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Skills to promote change

Andy Taylor, Gore Mutual Insurance Company’s newly-minted president and CEO, reveals the soft skills required for a successful business transformation — and how to find them. – As told to Greg Meckbach   To recruit talent capable of shepherding a major business transformation, Gore Mutual is getting the word out about its ongoing changes while […]

August 10, 2020

2 min read

How job-protected leaves could affect your brokerage’s re-opening plans

Brokerage principals shouldn’t be rigid when it comes to dealing with employees who are skeptical about returning to the office and decide to extend or take a leave, an employment lawyer advised. A key observation management needs to make about their business — and can also stress to their clients — is that re-opening means […]

By Adam Malik | August 7, 2020

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Financially, which of your clients are hurting the most?

Canadian construction and real estate development companies appear to be hurting the most during the pandemic, according to bankruptcy records kept by the federal government. Twenty-seven Canadian companies have been granted creditor protection since the novel coronavirus was declared a pandemic in March, according to the online records of the Office of the Superintendent of […]

By David Gambrill | August 7, 2020

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Wildfire risk is elevated this year. Why the pandemic made it worse

The central and Pacific coast of British Columbia could see an increased risk of wildfires this year, a new report predicts. And COVID-19 restrictions could make the risk higher, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty warned in its 2020 Wildfire Report, Future Fires: Weathering The Fire Storm. “Areas of western Canada are already experiencing frequent and […]

By Adam Malik | August 7, 2020

2 min read