WCB changes could impact some carriers

BANFF, Alta. – Some key changes to the Workers’ Compensation Board (WCB) legislation slated to kick in Sept. 1 could have an impact on some carriers. Pieter Lambooy, vice-president of…

How technology is helping insurers defend truckers

TORONTO, Ont. – Implementing technologies such as electronic logging devices (ELDs) can help insurance companies defend trucking companies when an incident occurs. That was the message from Peter Aumonier, senior…

Insurance telematics could ‘flip the underwriting model on its head’

Insurance brokers and providers may soon be asking fleets for access to their telematics data, in an effort to provide more accurate insurance pricing and to help fleets better utilize that data.

It was a professional thief, not driver, that led police on truck chase: CTA

TORONTO, Ont. -- The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA) says a much-publicized truck chase in Ontario is an indication that cargo crime is a growing problem.

Formal loss reporting plans will leave nothing to chance

Time is a precious commodity, and it begins to slip away as soon as a collision occurs. Marks and skids in the road begin to fade away, witnesses disappear down the highway and every detail becomes a little harder to recall. They are delays...