In Fort McMurray, Insurers Face Key Test of Disaster Readiness
As Alberta contends with the trail of devastation left by massive wildfires in Fort McMurray, Canadian insurers are facing what may be their greatest challenge yet. Hundreds of insurance experts – mostly from Ontario, Quebec and Alberta – have been mobilized, many landing over the weekend in Edmonton, Lac La Biche, Calgary and other hubs near Fort McMurray. Even as they waited on Monday for an evacuation order to lift, the work had begun.