Insurance Blogs hosted by Canadian Underwriter
Insurance Blogs hosted by Canadian Underwriter
Over the years, we have written several pieces about the state of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the Property and Casualty (P&C) industry and think it is safe to say the market has been, and will continue to be, robust in the foreseeable…
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What happens when an auto insurer sends a policy termination notice to the named insured, but the named insured does not own the vehicle insured under the policy? In Ontario (Minister of Finance) v. Traders General Insurance Co. (c.o.b. Aviva Traders),…
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Are you interested in knowing the future? I certainly would, the more accurate, the better. (Next week’s winning lottery numbers, anyone?) Unfortunately, as the old Danish proverb goes, “Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.” My colleague Mark McLaughlin and I gave it a shot anyhow, and you can now read the result in […]
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A few times a year I get approached by someone asking the question: Why not allow consumers to purchase insurance just before a foreseeable loss is about to occur or immediately after it has occurred? Such suggestions always come from…
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Hard to get back to “normal” blogging after seeing the news from Paris over the weekend, so just short today. Thanks to Jean Jullien (@jean_jullien on Twitter) for putting out the image on the left to the public domain. My thoughts go out to the Continue reading
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Most of you who know me or read this blog, know by now that I am not a big fan of Legacy Thinking in Property and Casualty Insurance. While it is wonderful that new technology allows so many things that…
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Last week a few people on Twitter pointed me toward Mark Breading’s INN PoV on the risks and rewards of wearables for insurers; I thought I’d add a few comments. [1] The rewards for insurers are most obvious in the B2E area, i.e in Continue reading
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A short one today – still working on the new study (see the sneak peeks here and here): It seems that quite a few insurers are now thinking of using drones for their business, judging by FAA approvals: State Farm, AIG, USAA and Erie, just Continue reading
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