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Paid IS THE VALUE OF TODAY’S BROKERAGE AT RISK?

November 1, 2022 CIBC

Things have quickly changed! Within the span of a few months, geo-political and macro-economic factors have tilted the world on its axis. Slower supply chains and labour shortages emerging from COVID have contributed to an inflationary cycle in Canada that

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Paid TOMORROW’S BROKERAGE STARTS TODAY

May 1, 2022 CIBC

Owning a successful brokerage takes years of hard work, entrepreneurial drive and adaptability. Even if you’re a very astute brokerage owner, you may not be familiar with  what is needed to successfully transition your brokerage. Many, if not most, brokerage

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Intact’s plan to help you advise your client on disaster resilience

October 2, 2020 by Greg Meckbach

By the end of this year, Intact Financial Corp. is hoping that a research centre it funds will have trained more than 140,000 brokers, home inspectors, realtors, and other professionals on how to make properties resilient to extreme weather, CEO

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BMO and CIBC’s Simplii warn fraudsters may have accessed data of 40,000 clients

May 28, 2018 The Canadian Press

TORONTO – Two of Canada’s biggest banks are warning that “fraudsters” may have accessed certain personal and financial information from some customers. The Bank of Montreal said fraudsters contacted the bank on Sunday claiming to be in possession of certain

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Accenture launches “Liquid Studio” in Toronto to help clients accelerate digital transformation

August 18, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Global professional services company Accenture has opened a new “Liquid Studio” in Toronto to help clients “to turn ideas into innovative applications and solutions with speed and agility.” The Liquid Studio uses rapid development approaches, including agile methodologies and DevOps

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Loblaw to keep operating PC Financial home & auto brokerage after ending banking relationship with CIBC

August 17, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

PC Financial Insurance Broker Inc. – which places home and auto insurance in Ontario, Alberta and Atlantic Canada – will continue to be owned and operated by grocery and drug retailer Loblaw Companies Ltd., a PC Financial spokesperson told Canadian Underwriter Wednesday.
President’s Choice Bank, a Loblaw unit, announced Wednesday it has ended its 20-year relationship with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.
“Everyday banking products, including savings, chequing and mortgage accounts, previously offered under the President’s Choice Financial brand will continue to be provided by CIBC, under new branding…

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Supreme Court of Canada could hear appeal of lawsuit involving auditors’ duty of care to non-shareholder lenders

May 29, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Canada’s highest court will decide June 1 whether it will hear an appeal from a major auditing and accounting firm that could face a trial this fall in a class action lawsuit filed by several banks over the bankruptcy in

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CIBC economist tells insurers how investment returns could be affected by ‘things that go Trump in the night’

April 26, 2017 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

Interest rates in Canada are predicted to stay “very low by historic standards” through the end of 2019, an economist recently told insurance professionals, while a “movement against globalization” is a concern for one of Canada’s largest carriers. Avery Shenfeld,

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IBM and SecureKey Technologies to deliver blockchain-based network for Canadian consumers

March 21, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

IBM and SecureKey Technologies, an identity and authentication provider company, announced on Monday that they are joining forces to “enable a new digital identity and attribute sharing network” based on IBM Blockchain. “The network will be designed to make it

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Back to business results expected from oilsands as wildfire impact dissipates

October 26, 2016 Dan Healing - THE CANADIAN PRESS

CALGARY – Oilsands producers are expected to report back-to-business third-quarter results over the next few days as they shrug off lingering impacts of last May’s devastating wildfires in Fort McMurray, Alta. While provincial estimates report that Alberta oilsands production dropped

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Canadian banks shake off oilpatch fears, report better than expected earnings

August 26, 2016 Alexandra Posadzki - THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO – Panic about how the oil price shock could affect the banks’ bottom lines has subsided, as several of the country’s largest financial institutions reported better-than-expected third-quarter results. CIBC (TSX:CM) reported that its quarterly profit climbed nearly 50 per

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Alberta fires torch economy, biggest monthly GDP decline in more than 7 years

July 31, 2016 Andy Blatchford - THE CANADIAN PRESS

OTTAWA – The Alberta wildfires torched the Canadian economy in May, driving the country into its worst one-month performance since the darkest days of the Great Recession. On Friday, Statistics Canada’s latest reading for real gross domestic product showed a