Features
The Latest Opportunity in Cyber Coverage
February 12, 2018 Eduard Goodman, Global Privacy Officer, CyberScoutCanadian businesses will soon be required to report all data breaches. Here’s how you can meet their need for cyber coverage.
Fraud Squad
February 8, 2018 Kim Donaldson, Vice-President, Ontario Region, Insurance Bureau of CanadaOntario wants to stamp out auto insurance fraud by creating a dedicated team of fraud prosecutors. Here’s what P&C insurers think of the plan…
Sole Consequence
February 5, 2018 Michael S. Teitelbaum, Partner, Hughes Amys LLPWill one word – ‘solely’ — affect the scope of additional insured coverage? In Brookfield Johnson Controls Canada LP v. Continental Casualty Company, Ontario Superior Court Justice Jane Ferguson considered the breadth of an insurer’s duty to defend an additional…
Play it Again, Sam
January 30, 2018 Willie Handler, Consultant, Willie Handler and AssociatesKey features of Ontario’s latest auto reform package have been attempted before – and ended in heartbreak
I, Robot
January 28, 2018 Monica Kuzyk Vice President, Claims, Curo Claims ServicesOvercoming our fear of robots will allow our best people to focus on the customer at the time of claim, when they need us most.
The Costly Future of Claims
January 26, 2018 David Gambrill, Editor-in-ChiefOops, the industry did it again. In 2017, Canada’s property and casualty insurance industry paid out a total of $1.33 billion in insured losses following catastrophic events primarily related to climate change. It’s the fifth time over the past seven…
The Future of Broker Education
January 24, 2018 David Gambrill, Editor-in-ChiefGreg Mansfield has received an award for his visionary approach to broker CE. Here’s what he sees for broker learners in the future.
Millennials Rising
January 22, 2018 Margaret Parent, Director of the Professionals’ Division Insurance Institute of CanadaPreliminary research finds that P&C insurers have successfully recruited Millennials into the industry
Rideshare Redux
January 17, 2018 Jason Contant, Online EditorCalifornia-based Lyft is coming to Canada. Has the industry learned from Uber?
Out of Pocket
January 15, 2018 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorBrokers could pay more under proposal to tax income sprinkling and passive investments
Auto Polish
January 11, 2018 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorAuto insurance reform was top of mind at this year’s Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario convention.
Opportunity or Obligation?
January 9, 2018 Kristen Cornell, Principal, Industry Value Engineering, SAP CanadaDoing the bare minimum to comply with IFRS 17 may save you money in the short term, but there’s a bigger opportunity to transform your company digitally