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canadianunderwriter.ca > your-business > operations > will-rising-ev-sales-change-auto-and-car-dealership-coverage

Will rising EV sales change auto, and car dealership, coverage?

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (537+ words) EV adoption may alter the sales process for auto buyers and create new risks for car lots A predicted increase in electric vehicle (EV) sales in Canada may gradually change the calculus of auto insurance, says Clinton D'Souza, senior vice…...

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canadianunderwriter.ca > news > road-to-jaspers-recovery-interim-housing-permit-processing-reopened-trails-and-wildfire-risk-reduction-updates

Road to Jasper's recovery: Interim housing, permit processing, reopened trails and wildfire risk reduction updates

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (1258+ words) Jasper's last remaining residential site requiring debris removal is scheduled to be cleaned up by March 10 Jasper's interim housing program is fully subscribed, more than half of wildfire-affected leaseholders have initiated their permitting and Jasper's last remaining residential site requiring…...

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canadianunderwriter.ca > news > claims > ev-premiums-are-all-over-the-map-auto-insurance-quotes-suggest

EV premiums are all over the map, auto insurance quotes suggest

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (639+ words) Prices are likely to standardize as repair costs as EVs become more popular, and repair costs are better understood Premiums for electric vehicles (EVs) are showing a wide variation depending on the make or model, rate aggregator Rates.ca says....

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canadianunderwriter.ca > news > claims > are-long-pandemic-era-car-repair-timelines-making-a-comeback

Are long, pandemic-era car repair timelines making a comeback?

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (654+ words) Similar shortages, but with different causes, have customers waiting longer to get back in their cars For claims adjusters, it's like d'j" vu all over again. A shortage of both key parts and skilled technicians is stretching repair times for…...

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canadianunderwriter.ca > news > alberta-to-update-or-patch-60-legacy-applications-after-spike-in-cybersecurity-incidents

Alberta to update or patch 60+ legacy applications after spike in cybersecurity incidents

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (506+ words) The project will see 66 legacy applications updated or patched EDMONTON " Alberta's government is putting $40 million toward software upgrades after seeing a major spike in cybersecurity incidents last year." The project, outlined in the government's new budget last week, will see…...

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canadianunderwriter.ca > news > claims > how-collision-claims-are-trending-for-electric-vehicle-repairs

How collision claims are trending for electric vehicle repairs

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (478+ words) Despite slower battery electric vehicle (BEV) sales in North America last year, claims for repairable electric vehicles in Canada and the U.S. keep rising, according to a new report from Mitchell, an Enlyte Company. "Even as BEV adoption slowed in North…...

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canadianunderwriter.ca > your-business > operations > what-mexicos-cartel-violence-means-for-travel-insurance

What Mexico's cartel violence means for travel insurance

1+ mon, 7+ hour ago  (479+ words) The'situation'has since settled, but thousands of tourists'are still waiting to come home.' "That number is likely higher," says Will McAleer,'executive'director of the Travel Health Insurance Association of Canada'(THIA). "We're seeing reports of the Government of Canada'site'crashing with the…...

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canadianunderwriter.ca > news > claims > two-years-later-auto-theft-after-the-national-summit

Two years later: Auto theft after the national summit

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (486+ words) There has been a 27% drop in auto theft claims since 2024 In the two years since the National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft, work done by governments at all levels, law enforcement and others has paid off in the form of…...

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canadianunderwriter.ca > news > claims > storm-dumps-50-cm-of-snow-on-parts-of-eastern-newfoundland-with-more-to-come

Storm dumps 50 cm of snow on parts of eastern Newfoundland, with more to come

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (276+ words) An orange storm warning was issued, meaning anticipated damage or disruptions due to severe weather ST. JOHN'S, Nfld. " A winter storm descended on eastern Newfoundland overnight Tuesday, shutting down services and dumping more than 50 centimetres of snow on some areas....

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canadianunderwriter.ca > news > auto > inquiry-report-on-quebec-auto-insurance-scandal-to-be-released-feb-16

Inquiry report on Quebec auto insurance scandal to be released Feb. 16

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (301+ words) The inquiry investigated the $500-million cost-overrun scandal at Quebec's auto insurance board The commissioner who oversaw the public inquiry into the $500-million cost-overrun scandal at Quebec's auto insurance board is scheduled to release his report publicly on Feb. 16. Judge Denis…...