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How this brokerage pivoted to forge community ties online

July 6, 2021 by Adam Malik

When a global pandemic shut down in-person events, one brokerage created a new communications strategy to reach people where much of the world shifted — online. For Antigonish, N.S.-based brokerage AA Munro Insurance, it was important to tell their clients,

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The case for retaining clients instead of finding new ones

January 5, 2021 by Adam Malik

The insurance industry is putting a disproportionate amount of effort in bringing new customers to their business and not investing enough in client retention, which is a far more affordable strategy, says an industry observer. Further plaguing the industry is

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Home telematics startup Roost closes second round of funding with investments from Desjardins Insurance and Aviva Ventures

August 23, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Roost, a U.S.-based innovator in smart home telematics for the insurance industry, announced on Wednesday it has closed its second round of funding with US$10.4 million in investments from three companies, including Desjardins Insurance. The US$10.4 million Series B funding includes strategic investments from three companies, led by Aviva Ventures, with participation from Desjardins Insurance and Fosun RZ Capital in China, noted information from Sunnyvale, Calif.-headquartered Roost. Existing investors also participated in the round, bringing total funding to date to US$17 million.…

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Collaboration leads to milestone achievement to define data exchange standards between companies, brokers

August 23, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The long-standing objective of standardized real-time data exchange between insurance brokers and companies has taken a big step forward with Tuesday’s announcement that initial testing of the process has been successfully completed. A team of players in Canada’s p&c insurance