Riot damage not covered by insurance policy for some
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – They’re covered for break and enter, they’re covered for vandalism, but they’re not covered for damage from rioting. Some businesses in downtown Vancouver are finding out their...
View ArticleBig brother could soon be watching behind the wheel
Licensed drivers beware; your insurance company could soon be putting your skills behind the wheel to the test. The industry is pushing for the introduction of telematics as a tool that could...
View ArticleInsurance rates in Alberta to rise by 5 per cent
Officials are calling it a compromise as the province moves ahead with plans to raise auto insurance rates across Alberta. Companies had lobbed the Automobile Insurance Rate Board (AIRB) for a 13 per...
View ArticleWhat insurance coverage is needed during a wildfire
FORT MCMURRAY, AL. (NEWS 1130) – Images of entire neighbourhoods reduced to ash in Fort McMurray may have you thinking about what kind of protection you’d need if you were in a similar situation. The...
View ArticleCould the fire in Fort McMurray impact your home insurance premiums?
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The disaster in Fort McMurray could break the record for the most expensive insured natural disaster in our country’s history. The flooding in and around Calgary in 2013...
View ArticleSeries of summer storms in southern Prairies cost $66-million
The Insurance Bureau of Canada has crunched the numbers and determined a series of summer storms that swept through the region during the third week of July cost more than $66-million in insured...
View ArticleEmployment insurance numbers reach a record in November
The latest numbers on E.I. claims in Alberta are grim. ATB Financial Chief Economist Todd Hirsch says November E.I. numbers were at a near record, just behind July, which included people who were...
View ArticleRiot damage not covered by insurance policy for some
VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) – They’re covered for break and enter, they’re covered for vandalism, but they’re not covered for damage from rioting. Some businesses in downtown Vancouver are finding out their...
View ArticleBig brother could soon be watching behind the wheel
Licensed drivers beware; your insurance company could soon be putting your skills behind the wheel to the test. The industry is pushing for the introduction of telematics as a tool that could...
View ArticleInsurance rates in Alberta to rise by 5 per cent
Officials are calling it a compromise as the province moves ahead with plans to raise auto insurance rates across Alberta. Companies had lobbed the Automobile Insurance Rate Board (AIRB) for a 13 per...
View ArticleWhat insurance coverage is needed during a wildfire
FORT MCMURRAY, AL. (NEWS 1130) – Images of entire neighbourhoods reduced to ash in Fort McMurray may have you thinking about what kind of protection you’d need if you were in a similar situation. The...
View ArticleCould the fire in Fort McMurray impact your home insurance premiums?
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – The disaster in Fort McMurray could break the record for the most expensive insured natural disaster in our country’s history. The flooding in and around Calgary in 2013...
View ArticleSeries of summer storms in southern Prairies cost $66-million
The Insurance Bureau of Canada has crunched the numbers and determined a series of summer storms that swept through the region during the third week of July cost more than $66-million in insured...
View ArticleEmployment insurance numbers reach a record in November
The latest numbers on E.I. claims in Alberta are grim. ATB Financial Chief Economist Todd Hirsch says November E.I. numbers were at a near record, just behind July, which included people who were...
View ArticlePolice issue warning to used car buyers after busting fraud scheme
After busting a VIN cloning and vehicle insurance scam, Calgary police are warning people to be more diligent when buying a used car. This week, the Auto Theft Resource Team busted a scheme, where a...
View ArticleInsurance Bureau of Canada warns Alberta drivers of staged auto collisions
ALBERTA (660 NEWS) — It’s Fraud Prevention month and the Insurance Bureau of Canada is drawing attention to a very costly scam. It involves staged auto collisions where drivers abuse current road rules...
View ArticleStopping addiction at the prescription: Canadian insurance company launches...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – A Canadian insurance company hopes stopping over-prescription of opioids will help reduce the number of overdoses and addictions. Manulife has launched a program to make sure...
View ArticleCould Alberta wildfires impact insurance rates?
HIGH LEVEL – Thousands of people are back in their homes in High Level, but it doesn’t mean the wildfire threat to communities in northern Alberta is over, and if it gets worse, you could be paying....
View Article50,000 sign petition asking insurer to drop Trans Mountain pipeline
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — More than 50,000 people have signed a petition asking the company insuring the Trans Mountain pipeline to drop its coverage. Environmental organization Stand.earth brought the...
View Article‘The devastation is extraordinary’: Mayor Nenshi tours homes damaged by storm
CALGARY (660 NEWS) – Mayor Naheed Nenshi believes Saturday’s storm could be one of the costliest in recent memory. Nenshi, speaking at the start of the city council meeting Monday morning, says he...
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