Tag: Home Insurance

Toronto's housing industry is constantly on the rebound from the series of new housing measures that led to a steep price correction last year. The latest data in the Toronto Property Board (TREB) implies that both sales and costs increased in August. There were 6,839 homes bought from the Greater Toronto Area last month, an […]

Back in March, Toronto launched its UrbanHensTO pilot project, that allows people residing in song from the city to keep up to four chickens in their yards until March 2021. Keeping chickens in your yard has a couple of benefits. Should you garden, their waste creates great, high-nutrient fertilizer; if they are laying, you'll have […]

The importance of 'the home' cannot be overstated. It's where we go after a long day; where we host friends, grow families, and make memories. And it is the single largest acquisition of our lives. So it's no surprise that we have to protect our homes, and there is an abundance of products we have […]

Jeremy Yuen, a 27-year-old professional who owns a condo in downtown Toronto, wanted to come home after a long work day and relax on his sofa. First, he changed his clothes and headed to a health club for a quick workout. Everything seemed normal when he left, however when he returned under an hour or […]

It's what every new homeowner fears most: unexpected damage to your property that stops you from moving in. Also it happened to us a week before the big day. Everything was running efficiently last spring as our home had been painted. My loved ones was all packed up and prepared for an easy move. This […]

After a wildfire ripped through the town of Fort McMurray, Alta., in May 2021, forcing a lot more than 88,000 people to flee – the largest evacuation in Canadian history – and destroying a lot more than 2,500 houses, the damage was estimated at a lot more than $3 billion. It's easy to deem something […]

Did you recently open instructions out of your home insurance carrier and were shocked to find your rates increased? Most. Over yesteryear year, property insurance prices increased in every province, according to a report from software firm Applied Systems. The report analyzed a lot more than 1.3 billion quotes and found that premiums for personal […]

Notion is really a company which makes sensors. The sensors are round, sleek, and unobtrusively sized, fitting easily in the users hand of the hand. They're what Ryan Margoles, co-founder from the Denver-based firm, calls “multi-capable” – created to do several tasks at the same time, like measure the temperature, or detect water leaks. They […]

It seems like our way of life are run by lists. You will find shopping lists, to-do lists, grocery lists and life lists – just to name some. Some lists are exciting (just like a “What to pack for Cuba” list) and others, not so much (say, a 'Things I have to sort to file […]

When it comes to satisfying customers, property insurance providers in Quebec are outperforming insurers in Ontario, the Atlantic region and Western Canada, a new survey has found. Quebec residents gave property insurance companies within the province a score of 800 on the 1,000-point scale, according to J.D. Power's latest edition of their Canada Home Insurance […]