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Paid Safeguarding Trust: Data Privacy Strategies for Your Brokerage

March 4, 2024 CAA Insurance Company

Imagine firing up your computer on a Monday morning with the usual hustle and bustle of various requests to attend to. An urgent client request for a policy change comes in but, in a rush, you decide to send this

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Paid How can technology help businesses strategically strengthen their resilience?

December 13, 2023 Swiss Re Corporate Solutions

There’s no understating how much has changed over the last five years. The world has experienced a series of extraordinary shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the highest global inflation rates since 1981, the largest war in Europe since 1945, and

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Paid The business case for leading on Purpose

December 12, 2023 Gaby Polanco Sorto, VP and Head, Purpose and Sustainability, Gore Mutual Insurance

The Purpose Imperative Canadians are feeling overwhelmed by social and economic pressures and recurring devastation from floods, fires and extreme storms. On top of constantly managing risks, liability and costs due to these conditions, the insurance industry, like all others,

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Paid Fostering Resilience: The Crucial Role of Trust in Your Insurance Partner

December 1, 2023 Glen Hopkinson, CEO, AXA XL Canada

With its vast expanse of nearly 10 million square kilometers (3.9 million square miles), Canada stands as the world’s second-largest country by land area. It boasts a multitude of diverse industries, each brimming with unique risks, spanning across every province

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Paid Uniting industries to tackle the auto theft crisis

November 28, 2023 AVIVA Canada

Canada’s auto theft rates have reached crisis levels. With provinces across the country experiencing double digit increases in the first half of this year, the industry is estimating $1 billion in losses for 2023. The financial and emotional stress associated

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Paid How do I help my clients leverage digital tools to manage their climate risk?

November 27, 2023 Swiss Re Corporate Solutions

For a decade or more, the business case for companies to effectively manage their exposures to the myriad risks that accompany a warming planet has been growing increasingly clear. Leveraging digital tools to better understand climate risk and its interplay

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Paid How can parametric solutions help your company prepare for the unexpected?

November 20, 2023 Swiss Re Corporate Solutions

Although relatively infrequent, British Columbia (BC) is not immune to earthquakes. The last major earthquake to strike BC was centuries ago, understandably justifying why they are rarely front of mind for corporates and public entities. As a result, we see

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Paid A Recent Study Reveals That When Legal Life Events Happen, They Hurt!

November 14, 2023 ARAG Legal Solutions Inc.

How can our industry help reduce the pain for Canadians? The current cost-of-living crisis is placing immense financial pressure on Canadians and impacting their overall well-being. Those pressures may be a why only a small segment of the 2,500 Canadians

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Paid 10 ways to mitigate risk in use and storage of lithium-ion batteries

November 6, 2023 Jenny Yung, QBE Underwriting Manager, Commercial Package

As a leading business insurer, QBE Canada is aware of the risks that lithium-ion batteries can pose in commercial and industrial environments Rechargeable lithium-ion (li-ion) batteries were first introduced in 1991. Today, they’re everywhere. Think about how many rechargeable devices

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Paid 2023 Underwriters of the Year | Pat Walker, Personal Lines Underwriter, Heartland Mutual Insurance

November 2, 2023 Canadian Broker Network

Pat Walker’s insurance career began nearly 25 years ago when she joined Heartland Mutual Insurance (then Kings Mutual). She takes great pride in delivering excellent service and building lasting relationships with her broker partners. She achieved her CIP designation in

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Paid 7 Essential Factors for Crafting an Effective Business Continuity Plan

November 1, 2023 Echelon Insurance

When it comes to a commercial business’ loss prevention strategy, the importance of having well-crafted tools designed to respond swiftly and effectively to unforeseen incidents cannot be overstated. One resource that may not get as much attention as it needs

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Paid 2023 Underwriters of the Year | Linda Tétreault, Commercial Mid-market Underwriting Specialist, Aviva

November 1, 2023 Canadian Broker Network

Linda Tétreault began her insurance career in the early ’90s with Missisquoi Insurance and later worked as a broker for a year while expanding her expertise and working on her FPAA designation. She held a senior underwriter position at RSA