CSIO Achievement Award
June 1, 2008 by Canadian UnderwriterThe CSIO board of directors honoured Policy Works Inc. with the CSIO Achievement Award for Policy Works’ achievements in commercial lines XML implementation. The inaugural award was presented at CSIO’s AGM in Toronto on Apr. 24; it will continue to…
Striving for Greatness
May 31, 2008 Laura KupcisBy focusing on its employees, Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc. has been able to improve its quality and customer service.
On the Scene (June 01, 2008)
May 31, 2008 byTerrie-Lynne Devonish, chief counsel for Aon Canada, was recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40. The program, managed by The Caldwell Partners, recognizes Canada’s best and brightest through the prestigious national award. The program honours 40 Canadians in…
Need for Speed
May 1, 2008 David GambrillCanadian insurers are taking advantage of soft market conditions and renewed public confidence to ask politicians and regulators for more flexible means to change auto rates
Outsourcing Commercial Claims
April 1, 2008 David GambrillTier 2 Canadian commercial brokerages may soon be contemplating the predominantly U. S. tactic of outsourcing a brokerage’s claimshandling processes to a third-party provider
No Small Risks
March 1, 2008 Robert Landry, Immediate Past President And CEO, Zurich North America CanadaOpinion/Analysis; Nanotechnology, climate change and eroding urban infrastructures are top of mind for the country’s insurers
Moves (March 01, 2008)
March 1, 2008 by Canadian UnderwriterKeal Technology and PowerSoft jointly confirmed the completion of an integration project announced at the end of 2007. The integration partnership allows Keal’s clients using sigXP, a broker management system (BMS) for personal lines, to integrate with PowerSoft’s rating tool,…
WEB 2.0
February 1, 2008 Craig HarrisINSURANCE AND THE NEXUS GENERATION: The Internet’s incarnation as a platform has arrived for many consumer-oriented Web sites ranging from MySpace to YouTube to Second Life. The architecture underlying these collaborative, user-oriented sites and the features they offer are generally called Web 2.0, which refers to a host of technologies such as Ajax, RSS and Software as a Service (SaaS). The big question: does it mean anything to the insurance industry?
Beyond Process Optimization
January 1, 2008 May GibilliniProcess optimization has not resulted in sufficient innovation in accident benefit (AB) business models in recent years.
Natural Selection
October 1, 2007 Craig HarrisRisk managers are increasingly selecting their brokers through a formalized procurement process that must be done properly in order to keep it from becoming a glorified “beauty pageant”
Ahead of the Curve
October 1, 2007 David GambrillIBC’s incoming president, Mark Yakabuski, wants the insurance trade organization to be ahead of the curve when it comes to auto insurance reforms and discussions with governments about climate change
What’s New: In Brief (September 07, 2007)
September 7, 2007 by Canadian UnderwriterThe National Insurance Conference of Canada (NICC) has reported registering more than 300 senior executives from across Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Bermuda for its inaugural conference in 2007.The conference will be held from Sept. 30-Oct 2…