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Professional Development
How to keep your top sales producers from flying the coop
November 3, 2022 by David GambrillSix out of ten employers don’t really understand what motivates their salespeople, which may cause their top sales producers to seek work elsewhere, according to a Harvard Business Review blog. While employers are responding to staff burnout by tweaking the…
New senior executive for two major P&C brand names
November 2, 2022 by Jason ContantInsurance industry veteran Guy Lecours has been appointed chief operating officer of L’Unique and Unica, effective Nov. 21. Christian Fournier, executive vice president and lead of property and casualty insurance at Beneva, announced the appointment Wednesday. Lecours succeeds Yves Gagnon,…
Aviva exec to lead Insurance Institute’s board
October 27, 2022 by Jason ContantAviva Canada CEO Jason Storah has been elected chairman of the board of governors of the Insurance Institute of Canada (IIC). Storah, who is based in Toronto, was elected following IIC’s 69th annual general meeting, held on Oct. 25 in…
How to find P&C talent by acquiring wealth planning advisories
October 27, 2022 Philip PoradoFrequent announcements about Canadian P&C brokerages buying retirement and wealth planning advisories raises an interesting question: What do the acquirers offer to the employees of the firms they buy? The short answer is development opportunities, said Terri Botosan, regional president…
Opinion: How to end subscription policy bottlenecks
October 21, 2022 Douglas MorrowWhile 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…
Burnout and isolation: Employees and managers can’t ignore social, mental health impact of working from home
October 21, 2022 The Canadian PressKiffer George Card, Assistant Professor in Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University – THE CONVERSATION This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on…
Global Affairs Canada mismanaged executive who berated staff: commissioner
October 7, 2022 Dylan Robertson - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – The watchdog for the federal public service has ruled that Global Affairs Canada committed “gross mismanagement” in the way it dealt with complaints about a senior employee accused of throwing objects, mocking colleagues and even pushing and slapping…
Where DEI training doesn’t work
October 6, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatinoIncorporating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) successfully into the workplace has to come from a genuine desire to improve a workplace culture rather than as a way to check boxes, speakers said in a RIMS Canada Conference panel discussion. “Often…
School board lacked authority to suspend trustees over alleged bullying: B.C. judge
September 27, 2022 The Canadian PressVICTORIA – A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ruled the Greater Victoria School Board lacked the authority to censure and suspend two elected trustees over allegations of harassment and bullying. Justice Briana Hardwick says in a written decision that the…
Intact CEO reveals “the toughest file of my career”
September 23, 2022 by David GambrillThe chief operating officer of Canada’s largest P&C insurer is confronting a conundrum he never faced before the pandemic — he’s not sure how to get all of his employees to work in the office. It’s not an issue unique…
CapriCMW and Rogers Insurance announce merger
September 20, 2022 by Jason ContantBritish Columbia-based CapriCMW and Alberta-based Rogers Insurance have announced that they have merged and will be known as Acera Insurance. The merger will create a company with 1,000 employees located in more than 50 offices across Alberta, B.C., Ontario and…
Why your team needs to focus on software development
September 16, 2022 by Jason ContantOrganizations that achieve faster digital transformation end up becoming more innovative in the long-term, a speaker said Wednesday at the Future of Insurance Canada 2022 conference, hosted in-person in downtown Toronto by Reuters Events. Raj Utraja, vice president of technology…