Quebec floods cause claims surge, 70,000 filed after torrential rainstorm

Insurers received approximately 70,000 claims after Tropical Storm Debby flooded southern Quebec in August, the Insurance Bureau of Canada (Quebec) reports.  That’s more than ten to seventeen times the usual volume, “and claims continue to come in,” says Line Crevier,…The post Quebec floods cause claims surge, 70,000 filed after torrential rainstorm appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.

Judge suspicious of Brantford man’s remorse in sexual crimes

A man who tried to retract part of his guilty plea of sexual offences against teen girls caused a Brantford judge to fear that he hasn’t grasped the severity of his acts. Justice Robert Gee said the man’s attempted plea reversal and lack of remorse shown in a pre-sentence report about his life was worrisome. […]