In February, the federal government heeded auto insurers’ call for a summit to address the rising rates of auto theft across the country. In 2022, Canada’s P&C industry paid out $1.2 billion in auto theft insurance claims, the first time…
What’s the risk landscape look like for your hospitality clients post-pandemic? Listen as CHES Special Risk president and CEO Gary Hirst shares insights on the hospitality sector post-pandemic. He’ll discuss how different models of food delivery can affect insurance risk,…
Canadian Underwriter recently asked the country’s top insurance leaders how this year will be different than 2023. A common theme we heard was that 2024 will likely look similar in terms of inflation and interest rates, hard insurance markets and…
Canadian Underwriter’s 2024 Executive Outlook asked the country’s top insurance industry leaders how 2024 will be different than 2023. Many predict next year will look similar when it comes to NatCats, high inflation and interest rates, labour shortages, geopolitical…
What’s happening in Canadian personal auto and property lines? Tune in as Aviva Canada’s managing director of personal lines, Susan Penwarden, discusses personal auto trends post-pandemic and what’s contributing to elevated property costs. In our ninth What’s on Dec? episode,…
Insurance Institute of Canada’s latest demographics research report provides a comprehensive analysis of the state of the P&C insurance industry’s workforce. Listen as Brad Neal, the Institute’s vice president of business development and strategic partnerships, dives deep into the 2022-23…
AM Best delivers a broad overview of the Canadian P&C market, taking a hard look at the property and auto insurance sectors. In our seventh What’s on Dec? podcast, AM Best senior director Greg Williams will look at what the…
MGAs used to be “operating in the shadows” but that has changed since the formation of the Canadian Association of Managing General Agents (CAMGA) two-and-a-half years ago. In our sixth What’s on Dec? podcast, CAMGA executive director Steve Masnyk shares…
Équité Association president and CEO Terri O’Brien discusses how the industry is tackling insurance fraud, including the use of artificial intelligence and data analytics. During this Fraud Prevention Month chat, she’ll join hosts Pete Tessier and Curt Wyatt to…
Commercial lines differ from personal lines when it comes to broker-carrier connectivity. Northbridge Insurance and insurance software company Acturis will take you behind the scenes of the development of an API data exchange solution. They’ll look at typical interactions in…
The current macroeconomic environment of high interest rates and inflation is affecting the entire insurance ecosystem, and how insurers cover replacement costs is no exception. Listen as Opta Information Intelligence president Greg McCutcheon discusses insurance to value, data points used,…
Canadian Underwriter’s 2023 Executive Outlook series asked the country’s top insurance company leaders to tell us the most important challenge facing the industry in 2023, and how the P&C industry should respond. In our second ‘What’s on Dec?’ CU podcast,…