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Here’s how well clients rated broker service

Clients are satisfied with many aspects of their relationship with their broker. Not only do they rate their brokers highly on fulfilling the broker proposition generally, but they also viewed their broker as being above average when placing new business or on policy renewal. Canadian Underwriter canvassed the opinions of 653 Canadians who purchased home […]

By Adam Malik | August 24, 2020

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What does it mean to be a trusted insurance advisor?

About one month into the novel coronavirus pandemic, Joseph Carnevale, president of the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO), made a spirited declaration about the value of an insurance broker. “I think for the longest time, as brokers, we have always promised our clients that we would be there in their time of need,” Carnevale […]

By Adam Malik | August 24, 2020

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What brokers should consider with seasonal properties during COVID

If any of your clients own cottages or seasonal properties with no one living there overnight permanently, you might want to find out if the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way those properties are used. Robertson Insurance Brokers Ltd. has clients who live in the United States and in Britain who own cottages in Canada […]

By Greg Meckbach | August 21, 2020

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Why insurance regulator says this ‘notifiable contagious disease’ clause covers BI in pandemic

Whether business interruption coverage for a notifiable human infectious or contagious disease within a certain distance from the client’s premises actually insures closure due to COVID-19 was a hotly contested issue in a British trial that recently wrapped up. The recent test case before the High Court of England and Wales involves 17 business interruption […]

By Greg Meckbach | August 21, 2020

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