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RISK SURVEYS CIRCULATE

Workers compensation costs, safety and loss control programs, technology, the insurance marketplace and corporate human resources are among the top issues of concern facing risk managers in 1999, according to Liberty Mutual’s Risk Management: Ideas at Work survey released at RIMS. John Ryan, Liberty Mutual’s vice president of commercial marketing, says risk managers are utilizing […]

May 31, 1999

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Insurance Acts to spark Alberta changes

While the potential restructuring of financial institutions on the national scene is holding the attention of Alberta brokers, there are plenty of initiatives on the homefront to keep them busy. New Insurance Brokers Association of Alberta (IBAA) president Stephen Evanson says his organization is concentrating efforts on assisting the provincial government in rewriting its Insurance […]

May 31, 1999

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D-day approaches on banks retailing insurance

This month federal Finance Minister Paul Martin will release his report outlining the proposed future of financial institutions in Canada. With brokers and insurers weary of banks being allowed to retail insurance out of their branches, the associations are standing by ready to release their responses to the public. Insurance Bureau of Canada vice president […]

May 31, 1999

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Manitoba brokers brace for the banks

The new president of the Insurance Brokers Association of Manitoba (IBAM) Ron Vandenbosch says the battle against banks retailing insurance is the top concern expressed by his constituents at the recent IBAM annual general meeting in Winnipeg. Asked to list three top concerns of Manitoba brokers, he answers the bank threat, the need to further […]

May 31, 1999

2 min read