Features
Big Moves: Can-Sure founder resurfaces in B.C.’s MGA market
May 4, 2020 by Greg MeckbachP&C veteran Jeff Hart heads up Vailo Insurance Services Ltd., a recently-launched managing general agency
Narrowing your focus
May 3, 2020 Sarah Cunningham-ScharfIn a hard market dominated by large players, small and mid-sized commercial brokerages face an existential choice: Specialize — or risk extinction.
Where to find growth
May 2, 2020 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorDave Partington, appointed in December as CEO of Gallagher Global Brokerage — Canada, explains how firming market conditions bring new opportunities for commercial brokers.
This is not a drill
May 1, 2020 Canadian Underwriter Staff: Jason Contant, Greg Meckbach, Adam Malik and David GambrillSince mid-March, Canada’s P&C industry has been working from home and social distancing to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. What have we learned so far that will help us prepare for the next pandemic?
Staging an Intervention
April 21, 2020 David GambrillAs difficult as this may be for brokers to hear, market swings in the competitive environment of the P&C insurance industry are inevitable. During soft markets, when capacity is plentiful, companies will use that capacity to lower premium rates to…
Be Bold
April 10, 2020 Adam Malik, Managing EditorIt’s time for risk managers to take some risks when it comes to their own careers. Laura Langone, Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) president, explains why – As told to Adam Malik Risk managers are generally risk-averse when it…
Putting psychology up against probability
April 9, 2020 Adam Keung, CEO, New World InsuranceHow a question on probability sent one broker down a rabbit hole — and ultimately gave him a way to explain the hard market to his clients
Afterburn
April 8, 2020 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorHome insurers in Quebec may be on the hook for major fire losses on their property policies in the aftermath of an earthquake
B.C.’s move to no-fault
April 8, 2020 Jason Contant, Online EditorWhat the province’s changes to auto insurance mean for drivers, brokers, and the legal system
Losing faith
April 7, 2020 Harmon C. Hayden, founder, Harmon Hayden LawA defendant insurer admits coverage, so why did the court say its actions showed bad faith?
Concussion v. whiplash
April 6, 2020 Samuel Howarth, Pario Engineering and Environmental SciencesWhat claims experts need to know about assessing low-speed motor vehicle impacts
Big Moves – Gore CEO Heidi Sevcik to retire
April 5, 2020 by Greg MeckbachSevcik was vice president of claims at Gore Mutual when she succeeded Kevin McNeil as CEO in 2014