Features
Sending out an SMS
February 4, 2020 Adam Malik, Managing EditorYour clients likely have cellphones and use them to text. What’s stopping brokers from communicating with clients using the technology they want?
Time to regulate insurtechs
February 4, 2020 David Gambrill, Editor in ChiefA short time ago, insurers feared insurtechs would disrupt the property and casualty industry.
Technology Outlook 2020
February 3, 2020 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorWhat major technology trends do you foresee in the property and casualty insurance industry in 2020? What new technologies will be on the brokers’ radar? We put these questions to a number of tech experts; their responses will inform your strategic thinking about tech.
How to sell cyber
February 2, 2020 Jason Contant, Online EditorJames Burns, cyber product leader with CFC Underwriting, shares his insights on what the industry needs to do to sell more cyber insurance policies. cu | How do successful brokers sell cyber insurance? They make cyber products relevant to the…
Who do you trust?
February 1, 2020 David Gambrill, Editor in ChiefA client’s personal information is gold to the P&C industry, which relies on data collection and analysis to make a profit. A report on how brokers and insurers are working together to safeguard the industry’s hot new currency — data.
Big Moves – Former head of State Farm Canada retires
January 20, 2020 by Greg MeckbachBarbara Bellissimo helped lead State Farm Canada through the transition after it was bought by Desjardins Group
Electronic claims triage
January 15, 2020 David Gambrill, Editor in ChiefTrying to figure out which claim is best-suited to which adjuster? Now technology can do that for you
High water mark
January 14, 2020 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorProperty risk from erosion and waves on the Great Lakes is on the rise because of record-high surface elevations
New Year’s resolutions
January 10, 2020 David Gambrill, Editor in ChiefWhat the P&C industry promises to itself and Canadians over the next year
Unfinished business
January 5, 2020 By Kevin Shipley, Partner, XCG Consulting LimitedWhy a winter construction fire should give underwriters pause before covering the risk of unfinished buildings
There goes the neighbourhood
January 4, 2020 Sarah Cunningham-Scharf, Freelance WriterHow governments and the industry should broach the delicate topic of expropriation in areas at high risk of flood damage
Captive Audience
January 3, 2020 Adam Malik, Managing EditorThanks to emerging industries and threats, captives have once again taken centre stage as a popular form of alternative risk transfer