by Chris Chopik | Jun 28, 2024 | Advice for Agents, News
While in attendance at the Wildfire Resiliency and Training Summit in Prince George, British Columbia, I learned a lot about the incredible people who protect our communities from wildfire risk and the barriers to wildfire protection of homes in at-risk areas. By all...
by Chris Chopik | Mar 25, 2024 | Advice for Agents, News
While the science of climate change continues to ignite debate and is deeply mired in political rhetoric, there is no argument that the consumer cost of hydrocarbon energy is increasing and that some regions have experienced home heating price shocks. We have some...
by Chris Chopik | Mar 5, 2024 | Advice for Agents
Catastrophic loss events have been increasing in frequency, severity and time-adjusted cost. When large-scale catastrophic loss events result in housing unit loss, there’s an increase in demand for housing from displaced families within local and adjacent...
by Chris Chopik | Jan 9, 2024 | Advice for Agents
Canada is not without seismic risk. Just because it hasn’t happened lately does not mean it won’t happen in the future. The quakes in Japan inspired me to contact the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR.org)’s lead seismic expert, Keith Porter, PhD, to...
by Chris Chopik | Dec 8, 2023 | Advice for Agents
On September 24, 2022, as Hurricane Fiona barrelled toward the east coast of Canada, the full cost of damage to homes and properties up and down the Atlantic coast could not have been anticipated. In the end, the actual losses exceed the insurable losses which are...
