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Sales Column: Clients ignoring your emails? Try texting
February 22, 2023 by Adam MitchellPeople love their smartphones. And even those who claim they don’t still spend hours using them every day. A study last year by cybersecurity company NordVPN found 66% of Canadians even use their phones while in the washroom. I’ve always…
Letter to the editor: Best Terms — the buyer’s point of view
February 26, 2021 by BC Risk & Insurance Manager’s AssociationTo the Editor, We would like to respond to your editorial titled “Regulators, leave subscription policies alone,” dated Dec. 7, 2020. It is true that these are turbulent times in the insurance market, and that insurers have been experiencing losses…
Deal or No Deal?
December 16, 2020 by David Gambrill, Editor in ChiefIntact makes a splash with its intention to buy not only RSA Canada, but its parent company in Europe
Editorial: Regulators, leave subscription policies alone
December 7, 2020 by David GambrillWhen it comes to regulating “Best Terms Pricing” in Canada, Canadians, politicians and insurance regulators be forewarned: Be careful what you wish for. Banning the practice in a hard commercial lines market could wind up making things worse for consumers,…
The Way Forward
July 14, 2020 by David Gambrill, Editor in ChiefI remember the day everything changed. It was two days after the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus to be a global pandemic. On that Friday, Canadian Underwriter prepared for what has turned out to be a three-month stint…
Editor’s Note: Underwriting for the next pandemic
June 5, 2020 by David GambrillThe social and economic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic in 2020 is truly horrifying, saddening, and staggering. Many of us have lost loved ones, or know people who are out of work because of the potentially lethal virus moving…
CU Editorial: A survival guide for the next Recession
May 11, 2020 by David GambrillThe novel coronavirus has seemingly put all businesses in Canada, including the P&C industry, in a long-term holding pattern that that is likely to last until a vaccine is available. That could be anywhere from one to two years, according…
The biggest one
May 5, 2020 by David Gambrill, Editor in ChiefHow the industry will survive a global pandemic
Sound and Fury
March 7, 2020 by David Gambrill, Editor in ChiefWho will decide the epic battle going on in B.C. over public v. private auto?
Time to regulate insurtechs
February 4, 2020 by David Gambrill, Editor in ChiefA short time ago, insurers feared insurtechs would disrupt the property and casualty industry.
New Year’s resolutions
January 10, 2020 by David Gambrill, Editor in ChiefWhat the P&C industry promises to itself and Canadians over the next year