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Instagram and TikTok are new tools for engagement

September 8, 2021 Brooke Smith

In a world where many insurance brokerages offer the same products, trying to stand out can be a challenge. “One of the main things we’ve been trying to do more of — especially in the last year or so —

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How this broker is turning social media posts into sales

August 26, 2021 Canadian Underwriter Staff

When it comes to their social media marketing, many brokers still forget the customer — which is why such efforts aren’t turning into sales, a digitally savvy broker says. “It’s one of the most common mistakes brokers make when posting

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Lessons learned in a year when strategy changed on the fly

July 16, 2021 by Adam Malik

Understanding the relationship between your in-person and online communities is a lesson that one brokerage is taking away after 16 months of change when it comes to marketing and attracting new clients. COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic on March

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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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Forget data: The case for going with your gut instinct

June 8, 2021 by David Gambrill

Data analysis may be held up as the gold standard for making sound business decisions. But a recent study suggests gut instinct — when backed up by simple decision aids — may actually be better in situations of high uncertainty.

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Building your Brand

May 4, 2019 Brent Closs, Director, B2B marketing, Insurance, CAA Club Group

You can help your business grow by better managing the business of marketing. Here’s how…

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Digital and app users not waiting around, quick to bail on non-responsive service: Australia research

August 2, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

A huge divide exists between consumer expectations of their digital service experience and what is being delivered, with three-quarters of recently polled consumers in Australia reporting they will stop trying a digital app or service within a minute if it

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Two Ontario, two Alberta brokerages join BrokerLink

May 5, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

BrokerLink has welcomed four brokerages – two in Ontario; two in Alberta – to the fold in a move that expands the company’s reach while providing the four brokerages and their employees greater access to resources and opportunities. The brokerages

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Analytics single greatest disruptor to Canadian insurance industry: survey

April 4, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Analytics is the single greatest disruptor to the Canadian insurance industry today, according to 65% of executives polled for a recent survey by Insurance Nexus, a division of FC Business Intelligence. Insurance Nexus reported on Tuesday that it recently surveyed

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Gap exists between opportunity, willingness to take part in usage-based insurance programs in U.S.: LexisNexis

August 25, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

There is an apparent gap between polled U.S. drivers who are open to taking part in usage-based insurance (UBI) and those who are provided the opportunity to do so, suggest survey results released today by LexisNexis Risk Solutions. That disconnect