- Man lobbying government to have convicted distracted Ontario drivers receive demerit points.
- A study by Liberty Mutual in the U.S. finds that adult children avoid discussing concerns with senior parents’ driving.
- The insurance industry officially announces CANATICS -- Canadian National Insurance Crime Services with the appointment of a CEO. The organization is to use sophisticated analytics to support the identification of fraudulent activity.
- Not what you would expect but a new study indicates that Toronto countdown crosswalks have led to increase in pedestrian collisions.
- Woman charged with selling over 300 fake auto insurance policies to people in the Detroit area.
- Toronto woman accused of bilking fellow Filipinos of over $500,000 in a phony chiropractic clinic scam, pleads guilty to 16 counts of fraud.
- The Ontario government continues to consider an overhaul of its definition of “catastrophic impairment."
- First privacy breach under Obamacare has already occurred: In Minnesota confidential information accidentally sent to broker.
- In case you were wondering, the U.S. government shutdown may impact on the P&C insurance industry.
- Highway to become Britain's first Internet-connected road and could pave the way for self-driving cars.
- U.S. survey indicates most insurance policyholders would prefer to have a simple explanation of their insurance policy in terms they can understand and have policy details explained in a brief, one-page summary.
- By investing in telematics and setting up the Independent Broker Resources Inc (IBRI), brokers are signalling that they are prepared to compete with direct writers who currently dominate UBI.
- On January 1st California will become the 8th state to allow policyholders to get their policy renewals delivered electronically. I understand FSCO's view is that there is no legislative barrier to electronic policy renewals in Ontario.
- The good news is the number of deer-auto crashes has dropped off in the U.S. The bad news is more deer are dying from disease.
- Thomson Reuters has a new white paper explores the growing presence of organized crime in insurance fraud and it's free to download.
