by Mark Sakai | Feb 5, 2025 | Columnists
Wildfires are big news. Last July in Jasper, the country watched in horror as a wildfire consumed one-third of the town’s structures, forced the evacuation of 25,000 residents, and resulted in the death of one firefighter and insurance claims of $880-million. Now...
by Chris Chopik | Dec 8, 2023 | Advice for Agents
On September 24, 2022, as Hurricane Fiona barrelled toward the east coast of Canada, the full cost of damage to homes and properties up and down the Atlantic coast could not have been anticipated. In the end, the actual losses exceed the insurable losses which are...
by Jim Mandeville | Jul 29, 2021 | Columnists, Featured
As I write this article in late July 2021, British Columbia still has more than 300 wildfires burning in the province. The latest outbreak has crews trying to control a 50-square-km blaze near Ashcroft in the central Interior. The province has now declared a...
