Industry

Fayeanne Beattie, Gallagher Global Brokerage Canada

Fayeanne Beattie, chief financial officer, Gallagher Brokerage Canada For women entering the industry, finding that mentor is a key part of professional development and moving up the ranks, says a veteran P&C executive. “Having a really strong mentor system is important,” said Fayeanne Beattie, chief financial officer at Gallagher Brokerage Canada. “So finding people within […]

By Adam Malik | March 9, 2021

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Tina Gardiner, The Regional Municipality of York

Tina Gardiner, Manager, Risk Management Services, The Regional Municipality of York The experience left a sour taste in Tina Gardiner’s mouth. While with a different employer, Gardiner, who is currently the manager of risk services for York Region in Ontario, was told she was in line for a promotion. “I was told that I was going […]

By Adam Malik | March 9, 2021

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Hackers don’t care about your client’s data. Here’s what they really care about…

Businesses falling victim to cyberattacks often don’t realize that the value of data they store is not what’s important to hackers, it’s the value of the data to the company, Crawford & Company (Canada) said in a recent whitepaper. “It doesn’t matter that you don’t store personal information,” said Neal Jardine, cyber practice leader at […]

By Jason Contant | March 8, 2021

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Industry

How to handle three made-in-COVID client situations

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a series of unique risk exposures for Canadian policyholders, and industry experts gave a crash course on how they would handle these newly common scenarios. Three made-in-COVID situations presented themselves to clients over the past year, as presented in New Risk Exposure in a COVID World. The Insurance Institute and […]

By Adam Malik | March 8, 2021

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Shipping industry warns of disruptions from potential strike at Port of Montreal

MONTREAL – The Shipping Federation of Canada is warning that a potential strike at the Port of Montreal is already having a damaging impact even as negotiations are set to resume Wednesday with the help of mediators. The trade association representing the interests of ocean-going ships says the threat of a work stoppage is forcing […]

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Kristen Gill, Aviva Canada

Kristen Gill, Head of Personal Insurance, Aviva Canada If more women are to become P&C insurance industry executives, the industry should actively recruit young women in the early stages of their career planning and development, says Kristen Gill, head of personal insurance at Aviva Canada. Gill’s early start in Canada’s P&C insurance industry is a […]

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Karen Gavan, Swiss Re board

Karen Gavan, Swiss Re board of directors and former president, CEO of Economical Insurance To reach a leadership position in the Canadian property and casualty insurance industry, women leadership hopefuls need to develop and hone their financial literacy skills, the former president and CEO of Economical Insurance told Canadian Underwriter. “Women overall continue to be […]

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Robyn Young, Excel & Y

Robyn Young, CEO, Excel & Y and president-elect, IBAC Women need to be confident in their own potential and support other women in their rise up the corporate ladder, suggests Robyn Young, president-elect of the Insurance Brokers Association of Canada. If women are the primary caregivers at home, that could sometimes impede them from moving […]

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Susan Murphy, Hub Ontario

Susan Murphy, president, Hub Ontario The path Susan Murphy took is not necessarily one that she would recommend for young women in the insurance industry. While the president of Hub Ontario was progressing in her career, Murphy would often be the only female in the meeting room. She’d be the only female travelling with a […]

By Adam Malik | March 8, 2021

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Voices of P&C Women: Introduction

Women are making inroads into the senior executive leadership of the property and casualty insurance industry, but there is still a lot of work to do. Recent industry demographic research conducted by the Insurance Institute of Canada shows that although women made up 62.4% of the Canadian P&C workforce in 2017, they only had a […]

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