Several Canadian commercial P&C brokerages are actively acquiring wealth management, retirement planning and employee benefits firms so they can boost revenues by adding to their product ranges. The simple math suggests a larger product suite — one that brings in…
You may have seen Instagram influencers posting shots of their faces covered in their own blood – a macabre-looking skincare treatment known as a ‘vampire facial.’ Easily mistaken for scary Halloween make-up, a vampire or blood facial, or platelet-rich plasma…
Portfolio analysis is key to buying or selling brokerages, and some portfolios are more attractive than others, Herb Cline, president of CF2K Strategic Consultants, told a session at the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario’s recent convention. “The flavor of the…
TORONTO – Restaurants and bars across Canada are hoping this holiday season could finally spell recovery for the debt-laden sector. But, elevated inflation and a potential recession have them worried that their new normal won’t pay the bills. James Rilett,…
Cyber insurance customers are getting better at protecting their personal information and data from cyberattacks but poor cybersecurity behaviours remain prevalent, according to the results of Chubb’s Fifth Annual Report on Personal Cyber Risk. For the first time, the annual…
While the worst of the hard market in Canada is gradually drifting behind us and COVID-19 is taking something of a holiday, not all is rosy, especially for commercial lines business. Brokers worked tirelessly over the past several years to…
In the North, some mines risk leaking acid if the permafrost melts, while across Canada heavier rainfall will add strain to tailings dams and a lack of it could throw operations. While no strangers to extreme weather, the growing risks…
Rising costs for busker’s insurance has street performers singing the blues. To hear them tell it, sky high insurance rates cut so far into their profits that it often makes more sense to just stay home. And, depending on the…
Hurricane Fiona is the costliest extreme weather event ever recorded in Atlantic Canada, at $660 million in insured damage, according to preliminary estimates from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). The long-lived and powerful storm on Sept. 24 is also…
OTTAWA – Most consumers and businesses think Canada will enter a recession, according to new surveys from the Bank of Canada, but businesses expect upward pressure on prices and wages to ease while consumers are still pessimistic about inflation in…
Businesses operating trucks can see their livelihoods impacted by unforeseen incidents like mechanical failures, accidents, fires or vehicle thefts. For properly insured businesses, these incidents may result in downtime claims. And those claims often require careful consideration of limitations — because…
TORONTO – A new KPMG survey has found Canada’s small and medium-sized businesses are banking on strong growth in the next three years, even as a possible economic downturn remains top of mind in the near term. The survey of…