With massive retirements on the horizon for the Canadian P&C insurance industry, one organization is taking a multi-faceted approach to address the ‘talent crisis.’ The McGannon Foundation is ‘laser-focused’ on promoting the risk management and insurance profession in Canada through…
Commercial insurance brokerage Navacord Corp. has completed its first transaction of the year with a partnership with Winnipeg-based Avant Insurance. Announced Wednesday, the deal with the personal and commercial lines brokerage was effective Feb. 1. Navacord said in a press…
Canada’s P&C insurance industry is looking at everything from career fast-track programs to scholarships and student involvement programs to handle talent recruitment challenges. Recruitment has long been an industry challenge. In late January, the Insurance Institute of Canada, the industry’s…
Hub International Ltd. has enhanced its personal, commercial and employee benefits services with the acquisition of Ontario brokerage Mitchell Sandham. Located in Oakville, Ont., Mitchell Sandham is one of the oldest and largest independently owned insurance brokerages in the Greater…
British Columbia-based brokerage AMC Insurance Services Ltd. is looking to expand outside its home province, the brokerage’s vice president told Canadian Underwriter recently. “We realized in our core business strategy that if we want to continue to be a provider…
Professional services firm KPMG in Canada has purchased an insurance claims practice that offers income replacement benefit and related calculations, as well as commercial loss claims calculations for insurance companies and their customers. The acquisition of the claims practice of…
Many thorny issues arising out of managing small teams can be handled professionally by remembering the core role of a manager, which is to help team members succeed, a Facebook leader told the HBR on Leadership podcast recently. Julie Zhou,…
Canada’s property and casualty insurance industry has launched a collaborative, industry-wide recruitment effort dubbed Project Reframe. Announced by the Insurance Institute of Canada (IIC) Monday, the public education campaign aims to portray the insurance industry as an engaging, dynamic, and…
One large claims firm in Canada has addressed the adjuster talent shortage by establishing a new foundational learning program for early-career adjusters. ClaimsPro’s new national adjuster development program is designed to provide entry level adjusters with technical expertise to tackle…
Smaller brokerages in the Canadian P&C insurance space can benefit from sharing best practices and platforms with other brokerages while still remaining independent, said the president of a family-owned brokerage in Nova Scotia. Earlier this month, Halifax-based Keyes Insurance became…
Given the uptick in return-to-office mandates since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s important for you to advocate for yourself as an employee who wants hybrid work, but also understand the needs of your employer if you face resistance,…
P&C leaders may be able to bring staff back into the office without sacrificing the flexibility their employees want. In fact, the key to getting ‘return to office’ right is an organization’s ability to draw workers back to their desks,…