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How to improve worker satisfaction during “The Great Re-Shuffle”

April 29, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

Employee development may be key to increasing worker satisfaction and increasing talent equity, suggests one panellist during the Insurance Institute of Canada’s Pivot with Purpose webinar.   Instead of viewing employees as assets, companies should see them as investments, explains

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What happened to the ex-broker who claimed he was a CE instructor, but wasn’t

July 22, 2020 by David Gambrill

A former broker who has vowed never to return to the insurance industry has been ordered to pay a $5,000 civil fine for claiming to be a CE instructor when he had not in fact taught the course he claimed

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Are young industry pros being set up to fail?

November 28, 2019 by Adam Malik

Young insurance professionals are being put in senior positions despite not having enough experience and it risks putting the industry in a perilous position, warns one veteran award-winning broker. Complicating matters further, she says, the industry across the board has

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Making Better Brokers

December 2, 2018 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

Thom Young, co-founder of Lundgren & Young Insurance Ltd. in Alberta, gives the business case for promoting professional development in Canadian brokerages. “This actually makes you money, so you should be doing it.”

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Broker CE on mobiles. What’s next, Virtual Reality classrooms?

November 20, 2017 David Gambrill, Editor-in-Chief

Continuing Education (CE) for brokers will likely make its way onto mobile devices in the short term, with the world of Virtual Reality classrooms to follow over the longer term — perhaps in the next five to 10 years, says

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IBAC accepting nominations for 2017 Dale Rempel Award of Excellence

May 18, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC) is now accepting nominations for the 2017 Dale Rempel Award of Excellence. The award, named after the IBAC governor, recognizes and celebrates those who are actively involved in the professional development of property

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Canadian P&C industry to celebrate National Education Month in February

February 1, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Canada’s property & casualty industry will celebrate National Education Month in February, showcasing the education and professional development of insurance professionals across the country. The Insurance Institute of Canada (IIC) has expanded its annual National Education Week to a month

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Insurance Institute of Canada launches new catalogue of online courses called CE OnDemand

September 15, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The Insurance Institute of Canada (IIC) announced on Thursday that it has launched CE OnDemand, a new catalogue of online courses based on a survey of brokers’ continuing education needs. The IIC said in a press release that CE OnDemand