Features
Future workplaces
December 5, 2020 Nick Novinger, Regional Manager (Quebec), Canadian Insurance Brokers Inc.Many brokers turned working from home into a success. What lessons can we take with us when we return to the office?
Western Perspective
December 4, 2020 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorMeet Clint Smith, chief operating officer of Manitoba-based Andrew Agencies Ltd., which recently acquired several brokerages in Saskatchewan. Smith gave us his take on the challenges brokers face in Western Canada, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the inside…
Wearing a new hat
December 3, 2020 David Gambrill, Editor-in-ChiefAsked what “value-added” services they are providing to clients, brokers say they are increasingly wearing a risk manager’s hat. That means giving their clients more holistic advice on claims, loss control, and risk mitigation.
Big Moves: New market entrant in Canada launches with a familiar face
December 3, 2020 Canadian Underwriter StaffHaag Global has picked the former CEO of Giffin Koerth, now known as 30 Forensic Engineering, as its leader
Why Uber has a new insurer
October 23, 2020 Jason Contant, Online EditorAfter a five-year-long business relationship with Intact, ridesharing giant Uber moved its business to Economical. What prompted the move?
Still standing
October 22, 2020 David Gambrill, Editor in ChiefThe P&C industry’s second-quarter earnings reflect the impact of COVID-19. Overall, they tell a story of financial resilience
Elevate your commercial business
October 21, 2020 Catherine Smola, president, CEO, Centre for Study of Insurance OperationsTop 5 reasons why commercial lines real-time quoting should be a priority
Finding that swagger
October 20, 2020 Adam Malik, Managing EditorInsurance is a cool industry, but not enough people know it. John McNeil, program coordinator and full-time professor at Humber College’s insurance management program, explains how to change that – As told to Adam Malik We as an…
How to survive a pandemic
October 20, 2020 Rob Vosseler, Executive Vice President, Principal Broker, Union Power Insurance Brokers Inc.A broker principal shares his story about how his fledgling brokerage managed to navigate its way through the various business disruptions caused by COVID-19
Big Moves: New CEO at Guy Carpenter Canada
October 19, 2020 Canadian Underwriter StaffPeter Askew succeeds Donald Callahan as president and CEO of the Canadian operations of Guy Carpenter, Marsh & McLennan’s reinsurance arm
Gushing over oil storage
October 18, 2020 Michael Freill, President, Mark 1 EngineeringHow Canada’s P&C insurers plugged a regulatory hole that exposed the industry to millions of dollars in claims every year
The growing need for cybersecurity in supply chain management
October 17, 2020 Alexandra Wright, Jackie Vergne and Ken Rayner, Cyber Insurance Solutions Inc.Your suppliers are most at risk, and attacks will be costly