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Why the P&C broker talent crunch won’t end soon

April 28, 2023 Philip Porado

While the hard market’s still a huge challenge for Canada’s broker distribution channel in 2023, finding qualified workers was also top concern for brokers. So said more than 150 nationwide respondents to Canadian Underwriter’s 2023 National Broker Survey. The survey,

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Can risk management companies close the talent gap?

April 20, 2023 Jason Contant

A high percentage of today’s pool of risk managers has been working in the industry a long time, and the next largest group are fairly new to the business. Those in the younger group “are excited about what they’ve done

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Why DEI plays into broker employee satisfaction—and turnover

April 17, 2023 by Alyssa DiSabatino

Amid a shortage of P&C industry talent, brokerages should heed the fact there may be a subtle risk to failing to address diversity — employee attrition. Brokers working in organizations without diversity in senior leadership are three times more likely to

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Which factors impact DEI programs at P&C brokerages

April 3, 2023 Philip Porado

The size of a Canadian P&C brokerage and the makeup of its senior leadership continues to drive whether employees have access to formal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. A Canadian Underwriter online survey, fielded in Jan. and Feb. 2023, and

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What insurers are doing to improve recruiting

August 23, 2022 Philip Porado

It’s not your imagination, COVID-19 really did throw a wrench into the insurance industry’s ability to hire and retain talent, says a new Deloitte report on the state of Canada’s P&C industry. It found industry demand for people with the

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How to hire during a pandemic

March 15, 2021 by Adam Malik

During the pandemic, in the absence of being able to meet job candidates face-to-face during the hiring phase, it’s best to arrange multiple meetings to get a better sense of what your new recruits are like, and whether they are

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How a shrinking office footprint can grow your company

February 26, 2021 by Adam Malik

You can grow your business by shrinking the office footprint, as long as you do it correctly, the CEO of Travelers Canada says. Several P&C insurance company executives are openly discussing how much office space they might actually need once

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Talent war goes high-tech

March 10, 2020 Jason Contant, Online Editor

How carriers and brokerages are leveraging tech to overcome their Number 1 threat

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December 4, 2018 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

Where do you find top-flight commercial brokers when the pool of highly-qualified talent is shallow?

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Why this brokerage is not looking to hire insurance experts

September 18, 2018 by Greg Meckbach

When Matt Alston hires workers for his property and casualty brokerage, he is not looking for a walking encyclopedia of insurance. At Surex Direct, personality “always trumps technical skills and accreditations,” said Alston, Surex Direct’s co-founder and chief operating officer.