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Mind the gap

April 4, 2020 Emily Atkins, Freelance Writer

Is cyber coverage keeping up with the type, frequency and severity of attacks?

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Business, interrupted

April 3, 2020 Brooke Smith, Freelance Writer

Businesses can lose revenue in any number of ways. Increasingly, they can be shut down for political risks that are beyond the company’s control. Examples of emerging business interruption risks include trade wars, armed conflicts, or political protests. As businesses

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Sticker Shock

April 1, 2020 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

How will underwriters assess your organization’s commercial property risk? A guide to help risk managers avoid renewal surprises in a tough market environment

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When is hard actually hard?

March 30, 2020 By Sarah Cunningham-Scharf

Canadian brokers assess the current market in commercial lines, noting the contrast with what’s happening in personal lines

Feature Technology

Why insurers are training in design thinking 

March 20, 2020 Jason Contant, Online Editor

Canadian P&C professionals have approached Cookhouse Labs, an industry innovation hub, to help with staff training. Cookhouse co-founder Sven Roehl (pictured here) and Ibeth Ramos, Cookhouse’s program manager and innovation coach, explain why.
– As told to Jason Contant

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Tech Partnerships

March 12, 2020 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

Does Aon’s recent acquisition of CoverWallet signal a trend towards brokerages buying insurtechs?

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Talent war goes high-tech

March 10, 2020 Jason Contant, Online Editor

How carriers and brokerages are leveraging tech to overcome their Number 1 threat

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Hitting the Target

March 9, 2020 Robyn Croll, VP, Goose Digital

How data, strategy and technology can help you drive growth from your existing cutomer base during a hard market

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LGBTQ: More than just letters

March 8, 2020 Dexter Morse, Director, International Air Transport Association

Discrimination persists in workplaces against the LGBTQ community. Being more welcoming can boost your competitive positioning

Feature Legal

Sound and Fury

March 7, 2020 David Gambrill, Editor in Chief

Who will decide the epic battle going on in B.C. over public v. private auto?

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Big Moves – Leadership change at BMS vendor

March 5, 2020 by Greg Meckbach

Pat Durepos is leaving Keal Technology, the broker management system vendor he sold to Vertafore

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Snowed Under

March 3, 2020 Naomi Grosman

Canada gets a lot of snow. So why is it so difficult to find snowplow insurance in this country?