Drayden's rural expansion continues
06 Aug 2026
Insurers mobilize as BC wildfires destroy hundreds of homes and force 8,000 from their properties
06 Aug 2026
OpenAI's AI models teamed up to hack their way online. Then Meta admitted a breach of its own
06 Aug 2026
Liberty Mutual posts US$2.6 billion quarter as cats drop, but core costs rise
06 Aug 2026
Why your agentic AI pilots fail to deliver returns
06 Aug 2026
Swiss Re P&C hits 76.7% combined ratio but pricing gap widens
06 Aug 2026
Zurich posts 13% BOP growth and US$3.5bn net income in H1 2026 as Beazley deal nears completion
06 Aug 2026
Critical minerals risk is physical, not just geopolitical
06 Aug 2026
Manulife posts 12% core earnings growth in Q2 2026
06 Aug 2026
Gallagher acquires Vancouver-based digital tenant insurance broker Apollo
06 Aug 2026
Reinsurance relief meets record catastrophe frequency: what it means for 2026 renewals
06 Aug 2026
iA Financial Group posts 25% growth in premiums and deposits
05 Aug 2026
Hagerty moves to 100% quota share under new Markel fronting arrangement, retaining underwriting
05 Aug 2026
CAA fails to overturn catastrophic impairment ruling in crash benefits fight
05 Aug 2026
Ontario tribunal upholds insurer's MIG defense despite flawed denial notice
05 Aug 2026
Court finds vehicle owner vicariously liable for unlicensed driver's crash
05 Aug 2026
Wawanesa wins as tribunal rejects treatment plans built on stale evidence
05 Aug 2026
Here's why the hiring process is facing a trust problem
05 Aug 2026
Beazley's profits halve as cyber prices and Middle East squeeze the market
05 Aug 2026
Flood coverage confusion persists despite wide availability
05 Aug 2026
Canada's life insurance gap is really an opportunity, data suggests
05 Aug 2026
Sagen MI Canada posts second straight earnings decline despite ratings upgrade
05 Aug 2026
Sun Life adds second director as Canada segment grows
05 Aug 2026
Why construction risk starts long before work begins
04 Aug 2026
Co-operators keeps injured driver inside Ontario's minor injury cap
04 Aug 2026
Security National loses fight to recover income replacement benefits over misrepresentation
04 Aug 2026
ICBC must recalculate accident benefits after tribunal counts overtime as wages
04 Aug 2026
Insurer defeats claimant's iPhone and Apple Watch accident benefits claim
04 Aug 2026
About 230 homes destroyed as wildfires prompt evacuation orders for 8,000 in B.C.
04 Aug 2026
Is Doug Ford driving up car insurance premiums?
04 Aug 2026
Construction treats cyber as an IT problem, and that's the risk, QBE underwriter says
04 Aug 2026
Cottage owners are reviewing insurance the wrong way, broker says
04 Aug 2026
Third Hormuz incident in 48 hours puts underwriters back on alert
04 Aug 2026
Benign US weather drags on Crawford even as overseas margins jump
04 Aug 2026
FSRA proposes to revoke licence of Ontario insurance agent Trapper Goldsmith
04 Aug 2026
Definity's growth is broker-led, and the insurer says more acquisitions could follow
04 Aug 2026
Fairfax confirms softer Brit pricing while holding underwriting discipline group-wide
04 Aug 2026
CNA holds firm on casualty rate while easing in property, workers' comp and international
04 Aug 2026
Moody's: retail P&C distribution faces the fastest AI disruption of any financial services segment
04 Aug 2026
Alberta court orders Allstate to replace siding after hailstorm coverage fight
04 Aug 2026
Definity loses bid to reinstate counsel removed over conflict of interest
04 Aug 2026
Gore Mutual draws special award after suspending injured claimant's non-earner benefits
01 Aug 2026
Tribunal hits Wawanesa with penalty award over needless psychiatric exam demand

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