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IBAO & Intact partner to deliver information to customers electronically
June 16, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) and Intact Insurance Company announced on Friday that they have created a working group to explore ways for brokers to integrate Intact’s new online Client Centre with their existing systems. This newly-formed group…
Multiple access points for single customer to obtain electronic communications could be detrimental to Ontario consumer: IBAO
June 16, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterCreating multiple access points for a single consumer to obtain electronic communications, including e-documents, could be detrimental to the Ontario consumer, the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) argued in a position paper released on Thursday. IBAO released the paper,…
Aviva Canada partners with Tennis Canada for home and auto insurance program
May 15, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterAviva Canada Inc. announced on Monday that it launching a new “tennis-focused brand experience for home and auto insurance through an extended partnership” with Tennis Canada. The Tennis Canada Home and Auto insurance program for both fans and players alike…
Ontario brokers voice support for provincial commitment to electronic proof of insurance
April 28, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) has welcomed the provincial government’s budget pledge to give drivers the option of electronic proof of insurance, a move IBAO suggests will help make insurance more affordable for consumers. The advance is part…
More than 23 million eDocs transmitted in 2016: CSIO chair
April 16, 2017 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorThe Centre for Study of Insurance Operations held its annual general meeting Thursday, acclaiming the president of the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario as a new board member and announcing the use of its eDocs standard was up about 45%…
New Ontario financial authority should monitor auto insurers with ‘unusual number’ of LAT appeals: Marshall
April 12, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterNeither the behaviour of personal injury lawyers nor “excess profits” of insurers are to blame for high auto premiums in Ontario, but the government should consider restricting lawyers’ contingency fees, a special advisor to the provincial government suggested in a…
Direct Hit
April 1, 2017 Angela Stelmakowich, EditorWhat was it about Lola? Girls will be boys; boys will be girls? All good. For Canada’s property and casualty insurance industry, as surely is the case elsewhere, it is a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world as well.…
New Brunswick brokers’ association suspends sponsorship partnership with Aviva
March 29, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe board of directors of the Insurance Brokers Association of New Brunswick has “voted to suspend a longstanding sponsorship partnership with Aviva Canada,” IBANB said in a release sent Wednesday. On Jan. 18, Aviva announced it is offering “team branded”…
Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario continues ‘to have multiple discussions with Aviva:’ Simpson
March 28, 2017 Greg Meckbach, Associate EditorTwo months after the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario announced it would no longer invite Aviva Canada Inc. to participate in IBAO’s sponsorship program, the association continues to hold talks with Aviva, IBAO’s chief executive officer said Tuesday. “We continue…
Ontario private member’s bill proposes 15% cap on personal injury lawyers’ contingency fees
March 10, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterA bill tabled Wednesday in the Ontario legislature, by a backbench Liberal MPP, would limit lawyers’ contingency fees in the province, for personal injury claims, to 15%. If passed into law, Bill 103 would stipulate that “contingency fees be capped…
Speakers weigh in on contentious topic of insurers with “broker arm interrupters”
March 1, 2017 Jason Contant, Online EditorIf an insurer can offer brokers more products, assistance and their brand is recognized by clients, “there is some value there,” Jeff Roy, CEO of Excalibur Insurance Group, suggested on Wednesday at the Insurance-Canada.ca Broker Forum, held at the Allstream…
IBAO, Insurance Institute of Ontario hosting live webcast on driverless cars
February 7, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) and the Insurance Institute of Ontario announced on Tuesday that they will be hosting a live webcast on the insurance implications of automated vehicles on Feb. 16. The webcast, which will run from…