2014 was a good year for the insurance industry in Canada and the United States. However, 2015 will face different challenges. First, the industry is over capitalized. This situation will result in companies trying to capture market share in sectors…
Changes will always take place in any industry, but changes in Ontario auto insurance have not solved problems – instead they have created them.
The Ontario Budget presented on July 14, 2014 will have little effect on car insurance. The Liberal Party had stated last year that insurance rates must be reduced by 15% but did not indicate how this would be accomplished. They…
It is unfortunate that insurance is continually being influenced by politics. It is frequently used by a party to gain votes prior to an election or simply to stay in power. Currently the Liberal Party (Liberals) in Ontario needs the…
I received a current SCOR report today that showed the 2013 results of 19 insurance companies representing about $11 billion in written premiums, about 25% of the total in Canada. The interesting thing is that their combined ratio was over…
Charles Sousa, Ontario Minister of Finance, just released the report of the Honourable J. Douglas Cunningham on the Automobile Insurance Dispute Resolution System (DRS) in Ontario. Although his review was for the purpose of speeding up claims settlements and reducing costs, it would appear…