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Articles, editorials, commentary, research and published material pertaining to the Canadian insurance industry.

• Council Survey Shows Commercial Property/Casualty Rates Melting in Summer Heat: CIAB
• Conning Research: Property-Casualty Quarterly Forecast Through 2012 Released
• New Swiss Re sigma study "World insurance in 2009" reveals slight premium dip but improved capital
• MIB Life Index Reports U.S. Life Insurance Activity Declines 3.9% in June
• Risk Managers Enjoyed Highly Competitive Market for Insurance in 2009, According to 30th Anniversary Edition of RIMS Benchmark Survey™ Book
• Car insurance increased 15.2% in Ontario but declined in Quebec, Alberta: Kanetix
• First half of 2010 marked many severe natural catastrophes: Munich Re
• Commercial Insurance Prices Remain Level for Fifth Straight Quarter, According to Towers Watson Survey
• MIB Life Index Reports U.S. Life Insurance Activity Flat at 0.2% in May
• MIB Life Index Reports U.S. Life Insurance Activity Up 2.4% in March
• Auto Insurance Rates for the First Quarter of 2010: FSCO
• Unyielding Soft Market Continues to Chisel Away at Insurance Premiums, According to RIMS Benchmark Survey™
• USA Property/Casualty Insurance Industry's Full-Year 2009 Results Show Strong but Incomplete Recovery From Recession and Financial Crisis : I.I.I.
• A look at car insurance rates in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec: Kanetix
• MIB Life Index Reports U.S. Life Insurance Activity Flat in February
• MIB Life Index Reports U.S. Life Insurance Activity up 1.2% in January
• Low Consumer Demand and Increased Carrier Appetite Drive Soft Market in Fourth Quarter: CIAB
• Auto Insurance Rates for the Fourth Quarter of 2009: FSCO
• Year Closes with No End in Sight to Soft Commercial Insurance Market, according to RIMS Benchmark Survey™
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Up 2.3% in December
• Ontario car insurance rates increase an average of 5.3 per cent: Kanetix
• ISO: Property/Casualty Insurance Industry’s Nine-Month Net Income and Overall Profitability Rebound from Depressed Year-Ago Levels As Claim Costs Fall
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Up 3.9% in November
• CIAB Survey Shows Group Health Rates Rising Amid Uncertainty Over Economy, Health Care Reform Efforts
• Economic pressures drive steep increase in business fraud: PricewaterhouseCoopers
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Up 2.4% in October
• Ontario Auto Insurance Rates for the Third Quarter of 2009 [Bill 5]: FSCO
• As Insurers' Profits Plunge, Risk Managers Reap Benefits from a Competitive Market, According to RIMS Benchmark Survey™
• Shifting consumer behaviour triggers decrease in average car insurance quotes for Ontario drivers: Kanetix
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Up 1.2% in September
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Up Slightly in August
• J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Lower Premiums at the Onset of the Current Recession Drive Significant Increase in Overall Satisfaction With Auto Insurance Companies, But a Hardening Market Could Eradicate 10 Years of Progress
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Stable in July
• Recession Keeps Commercial Insurance Premiums Under Pressure, According to RIMS Benchmark Survey™
• Ontario Auto Insurance Rates for the Second Quarter of 2009 [Bill 5]: FSCO
• End of road for lower benefits insurance costs: AON UK Survey
• Total Cost of Risk Plummeted in 2008, According to 2009 RIMS Benchmark Survey™ Book
• Individual Long Term Care Insurance Continues To Decline in First Quarter of 2009, LIMRA Reports
• Annual Eastbridge study finds voluntary short-term disability leading voluntary sales for 2008
• New Swiss Re sigma study "World insurance in 2008" reveals falling life premiums in industrialised countries; strong growth in emerging economies
• Benefit Broker Segment Continues to be the Largest Single Distribution Channel for Voluntary Sales According to Eastbridge
• First-Quarter 2009 Results Show P/C Industry Well Capitalized Despite Net Loss After Taxes and Decline in Surplus: ISO
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity off 2.5% in May
• Commercial Property & Casualty Insurance Prices Experience Smallest Decline in Four Years, According to Towers Perrin Survey
• Fixed Annuities Continue to Dominate the Market, Reports LIMRA
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Flat in April
• New report from Eastbridge Consulting Group looks at voluntary cancer products
• USA Commercial Market Flat, But Kept Its Tread in First Quarter: CIAB
• Ontario Auto Insurance Rates for the First Quarter of 2009: FSCO
• Full-Year 2008 Results Show P/C Industry Well Capitalized Despite Being Pummeled By Catastrophes, Recession, and The Financial Crisis: ISO
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Down 3.2% in March
• Aon launches the Airline Insurance Market Outlook 2009 report
• Towers Perrin Commercial Insurance Pricing Study Reports Smallest Decline in Two Years
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity up 1.1% in February
• LIMRA Reports Sharp Quarterly Drop in Individual Life Insurance Sales
• P/C Market Pricing Shows Signs of Bottoming Out in Fourth Quarter 2008: CIAB
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Off 4.5% in January
• Economic Downturn May Push Percentage of Uninsured U.S. Motorists to All-Time High: IRC
• Insurance.com RateWatch for U.S. Car Insurance: 2008 Marks Year of Record Increases
• Ontario Auto Insurance Rates for the Fourth Quarter of 2008: FSCO
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Off 8.9% in December
• Fourth Quarter RIMS Benchmark Survey™ Shows Soft Market Losing Steam
• U.S. P/C Industry Achieves a Small Profit Through Nine-Months 2008 Despite Significant Deterioration in Underwriting and Investment Results: ISO
• Towers Perrin Commercial Insurance Pricing Study Reports Continuing Modest Price Increases in Third Quarter of 2008
• Preliminary Swiss Re sigma estimates that over 238 000 people were killed by catastrophes in 2008, insured losses soar to USD 50 billion
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Off 1.9% in November
• U.S. Group Health Insurance Rates Continue to Increase: CIAB
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Off 1.8% in October
• Ontario Auto Insurance Rates for the Third Quarter of 2008: FSCO
• Commercial P/C Premiums Continue to Drop in Third Quarter: CIAB Survey
• Third Quarter RIMS Benchmark Survey™ Shows Relentless Softening Despite Hurricanes and Financial Calamity
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Off 3.8% in September
• P/C Industry's Net Income and Profitability Declined in First-Half 2008 on Underwriting Losses and Deterioration in Investment Results: I.I.I.
• Towers Perrin Health Care Cost Survey Shows Average Annual Per-Employee Cost of $9,660 in 2009 -- And the Health Care Affordability Gap Widens
• With Other Countries, Travel both to and from Canada declined in July compared with June: StatsCan
• Mid-Year Individual Life Premium Stagnant Except Universal Life, Says LIMRA
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Off 1.9% in August
• Individual Annuity Sales Grow in Second Quarter of 2008: LIMRA
• Second Quarter RIMS Benchmark Survey™ Shows Soft Market Slogs On Despite Lower Industry Earnings
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Flat in July
• Guy Carpenter Publishes July 1, 2008 Life, Accident and Health Renewals Briefing
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Flat in June
• New Swiss Re sigma study: World insurance in 2007: emerging markets leading the way
• Towers Perrin Commercial Insurance Pricing Study Reports Ongoing Modest Price Decreases in First Quarter of 2008
• National tourism indicators for First quarter 2008: StatsCan Report
• Voluntary sales record another year of steady growth based on Eastbridge's study of 64 leading carriers
• USA P/C Industry Net Income and Overall Profitability Drop by Half in First-Quarter 2008 on Deterioration in Underwriting and Investment Results
• Individual Annuity Sales Improve in first quarter of 2008: LIMRA
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Down 2.4% in May
• USA: Only Universal Life Sales Show Growth in the First Quarter in 2008, LIMRA Reports
• Average USA Auto Insurance Rates on the Rise for the First Time in a Year
• New Edition of the I.I.I.'s International Fact Book Now Available
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Down 4.5% in April
• New 2008 RIMS Benchmark Survey (TM) Book Finds Total Cost of Risk Falls Again
• The Council's Survey Shows USA Soft Market Even Softer in First Quarter 2008
• StatsCan Study: Retiring together, or not - 1986 to 2001
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity off 3.2% in February
• USA Property/Casualty Insurers' Full-Year 2007 Net Income and Overall Profitability Dip Due to Slippage in Underwriting Results
• LIMRA and SOA Release New Study Providing Detailed Lapse Experience For Individual Life Insurance
• Preliminary Year-End 2007 P&C Results from MSA Research Inc.
• comScore Reports the Number of Auto Insurance Policies Purchased Online Exceeded 2 Million In 2007
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Level in January
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity up 1.4% in December
• U.S. Individual Life Premium Up Eight Percent in 2007: LIMRA
• Towers Perrin Commercial Insurance Pricing Study Reports Modest Price Decreases from 2006 to 2007
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity off 2.0% in November
• Eastbridge study examines carrier practices related to persistency and retention of voluntary business
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity off Slightly in October
• Conning Research Projects Increased Operating Gains and Continued Surplus Growth For the Life Insurance Industry through 2009
• Third Quarter Market Survey Shows Easing Conditions for USA Coastal Property: CIAB
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity off 1.1% in September
• Latest RIMS Benchmark Survey (™) Results Report Continued Soft Market for Commercial Insurance Premiums During Third Quarter of 2007
• Individual Long-Term Care Insurance Sales Continue to Gain: LIMRA
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity off 3.7% in August
• StatsCan reports Domestic Travel for Third Quarter 2006
• LIMRA Reports Record U.S. Individual Annuity Sales and Assets in Second Quarter 2007
• International travel account for Second quarter 2007 (preliminary): reports StatsCan
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity off 1.5% in July
• Travel between Canada and other countries in June 2007 Reports StatsCan
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Off 2.2% in June
• Swiss Re sigma study on World insurance in 2006: Premiums came back to "life"
• Commercial P/C Premiums Continue Free-Fall In 2nd Quarter: CIAB
• RIMS Benchmark Survey(™) Reports Commercial Insurance Premiums Continue To Decline During Second Quarter
• New "Handbook of International Insurance Markets Between Global Dynamics and Local Contingencies" Available
• Long-term Care Insurance Sales Show Slight Gain: LIMRA
• Eastbridge's critical illness study finds a new generation of voluntary plan
• Annual Eastbridge study finds double-digit growth in disability as well as other product lines in 2006
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Level in May
• New LIMRA Tracking Shows Rise in Deferred Annuity Net Flows
• Voluntary Sales Growth Accelerates for Third Straight Year According to Eastbridge Study
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Down 1.6% in April
• Canadian Insurance Annual Statistical Issue On the Press
• Commercial Insurance Premiums Reflect Continuation of 2006 Trends: RIMS
• New 2006 RIMS Benchmark Survey™ Book Records Total Cost of Risk Down Again
• Sharp Premium Drops, Looser Underwriting Reported for First Quarter 2007: CIAB
• ISO and PCI Reports Sharp Decline in Volatile Catastrophe Losses Drove Improvement in USA Property/Casualty Insurers' Full-Year 2006 Results
• LIMRA Reports Record Sales for U.S. Individual Annuities
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Down 3.5% in March
• Employer pension plans (trusteed pension funds) Third quarter 2006: StatsCan
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Down 7.4% in January
• Airline insurance premiums continue to fall as new capacity enters the global market: AON Market Review
• U.S. Individual Life Premium Up 7 Percent in '06: LIMRA
• Commercial Insurance Premiums Indicate USA Market Momentum: RIMS Survey
• Canada's International travel account deficit soars: StatsCan
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Off 6.5% in December; Applications Down 3.8% in 2006
• MIB Life Index Reports US Life Insurance Activity Declines 6.6% in November
• Canada's population: Third quarter 2006 (preliminary): Statscan
• Conning Research: Life Insurers' Lackluster Gross Investment Returns Turn Up In 2005
• U.S. Individual Annuity Sales on Track for New Record: LIMRA
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Down 4.1% in October
• Insurance Premiums Fall Slightly In Third Quarter: RIMS
• Towers Perrin Survey Shows USA Employer-Sponsored Health Benefit Costs Continue to Outpace the CPI
• A.M. Best Special Report: Canadian Auto Insurance Industry Undergoes Dramatic Ups and Downs
• MIB Life Index Reports North American Life Insurance Activity Off Slightly in September, Applications Down 3.8% Q3 2006
• North American Life Insurance Activity Off 5% in July: MIB
• North American Life Insurance Activity Off 5.4% in June: MIB
• U.S. Individual Life Insurance Sales Soar in First Quarter, LIMRA Reports
• North American Life Insurance Activity Off 4.5% in May: MIB
• 2006 Canadian Insurance Annual Statistical Issue Available
• Conning Research: Expect Increased Insurance M&A Activity in 2006-2007
• North American Life Insurance Activity Off 2.8% in April: MIB
• Canadian Online Sales Hit a New High: eMarketer
• North American Life Insurance Activity Off 5.8% in March: MIB
• Québec Auto Insurance Industry Continues Growth in 2005
• Canadian Economic Outlook, April 2006: SwissRe
• North American Life Insurance Activity Up Slightly in February: MIB
• CIAB: The Council's Fourth Quarter Market Survey Shows Wind, Flood Coverage Problems for Coastal Property
• North American Life Insurance Activity Up 2% in January: MIB
• Canadian Economic Outlook, February 2006: SwissRe
• December's North American Life Insurance Activity Off 5.5% 2005 Yearly Applications Decline 3.3% : MIB
• Canadian Economic Outlook, January 2006: SwissRe
• North American Life Insurance Activity Declines 1.4% in November: MIB

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