Industry
Laura Samaroo, Managing Director, Canadian leader, WTW For Laura Samaroo, rising to the leadership ranks was an evolution. “Early in my career, I aspired to be a great consultant and actuary, but wasn’t necessarily focused on climbing the corporate ladder,” she recalls. “I worked hard and was willing to take on challenges – even if they […]
By Phil | March 7, 2022
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Lorie Phair, President, Canadian Broker Network Canada’s property and casualty insurance industry still has a gap in terms of opportunities for women in middle management, but the overall prospects for career opportunities and development are looking positive, says Lorie Phair, president of Canadian Broker Network. Phair notes there are a number of senior women leaders […]
By Jason Contant | March 7, 2022
Susan Penwarden, Chief Technical Underwriter, Aviva Canada Susan Penwarden has had a varied and robust career in insurance, living across five different countries and practicing insurance in the United Kingdom, France, Denmark and Canada. Before settling at Aviva, Penwarden started off as a broker, working each summer at Sedgwick Insurance Brokers. After finishing her undergraduate […]
By Alyssa DiSabatino | March 7, 2022
Chelsea Fitzpatrick, Vice-President of Operations, COO, Park Insurance Chelsea Fitzpatrick joined Park Insurance as a fresh graduate after receiving encouragement from Park’s President and CEO — her father. “There’s two sides of getting into insurance: you fall into it by accident, or you are related to somebody who’s in insurance — so that was my […]
BrokerLink looks at best practices when making an acquisition, recognizing that each deal is unique and doesn’t follow a boiler template, says the brokerage’s president, Joe D’Annunzio. “One of the things for us is we look at best practices,” D’Annunzio says in an interview. “So sometimes we buy a brokerage who’s doing something better than […]
While Freedom Convoy protestors are no longer blocking Ottawa intersections, not all of them have left the capital area. The CP, CBC and other news outlets have reported smaller groups of protestors have remained in the Ottawa area, camped primarily on farms. One local mayor told CTV News that the campers were obeying local bylaws, […]
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Camrose, Alta., insurance brokerage Central Agencies is the latest acquisition by Western Financial Group. “Considering the evolving conditions in our industry, joining Western Financial Group became the right next step for our business,” said Central Agencies founder and owner Norman Mayer. Central Agencies offers home and auto coverage as well as farm, recreational vehicle, business […]
By Phil | March 4, 2022
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Natural catastrophes can affect businesses of any size, and parametric insurance can provide solutions for small accounts, too — not just large ones, panellists said at a Canadian Underwriter webinar on Wednesday. Parametric insurance is a type of index-based insurance policy, meaning a payout is triggered automatically by a set of parameters that underwriters tailor […]
By Alyssa DiSabatino | March 4, 2022
BrokerLink’s M&A strategy remains focused on regions where it currently does business and is not looking to get into other verticals at the moment, senior executives at the brokerage tell Canadian Underwriter. “The focus continues to be Ontario, Alberta, and Atlantic Canada for BrokerLink,” says the brokerage’s vice president of acquisitions, Michael Stack. That’s not […]
By Jason Contant | March 4, 2022
REGINA – Ottawa-area MP Pierre Poilievre says he would repeal what he calls Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s “anti-energy” laws if he becomes the next leader of the Conservatives. Pierre told a campaign stop in Regina that if he becomes party leader and is elected as the next prime minister he would repeal several laws that […]
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