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Tara Laidman
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Tara Laidman | The Co-operators

March 9, 2023 Gloria Cilliers

Tara Laidman, Vice President, P&C Business Operations, The Co-operators “Our first obstacle as women in P&C is the lack of awareness or information about careers in our industry,” says Tara Laidman, vice president of P&C business operations at The Co-operators.

Monica Kuzyk
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Monica Kuzyk | Curo Claims Services

March 9, 2023 Stacey Hunt

Monica Kuzyk, Vice-President, Curo Claims Services “In my generation, when we began to work in the ’80s, insurance companies were the places that were hiring,” says Monica Kuzyk, “so I applied at a local property and casualty insurer and was

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Brooke Hunter | Hunters International Insurance

March 9, 2023 Gloria Cilliers

Brooke Hunter, President, CEO, Hunters International Insurance Brooke Hunter, president and CEO of Hunters International Insurance, recently reflected on her leadership after learning more men get promoted from entry level positions to manager than women. “What’s become known as the

Kathy Curran
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Kathy Curran | Definity

March 9, 2023 Gloria Cilliers

Kathy Curran, Vice President, Business Platforms, Definity Canada’s P&C insurance industry is more widely recognizing the value of mentorship to help women succeed and lead, says Kathy Curran, vice president of business platforms in personal insurance at Definity. “We see

Asima Zahid
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Asima Zahid | Lloyd’s Canada Inc.

March 8, 2023 Stacey Hunt

Asima Zahid, Director, Market Development, Lloyd’s Canada Inc. “It was a total fluke,” says Asima Zahid when asked how she made her entry into the property and casualty insurance industry. As a relative newcomer to Canada, the current Director of

Jessica Mou
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Jessica Mou | Gore Mutual

March 8, 2023 Gloria Cilliers

Jessica Mou, Director, Commercial P&C Lines, Gore Mutual “Despite our industry making tremendous progress, there are still gender biases and stereotypes that I often face, from men and women,” says Jessica Mou, director of commercial lines at Gore Mutual. “I

Tracey Medeiros
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Tracey Medeiros | Gallagher

March 8, 2023 Stacey Hunt

Tracey Medeiros, Senior Vice President, Canadian Operations and Claims, Gallagher “Like most people in my generation, I didn’t graduate thinking insurance,” says Tracey Medeiros, who first applied for an entry-level filing position at a property and casualty insurer because she

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Ilda Dinis | Northbridge Financial Corporation

March 8, 2023 Gloria Cilliers

Ilda Dinis, Senior Vice President, Customer Experience and Marketing, Northbridge Financial Corporation “I am very proud to be working alongside an incredible group of senior women at Northbridge, but the reality is that women in our industry are still underrepresented

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Voices of P&C women

March 8, 2023 by David Gambrill

Happy International Women’s Day, 2023. To celebrate the accomplishments of women in the Canadian P&C industry, Canadian Underwriter has reached out to 20 of the industry’s women leaders. We asked how they got into the industry and what the industry

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Ownership critical to independence: broker exec

May 10, 2022 Gloria Cilliers

Brokers are justified in thinking independence is shrinking due to increased consolidation in the P&C industry, according to Lorie Phair, president of the Canadian Broker Network (CBN), Canada’s largest network of independent brokers. To think ownership does not influence a

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Broker independence is alive and well: IBAO president

April 22, 2022 by Jason Contant

Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) president Joseph Carnevale is not concerned about a brokerage’s ownership structure, since he sees it playing no part in whether or not brokers are “trusted advisors” to clients. “Every broker in the country is

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Brokers say stress may cause them to leave industry, survey finds

March 29, 2022 Philip Porado

Being an insurance broker has always come with its share of stress but verbatim responses to Canadian Underwriter‘s 2022 National Broker Survey found specific mentions of its impact on work satisfaction. One respondent who indicated they were highly like to