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Top 5 stories of 2011

Here's what piqued our readers' interests over the last year.

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Certain stories that were reported by Canadian Insurance Top Broker spread like wildfire and generated plenty of reader interest this year. In case you missed them the first time around, here are the top 5 stories that got the most hits on our website in 2011.

1) Top 20 insurers

Throughout the summer Canadian Insurance Top Broker featured a series of articles that listed the top 20 insurers based on direct written premiums in various lines of business, including commercial property, auto and personal property. These articles also featured Q&A’s with senior-level executives at the top firms.

To read about the top 20 personal property insurers, click here.

To read about the top 20 commercial property insurers, click here.

To read about the top 20 auto insurers, click here.

2) 5 ways to burglar-proof a home

Aviva Canada provided tips on how to burglar-proof your home, especially during the summertime when burglaries spike by as much as 31%.

To read the story, click here.

To read more ways to protect your home from burglars, click here.

3) State Farm sues Toronto-area medical clinics

Late last year State Farm filed a lawsuit against a group of clinics for filing $1.2 million in fraudulent insurance claims. But it wasn’t until after the New Year that readers picked up the story and wanted to know more.

To read the story, click here.

To read about State Farm’s latest lawsuit against fraudulent clinics, click here.

4) Top 3 rumours at Economical

When Economical announced plans to demutualize the rumour mill started working overtime and some industry members wondered what this would mean for the insurer. At the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) Young Brokers Conference in June 2011, then-president Katherine Mabe set the record straight.

To read the story, click here.

5) Intact buys AXA

In May 2011 the next mega-deal was revealed when Intact bought AXA in a $2.6 billion cash deal.

To read the story, click here.

To read the latest on this deal, click here.