What’s New: In Brief (November 19, 2007)

The Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC) is supplying 4,000 magenta blankets featuring the BIP logo to patrols across Canada, part of a new partnership with the Canadian Ski Patrol System (CSPS).
The BIP logo – or the logo promoting insurance brokers – represents a stylized human figure, wrapped in a symbolic blanket, indicative of many positive things: comfort, care, security, warmth, according to a press release from IBAC..
“We are truly thrilled to be partnering with insurance brokers from across Canada, said Maggi McLeod, vice-president of fund development at the Canadian Ski Patrol System. It is a very unique and yet perfect fit for us. The CSPS focuses especially on safety and accident prevention. The blankets being provided to all the resorts patrolled by the CSPS through this partnership will go a very long way towards ensuring the comfort and warmth of the injured snowsport enthusiasts we treat at our local areas.
IBAC CEO Dan Danyluk concurred. It is indeed a perfect fit, he said. Insurance brokers are professionals who make sure that their clients are well protected in the case of a claim. An accident, be it on the road or on a ski hill, is something nobody plans for; however, knowing that in such an event someone is there to assist you or to take care of you makes us all feel more reassured.

Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. (Sedgwick CMS) announces has been certified an Employer of Choice for the fourth consecutive year.
The Employer of Choice designation is awarded to public, private or not-for-profit employers that demonstrate effective implementation of best practices in attracting, developing and retaining outstanding people.
Sedgwick CMS has been awarded certification for two years rather than the customary one-year period.
“Success in the Employer of Choice evaluation requires outstanding results in the workplace rather than just good intentions,” said Joyce L. Gioia (joy-yah)-Herman, CEO of Employer of Choice Inc. “Sedgwick CMS has maintained its standing as an Employer of Choice since 2004 and remains the only firm in its industry to have achieved this distinction.
Our evaluators’ decision to extend certification for two full years was based on the strength of the company’s application and the responses of Sedgwick CMS colleagues to a confidential, independently administered survey.”
Both clients and colleagues of Sedgwick CMS benefit from the companys participation in the Employer of Choice process, said David A. North, president and CEO of Sedgwick CMS. “The annual evaluation has become an important benchmarking and planning tool for Sedgwick CMS in implementing our strategy of team excellence in claims services.