Do you feel lucky?  I wonder how much risk that sign and hurdle actually transfers… Submitted by: Graham Rob more...

This is dangerous all around. Submitted by: Graham Rob more...

While the man fixing his truck has taken some steps to reduce risk (ie. the rock he’s using to block the tire to keep the truck from rolling), his use of 2×4′s to jack the truck up and the fact that he’s welding near the gas tank demonstrate he hasn’t done a full risk management  more...

Does anyone remember the Log Driver’s Waltz?  That song/video came to mind when I watched this video.  I guess you could call this the Log Driver’s Waltz of the 21st century. While watching this from an insurance perspective, I can’t help but think of a few areas of risk that pop-out. Firstly, the vehicles themselves  more...

The government of Samoa – a small nation in the South Pacific – declared a 2-day national holiday last week for its 180,000 citizens; the reason was somewhat unusual.  Essentially, the governing authorities wanted – no, needed – fewer vehicles on the road, while everybody re-learned to drive. Why would drivers, some of whom had  more...

As the global financial catastrophe continues to unfold 18 months after it started (and 1 year after the massive American meltdown – think AIG, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac), one has to wonder: what have we learned? More specifically, to what reasonable standard do we hold our financial institutions, in the managing  more...

This past week saw a report by the federal Privacy Commissioner in which the ubiquitous social networking site Facebook, was cited for violating Canada’s privacy laws.  Although the criticisms are seen by some as excessive and even contradictory, they represent a bureaucratic attempt to protect the 12 million Canadians currently using the site. What is  more...

Falling hard on the heels of the worst month (June) for insured aviation losses since 9/11, July has worsened air disaster results for 2009 with the crash Wednesday of a Caspian Airlines jet in Iran. The Russian-built Tupolev jet crashed shortly after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 168 passengers and crew.  This is the 6th  more...

Two high-profile passenger jet crashes make June the worst for insured aviation losses since 9/11. The Air France crash off the coast of Brazil on the first day of the month resulted in 228 fatalities; the Yemeni Air flight originating in Paris crashed off the Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean June 30th killing 153.  more...