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Policy Works revamps structure to focus on growth
April 4, 2018 by Steve PierowayCALGARY, April 4, 2018 /insPRESS/ – Policy Works Inc. is pleased to announce an internal reorganization that aligns the company’s structure with its strategic vision. To drive growth, two divisions have been created under the reorganization: one focused on the…
Female-centred ride hailing apps on the rise
April 3, 2018 by Jason ContantThe women behind the slowly growing number of ride-hailing apps catering to female passengers and drivers say the hurdles they’ve had to overcome to get their services on the road demonstrate exactly why they’re necessary in the first place. Women…
Solera Canada (Audatex) acquires Fluttrbox for on-demand inspections
April 3, 2018 Solera Canada (Audatex)TORONTO, April 3, 2018 /insPRESS/ – Solera Canada (Audatex) announces the acquisition of Montreal-based Fluttrbox, an emerging provider of on-demand aerial property inspections. The innovative software platform created by Fluttrbox, in conjunction with drone and other aerial technology, delivers granular property…
Consumers capable of making online insurance purchases on their own: digital broker
April 2, 2018 by Jason ContantCanadians are rejecting the notion that personal lines insurance is such a complicated product that consumers are incapable of making their own insurance purchase decisions without the advice of a broker, a digital broker told Canadian Underwriter recently. “I don’t…
Pay-as-you-go travel insurance comes to Canada
April 2, 2018 by Jason ContantAn AIG company has launched a pay-as-you-go travel insurance app. Travel Guard Group Canada launched the iPhone app last week to allow Canadian customers (except Quebec residents) to purchase travel insurance coverage in blocks of time ranging from one day…
Uber reaches settlement in autonomous vehicle fatality
April 2, 2018 The Associated PressPHOENIX – The family of an Arizona woman killed when struck by an autonomous Uber vehicle apparently has reached a settlement with the company. Cristina Perez Hesano, an attorney for the daughter and husband of 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg, disclosed no…
Human intervention not required to sell insurance online, digital broker says
March 29, 2018 by Jason ContantProposed regulatory changes allowing the sale of property and casualty insurance in Quebec without human intervention might actually benefit consumers and not harm them, a digital brokerage told Canadian Underwriter Wednesday. Scott Loong, co-founder and CEO of Montreal-based digital brokerage…
Looking to digitize? Keep an eye on your back end.
March 29, 2018 by David GambrillInsurance companies have made it a priority to modernize their operations to connect with their customers digitally, but all the work they have been doing may be tilting too far in the direction of acquiring customers, one senior Canadian P&C…
Trufla Technology Celebrates Bullfrog Insurance’s Innovative New Website
March 29, 2018 by Trufla TechnologyCALGARY, AB, March 29, 2018 /insPRESS/ – Trufla Technology is pleased to announce the launch of the redesigned Bullfrog Insurance website ( www.bullfroginsurance.com). Bullfrog, known for innovation in the insurance industry, was the first brokerage in Canada to provide an online…
You’ve got your clients’ data locked down, but can you prove it to a regulator?
March 28, 2018 by David GambrillInsurance organizations may be good at protecting their own clients’ data, but can they prove it? “In general, I would say that insurers are good at securing their data,” French Caldwell, a former advisor to the White House on cybersecurity,…
Hacking into the accounts of sports star millionaires
March 28, 2018 Michael Oliveira - THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO – Imagine the fallout if the NHL was hacked and its star players – think Sidney Crosby, Auston Matthews and Connor McDavid – had their home addresses, phone numbers and other personal information made accessible online. It’s an all-too-familiar…
Zycomp Systems Limited to Integrate My Proof of Insurance eDelivery
March 28, 2018 by CSIO (Centre for Study of Insurance Operations)VICTORIA, B.C., March 28, 2018 /insPRESS/ – Zycomp Systems Limited today announced its plans to integrate CSIO’s My Proof of Insurance eDelivery solution with the Power Broker Management System and make it available in upcoming version 4.33, due out on Friday,…