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Insurer concerns taxi for take off

January 1, 1999 Sean van Zyl, Editor

Consolidation and cost cutting became the corporate buzzwords of the 1980s and 1990s, with operators from insurance to retail-chains through to the aviation industry embracing downsizing and cheaper marketing and delivery systems. The aviation business emerged from this process, particularly…

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RIBO meeting stresses industry SELF-REGULATION

January 1, 1999 Sean van Zyl, Editor

The last six years have seen dramatic change in the structure and method of business of the property and casualty insurance industry. These “winds of change” sweeping through the industry are primarily a result of the unprecedented consolidation activity and…

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Canadian Perspective

January 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

The Canadian aviation insurance market is relatively small in the global picture, notes Mike Wills, manager of marine and aviation at Royal & SunAlliance. The Canadian industry’s total aviation net premiums amounted to Cdn$83.8 million for 1997 compared with the…

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Do virtual insurers dream of electric premiums?

January 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

Tomorrow’s insurers may become virtual companies that interact electronically with customers, while driving down costs and improving speed to market, a leading business futurist predicted at the opening of the U.S. Insurance Services Office Inc.’s (ISO) InsTech98 Conference. Dr. Bill…

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News (January 01, 1999)

January 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

To celebrate their acquisition of P.D. Brunt & Company Ltd., adjusters Sobel Adamsons Clements Ltd. recently held a one-day workshop, at Toronto’s The Albany Club, hosted by law enforcement consultant Glenn Foster. A former homicide detective and author of “How…

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SIZING UP IN: a TUG of WAR

January 1, 1999 Lowell Conn

A battle of brawn and wits has begun among service providers to the insurance industry in response to the rapid consolidation taking place at the primary company level.Faced with a changing landscape, service providers are looking for new opportunities and…

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Crossing the line in the battle against cancer

January 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

Insurance broker and vice president of Toronto-based KRG Insurance Group Eileen Greene recently fulfilled a prophesy and raised more than $10,000 in donations for the Women In Insurance Cancer Crusade (WICC). Her cause was motivated by her mother. Last year…

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Paying the Dues of Diligence

January 1, 1999 Lowell Conn

KPMG’s 7th annual Insurance Issues Conference, held in November at Toronto’s Four Seasons Hotel, focused on the effectsof industry consolidation on medium and small-sized insurance players.

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A fair shake?

January 1, 1999 Don Turner, an Adjusting Consultant

I am often asked what my profession is. Instead of saying, “insurance adjuster” I often respond “an arson investigator”. I choose the latter for simplicity and to avoid a volley of complaints from the public over perceived injustices in the settlement of claims.

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ALERT Fraud 2000

January 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

By Stephen Markson, a director of Forensic Systems Group and Craig Malcolm, managing partner of Forensic Accounting & Investigative Services Regardless of whether the new millennium starts on January 1, 2000 or 2001, its advent will provide abundant opportunities for…

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Letters (January 01, 1999)

January 1, 1999 by Canadian Underwriter

Dear Sir: I am surprised with your “informative” article on “Containing BROKER MANAGEMENT system costs” (CU, November Issue). I’m surprised that a management consultant wrote this article, without performing any kind of review of most of the options available today…