Labrador wildfire ‘got worse really fast,’ residents given minutes to flee: evacuee

LABRADOR — Hundreds of people had a white-knuckle drive through a sky-splitting lightning storm Wednesday night after an out-of-control wildfire forced them to leave their homes behind in central Labrador. Robert Dawe said cars and trucks were “bumper to bumper”…The post Labrador wildfire ‘got worse really fast,’ residents given minutes to flee: evacuee appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

CatIQ Issues Annual Update of Insurance Industry Exposure Database for Canada, CAD 19 trillion of Property Assets Insured

TORONTO, ON, JUNE 20, 2024/insPRESS/ – Catastrophe Indices & Quantification Inc. (CatIQ), a subsidiary of Zurich-based PERILS AG, today released the annual update of its Canadian insurance Industry Exposure Database(IED). In total, the new CatIQ IED 2024 includes detailed sums…The post CatIQ Issues Annual Update of Insurance Industry Exposure Database for Canada, CAD 19 trillion of Property Assets Insured appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.