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The most recent Travel Insurance Report for 2024 from financial comparison site Mozo highlights a notable increase in the costs of travel insurance for Australians. Essential, comprehensive, cruise, and ski travel insurance premiums have...
While mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are commonplace in Canada’s brokerage industry, the chief operating officer (COO) of one firm is concerned about the “deafening silence” surrounding the growing Americanization of local companies and has...
According to ABC, experts are pointing out a worrying trend in the home and contents insurance market: rates are skyrocketing. Home and contents insurance premiums are rising sharply, according to Paula Jarzabkowski, a professor...
Western Canada and the Prairies were hit hard by a cold front that passed through over the weekend, bringing with it extremely cold temperatures. Starting early Sunday morning, Environment Canada issued cold weather advisories...
Investors for Paris Compliance, an activist organization concerned about climate change, filed a complaint on Tuesday asking securities regulators to look into big Canadian banks for climate-related statements and claims of deceptive disclosures. In...
Australian officials have hinted that plans to remove King Charles III from office have been shelved. Holding a referendum on establishing a republic has been a longtime objective of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. A...
In the near future, the Canadian government plans to decrease the number of overseas students admitted to the country, according to a source in Toronto. Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship, Marc Miller,...
A Melbourne court has handed down the first conviction of its type under Australia’s foreign influence legislation, finding a businessman guilty of clandestinely working for the Chinese Communist Party. A jury found 68-year-old Di...
Conduit Re’s executive team, unsettled by the monumental challenge of establishing a pure-play reinsurer within the COVID-19 pandemic, established the Conduit Foundation, a privately endowed Bermudan charity, to operate in tandem with the firm....
An ex-life insurance agent found guilty of running a recruiting scheme was fined $60,000 by Ontario’s financial services regulator. A letter from the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) stated that Chris Oppong...