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The opportunity insurers are missing as COVID-19 cancels events

April 24, 2020 by Jason Contant

As large sporting and entertainment events get cancelled across Canada and the world as a result of COVID-19, the insurance implications affect not only event organizers themselves, but also promotional partners, licensees and businesses involved in merchandising. While event organizers

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3rd Top Story of 2020: Why it matters that insurance is declared to be an “essential service”

March 24, 2020 by Adam Malik

The insurance industry will continue to operate as an essential service after Quebec and Ontario issued orders for many companies to close their doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And that’s a relief for consumers, brokers and insurers, say industry

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Why insurers are training in design thinking 

March 20, 2020 by Jason Contant, Online Editor

Canadian P&C professionals have approached Cookhouse Labs, an industry innovation hub, to help with staff training. Cookhouse co-founder Sven Roehl (pictured here) and Ibeth Ramos, Cookhouse’s program manager and innovation coach, explain why.
– As told to Jason Contant

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New Year’s resolutions

January 10, 2020 by David Gambrill, Editor in Chief

What the P&C industry promises to itself and Canadians over the next year

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Washing away Z-codes

October 10, 2019 by Monica Hanna, Business Solutions Delivery Lead, CSIO

Carriers have made significant strides in ridding their systems of nefarious Z-codes. Here’s an update on their mop-up operations….

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Guess which brokers are in the running for Entrepreneur of the Year

July 26, 2019 by Greg Meckbach

The leaders of one of Atlantic Canada’s largest brokerages are finalists in EY Canada’s Entrepreneur Of The Year award program. Gina McFetridge and Michael Stack, president and CEO respectively of Archway Insurance, are among the finalists announced July 18 by