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May 15, 2024
Residents ordered to evacuate as wildfires rage across Canada
Thousands of residents in western Canada received evacuation orders and warnings earlier this week as wildfires continue to threaten their communities. According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC), Canada has experienced over 1,000 wildfires to date this year that have burned more than 830,000 acres, and over 130 of those fires are currently active.
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Sedgwick is ready to assist you during these difficult times with our teams on standby for any emergency. Our resources are ready to support through loss adjusting services, building consultants, forensic advisory services, claims administration and engineering. If you have questions or need assistance, please contact our property team.
Services
Adjusting services
Building consulting
Wide range of consulting services, from traditional cost estimating and scheduling to total project management.
Contents and inventory solutions
Comprehensive and accurate contents inventory and adjusting services to control claim costs.
Engineering services
EFI Global, a Sedgwick company, leads the industry with engineering failure analysis, forensics, origin and cause investigations, environmental consulting, laboratory testing and specialty consulting.
Forensic advisory services
Forensic accounting, investigation and business income services for insurers, reinsurers and captive insurance companies to ensure claims are accurately quantified and resolved.
Marine
One of the industry’s largest and most experienced marine claims operations — responding to losses of significant size and complexity in over 65 countries.
Mitigation bill review
Ensures mitigation charges are fair and accurate by managing losses and reducing financial leakage.
Repair solutions
Managed repair, restoration and mitigation through our network of certified local, regional and national contractors.
Temporary housing
Provides high-quality, temporary housing and related services to displaced policyholders.
Training resources
Vale Training, a Sedgwick company, provides hands-on learning for insurance industry professionals, including estimators, examiners, appraisers and adjusters.
Valuation solutions
Insurance appraisals and reserve studies, including pre-loss inspections for buildings, personal property and equipment.
Our experts are here for you and ready to respond to a full range of CAT events worldwide:
- Earthquakes
- Floods
- Hailstorms
- Hurricanes
- Mass tort
- Pandemic
- Product liability
- Product recall
- Riots/civil unrest
- Third-party liability exposures
- Tornados
- Volcanic eruptions
- Wildfires
- Windstorms
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