Shifting Ground
December 1, 2008 by Canadian Underwriter; We asked CEOs of primary insurance companies in Canada to identify their top issue facing the Canadian insurance industry looking forward into 2009. Here, in alphabetical order, are their responses.
Ten Technology Trends To Boost Claims Automation
November 30, 2008 Randy WheelerToday, with most financial services transactions occurring in real time, the claims industry has had to respond to consumer and market pressures to automate and accelerate claims processing. Using Internet- native platforms, claims adjusters can streamline traditional claims inefficiencies and…
8 Things Wrong With the Insurance Industry
November 1, 2008 Chris MacKechnie, President, Slingshot, CommunicationsOver the past decade, my communications company, Slingshot, has had the opportunity to work with 38 different property and casualty insurance companies on a wide range of topics, from designing computer systems, Web sites, and marketing programs to managing brand…
George Simpson Honoured With Donald M. Stuart Award
November 1, 2008 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Ontario Chapter of RIMS named George Simpson, senior manager, risk management and insurance of EPCOR Utilities Inc., as the 2008 recipient of the Don Stuart Memorial Award. Erin Magilton-Morneau, ORIMS immediate past president, presented the award to Simpson during…
Segmenting Tech Consumers
October 1, 2008 Ismail Pishori, Vice-President, Financial Services Vertical Marketing, TelusCommunication technologies and applications like Facebook, text messaging and Web cams are giving consumers near-limitless options for interacting with one another. This new wave of greater social interaction has migrated from our homes to our schools, and, more recently, to…
On the Scene (October 01, 2008)
September 30, 2008 byCrawford & Company (Canada) Inc. lost a long-time stalwart member and friend with the passing of John McHugh on Sept. 24, 2008. John, vice president, Claims Operations for Crawford, was known throughout the industry as a fine gentleman, a devoted…
Women Looking Up
September 1, 2008 Vanessa Mariga, Associate EditorFor women and men alike, but particularly for women, it’s disheartening to see little has changed in the demographic make-up of the executive level of the Canadian property and casualty industry over the past decade. Women held only 23% of…
MOVES & VIEWS (September 01, 2008)
September 1, 2008 by Canadian Underwriter1 Aon’s Ontario claims group has made a variety of new staff appointments. Eugene Savaia [1a] has been appointed senior claims consultant. Savaia has more than 26 years worth of insurance claims experience, most recently with Zurich North America Canada.…
Small Tech, Big Risks
August 1, 2008 Johanny Cruz Research Analyst, Advisen Ltd.The world’s population will expand by 50% in the next 50 years, according to United Nations forecasts. This growth will be accompanied by a 500% rise in the use of energy and a 300% increase in the use of materials.…
Insurance-Linked Securities: Here to Stay?
July 1, 2008 Francis Blumberg Head Of Canadian Operations, Chief Agent, PartnerReThe use of insurance-linked securities is a hot topic in both the United States and Europe, but it has received less attention in Canada, in part because of a lack of clarity in regulatory guidance for ILS in Canada
Automating Policy Changes: Bringing Life To Change
June 1, 2008 Craig HarrisIt might seem a paradoxical enterprise to “automate change.” But this is exactly the kind of circle that brokers, insurers and tech vendors are attempting to square when they ponder how to give brokers the electronic means to submit real-time policy changes to insurers.
Moves (June 01, 2008)
June 1, 2008 by Canadian UnderwriterInsurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) has appointed Don Forgeron as vice president, Ontario and Barb Sulzenko-Laurie as its new vice president of policy. Jane Voll, the IBC’s immediate past vice president of policy, becomes special advisor to the president in…