CALGARY — Current trends around ownership of brokers by insurers is “basically leaving the mid- to large end of the commercial market to fight over,” Ulrich Kadow, chief agent, Canada for Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty Americas (AGCS), said in…
Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) Inc. announced Friday that members interested in attaining the Certified Risk Management Professional (RIMS-CRMP) designation will soon be able to take the exam online. “Eligible practitioners will be able to take the online exam…
Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited announced on Thursday that it has acquired Barrie, Ont.-based Sarjeant Insurance Brokers Limited. Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed. Hub has acquired the shares of Sarjeant, which specializes in providing property and casualty…
Global insurance brokerage Hub International Limited has acquired Edmonton-based New Dimensions Underwriters Ltd. The terms of the acquisition of the managing general agency were not disclosed, notes a statement this week from Chicago-based Hub International, which provides property and casualty,…
WASHINGTON – It was time to purge the hacker from the U.S. government’s computers. After secretly monitoring the hacker’s online movements for months, officials worried he was getting too close to critical information and devised a plan, dubbed “the Big…
More than 8 in 10 organizations were victims of phishing scams in 2015, a 13% increase over 2014, according to companies polled recently by Pittsburgh-based information security company Wombat Security Technologies. Wombat Security compiled data from the “millions of phishing…
Symcor Inc., a Canadian provider of business processing and client communications management systems, announced on Wednesday a strategic relationship with Majesco, a global provider of core insurance software, consulting and services for insurance business transformation. The strategic relationship adds Majesco’s…
More than 90% of the millennials in the U.S. taking part in a Vertafore survey say they view the industry as fulfilling for long-term careers that meets important criteria commonly identified as essential for job satisfaction. The finding is at…
Marsh has announced the appointment of Christopher Schaper as CEO of its managing general agent (MGA) business, the Schinnerer Group, effective immediately. In his role, Schaper will focus on the development and advancement of Marsh’s existing MGA businesses in Canada…
Vericlaim Canada – a subsidiary of Sedgwick Claims Management Services, Inc. – announced on Thursday that it has acquired the assets of RGM Claims Services, Inc. Mississauga, Ont.-based Vericlaim Canada is a national provider of loss adjusting and claims management…
Social media is the medium most able to cause damage to the public image of an individual or organization, according to the results of a new Nanos Research poll. Toronto-based Signal Leadership Communication Inc. (SLC), a social PR consultancy for…
The insurance industry will likely face what could be its biggest shift ever over the next decade and successful navigation will demand greater collaboration with a wider group of organizations, Mike Key, SAP’s vice president of business development, Global Core…