Challenging the Status Quo by Offering Innovative and Strategic Insurance Products with a Competitive Advantage While Managing Clients Risk Exposures
January 11, 2012 by Canadian Underwriter magazine
National Brokers Insurance Services Inc., a Canadian, independent, privately held insurance brokerage, is getting a big business boost thanks to WEConnect Canada, a corporate-led organization that provides Canada’s premier certification program for women business owners. Joyce Usher-Mesiano, President is among a growing group of women business owners across the country whose companies have been certified by WEConnect Canada. WEConnect Canada is proud to deliver WEConnect International certification to Canadian women’s business enterprises that are at least 51% owned, managed and controlled by one or more women. This third party verification process makes it easier for corporations to find women’s business enterprises. WEConnect Canada’s relationship with WEConnect International helps to ensure that these businesses are included in corporate sourcing events inside and outside of Canada.
Through internationally recognized standards, WEConnect Canada certifies businesses that are atleast 51% owned, managed and controlled by women and connects them with the growing corporate and public sector demand for diverse suppliers. “That’s good not only for women, but for corporations and governments that can now easily source untapped and innovative new vendors,” says Betty Wood, WEConnect Canada’s Lead Strategist Women Business Enterprises. Women business owners in the U.S.A., the U.K. and recently India have similar certification programs. It’s also being introduced across Europe and in China.
“With a solid base and a strong business success model, we have followed a structured plan to build customer relations with the creation of an integrated team concept and improved business processes to enhance customer service, retention and gain new business prospects.
WEConnect Canada certification has further increased our exposure to potential customers,” says Usher-Mesiano, President of National Brokers Insurance Services Inc. “WEConnect Canada has helped our organization obtain new contacts, connect with top procurement officers, and has allowed us to take our passion for providing quality insurance products to unthinkable levels. National Brokers Insurance Services is proud to be the connection to the international world of insurance.” National Brokers Insurance Services Inc. is the only property/casualty insurance brokerage in Canada to have received this certification.
About WEConnect Canada:
WEConnect Canada is part of a global certification initiative that is opening doors to supply chains for women business enterprises and helping corporations tap into innovative vendors. It also provides opportunities for women entrepreneurs to participate in education, training, and mentoring programs that help them connect with procurement officers of top corporations and with other certified firms to enhance their bidding capacities on large contracts. Founding members include: Accenture, Alcatel-Lucent, BMO Financial Group, Cisco, Ernst & Young, IBM, Manpower, Pfizer, Staples, and Wal-Mart.
For more information, visit
www.weconnectcanada.org 1-877-857-3888
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