Visit the following link to see a discussion on all-season tires and winter driving. http://www.ilstv.com/are-all-season-tires-okay-for-winter-dri more...

What is due diligence??  Doing what is reasonable to prevent a risk from becoming an incident.* In other words: risk management. And in Ontario, every property owner or occupier needs to be aware of the obligations imposed by law to the risks of ice – on driveways and walkways, in parking lots and at building  more...

Canadian Insurance Top Broker has put together an article on the Top 4 Weather Events of 2010 for Canada that have a combined insured payout to date in excess of $600,000,000.  Click the link below to see what they were and what the payouts have been: http://www.citopbroker.com/news/a-stormy-year-the-top-4-weather-events-of-2011 more...

What are you doing behind the wheel?  The Insurance Bureau of Canada has created a Virtual Road Test so you can see how multi-tasking affects your reaction time. Click below to check it out. http://www.ibc.ca/en/BeSmartBeSafe/Road_Safety/Virtual_Road_Test more...

Video from http://www.ilstv.com/top-10-disasters-of- more...

This video is less than two minutes, and expresses artistically/musically my Christmas Greeting – MERRY CHRIS more...

The video below (just over 4 minutes) shows how thieves can electronically read your credit card without taking your wallet out of your pocket or purse.  They do this by using Radio Frequency Identification Techno more...

The Ontario legislature is considering a private member’s bill, recently introduced to encourage the automobile insurance industry to give premium discounts to those using snow tires.  The bill – if passed – is non-binding. And it won’t have any tangible effect.  Here’s why: Ontario’s insurers – over 75 of them – are struggling to climb  more...

A recent study by Allstate Canada* ranks Ontario communities by the likelihood of drivers having a collision. Although causing a stir in the local media here in North Bay, as always when reviewing statistics context is critical.  All data was based on Allstate’s own claims records only, involving private passenger vehicles Allstate insured.  The majority  more...

It sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but “space weather” poses a legitimate threat here on earth including interference to aircraft communication and navigational programs, malfunctioning satellites and GPS systems, and the potential shutdown of power grids. What is space weather? According to a new Lloyd’s of London report “space weather is an all-encompassing  more...