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Executive Outlook 2021: Philomena Comerford, Baird MacGregor

December 18, 2020 by Adam Malik

Philomena Comerford, President, CEO, Baird MacGregor Insurance Brokers LP & Hargraft Schofield Deemed an essential service, most tech-savvy brokerages deftly pivoted to a remote workforce model when COVID shut down the economy in March. Necessity became the mother of invention.

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Feeling more like a career counsellor than a broker these days? That’s not a bad thing.

December 14, 2020 by Adam Malik

Based on estimates of 160,000 Canadian small businesses at risk of closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic — or even as many as 225,000 closures, per the Canadian Federation of Independent Business — brokers have a part to play in

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What brokers can do more of to help their clients protect against flood risk

August 27, 2020 by David Gambrill

Canadians understand that flood damage has increased, but they don’t necessarily know to protect their homes against it, according to joint research conducted by RSA Canada and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Canada. The research suggests an opportunity for Canadian P&C

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Brokers enduring short-term pain for post-pandemic gain

April 28, 2020 by Adam Malik

Insurance brokers are facing short-term increased workloads for little — and even negative — reward during the COVID-19 pandemic. But these efforts are laying the groundwork for future prosperity, whether that be in terms of money, trust and recruitment, P&C