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disruptors
Aviva Canada launches second Pitch Day focusing on high potential digital startups
June 13, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterFollowing the success of Aviva Pitch Day in 2016, Aviva Ventures announced on Tuesday that it will continue to invest in high potential digital startups around the globe. With $170 million to invest globally over the next four years “in…
CEOs “particularly” anxious about data breaches: PwC survey
February 13, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterNearly one in four chief executive officers surveyed by PriceWaterhouseCoopers “strongly agree” that how their firms manage people’s data will “differentiate” their companies. “CEOs are particularly anxious that breaches in data security and ethics, and IT outages and disruptions could…
Soft and hard disruptors will vastly transform Canadian collision industry in next 10 years: CCIF speaker
January 27, 2017 Jason Contant, Online EditorThe Canadian collision industry will be “ripped apart beyond belief” in a decade by several disruptors, including connected autonomous vehicles and ridesharing, a speaker suggested Friday at the Canadian Collision Industry Forum (CCIF) meeting in Vaughan, Ont. Andrew King, managing…
Strategic planning of Canada’s p&c industry must extend to five, 10 years: Cook
January 11, 2017 by Angela StelmakowichCanada’s property and casualty insurance industry must look farther ahead in its strategic planning than it may be used to ensure it fully grasps developing conditions and can address related changes, Philip Cook, CEO of Omega Insurance Holdings Inc., suggested…
Insurance industry moving too slowly, must keep pace: Forgeron
October 25, 2016 Angela Stelmakowich, EditorCanada’s property and casualty industry – in need of a regulatory environment that fosters the innovation and responsiveness consumers are demanding – is at risk of losing pace to new competitors, Don Forgeron, president and CEO of Insurance Bureau of…
Personal lines set to dramatically change, but will not disappear altogether: speakers at CIP Symposium
April 22, 2016 Jason Contant, Online EditorWith the number of disruptors entering the insurance industry, personal lines insurance is set to undergo a dramatic transformation, but will likely not disappear altogether, speakers suggested Thursday at the 2016 CIP Society Symposium. Catherine Kargas (picture below right), vice…