What’s New: In Brief (June 28, 2007)

Simmlands Insurance Brokers Ltd. is joining forces with Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade (WICC) to present the 2007 Canadian PGA Womens Championship Pro-Am on July 30 at the Ladies Golf Club of Toronto.
This inaugural event will provide a fun-filled day prior to the Canadian PGA Womens Championship, all for the cause of cancer research, Simmlands announced in a press release.
Simmlands has focused on insuring the golf industry for over 30 years and provides a wide range of insurance products and services to Canadian PGA members.
Registration for the event can be done individually or as a team. A maximum of 32 teams will be accepted.
Online registration is available at: http://www.simmlands.com/main.html
The shotgun tournament will feature a scramble format, in which professional golfers play their own ball and amateurs may use the professionals drive on all Par 4 or 5 holes.
After the golf game, between 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., players will be able to enjoy wine-tasting and hors doeuvres in the garden, followed by prizes.
The cost is $250 per participant, including the game, a number of other events, and a welcome gift package. Power carts will be provided.
If you or your organization would like to support this event through sponsorship, please contact Pro-Am chair Ashley Chinner at (416) 408-8045.

Computer Sciences Corporation has extended its contract to provide business processing outsourcing (BPO) services to Swiss Re.
Under the extension, which runs through March 2014, CSC will continue to provide BPO services to support workers’ compensation for Swiss Re’s commercial insurance.
CSC will continue to provide end-to-end processing services to support Swiss Re’s underwriting, rating, policy issuance and administration, cash processing and reporting to independent bureaus and industry databases.
CSC has been providing outsourcing services to Swiss Re since 1995, including providing full insurance operations support and processing for more than 5.3 million policies, representing more than US$2.5 billion, in property and casualty lines.