Features
Outshine the gaggle on Google
August 3, 2019 Adam Malik, Managing EditorHow to stand out from the crowd on the world’s biggest search engine without blowing the budget on a fancy website.
Opening up the Borders
August 2, 2019 David Gambrill, Editor-in-ChiefPeter Weightman, head of Intact’s specialty unit, shows how the company’s 2017 acquisition of OneBeacon created opportunities in the U.S. for Canadian brokers.
Corporate Headwinds
August 1, 2019 Jeff BucksteinCorporate boards in Canada face different exposures today than they did in the past. How has D&O insurance changed to help boards face these new challenges?
Discipline digest
July 9, 2019 David Gambrill, Editor-in-ChiefIt’s time for a national standard on publishing provincial broker discipline decisions
Handwritten data
July 8, 2019 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorMachine learning and optical character recognition can help brokers enter data from forms, but it still often takes human effort to read handwriting
Shifting Sands
July 7, 2019 Jason Contant, Online EditorYour client’s home falls into a sinkhole — coverage denied, right? How coverage may still apply, depending on a shift in circumstances
The broker’s valuation proposition
July 6, 2019 Kelly Juhasz, President, Canadian Chapter, International Society of AppraisersHow offering appraisal services can increase your client’s satisfaction
CRM Convert
July 4, 2019 Adam Malik, Managing EditorWhy are brokers afraid of lead generation software? Dave Vass of Trufla Technology makes the case for a client relations management solution
Juggling priorities
July 3, 2019 The CIP Society, The Insurance Institute of CanadaHow a hard market can turn conflicting priorities into an ethical issue
The Power of Now
July 1, 2019 Glenn McGillivray, Managing Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR)The industry is quite rightly focused on the future to assess emerging issues, but it must remain mindful of the present moment to address two major drivers of its poor results.
Ask the right questions
June 17, 2019 Chloe Mathioudakis, Litigator, Field Law; and Erika Carrasco, Partner, Field LawPost-marijuana legalization, how will adjusters know if a driver is “intoxicated”?
Where did everyone go?
June 16, 2019 Emily AtkinsHow do you keep track of your insureds when disasters force your clients to abandon the primary address you have on file?