Risk
With the marked increase in the volume of sensitive data that insurance companies are now handling, it is essential to have clients' data housed in a secure environment. Third-party certifications are key when choosing what data centre should be used.
January 31, 2013
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The population is aging, fuelling the debate over the reliability of senior motorists. The situation has revealed looming challenges that North American auto insurers need to address with regard to underwriting, rating and claims management of drivers who have pre-existing cognitive impairments.
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Where will technology take commercial insurance over the next 10 years? The pervasiveness of apps has clearly changed expectations of software, but what will be the effect on the broker distribution channel?
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In the future, insurance clients will want to communicate with their brokers 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Meanwhile, real-time policy change will make existing workflow more efficient.
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As is often the case, it comes down to supply and demand. But sometimes supplying that demand is slowed – even stopped – by a single event or a tangle of interconnected ones that break vital supply chains, producing adverse and expensive ripple effects. Supply chain disruption should be a concern, and certainly is if […]
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1 Everest Insurance Company of Canada (EvCan) has appointed David Crozier to the position of CEO, effective January 21. Crozier was most recently senior vice president of operations for Economical Mutual Insurance Company, where he had oversight of all field operations, including claims, sales and distribution. He joined Economical in 2006 as vice president of […]
The importance of networking and building a solid support system is regularly touted as being important, but often not enough effort is put into developing, enriching and augmenting this key skill. In a people industry like insurance, that may put players at a disadvantage.
December 31, 2012
OPC issued what amounted to a "tsk-tsk" for an insurer's failure to emphasize transparency when giving information to policyholders.
Jo-Ann Eccleston, head of the Ontario chapter of the Canadian Insurance Claims Managers Association, sees the provincial arm as part of CICMA's larger effort: to help educate the next generation of claims managers.
1 W. R. Berkley Corp. recently announced that Andrew Steen has been named president of Berkley Canada, effective January 7. Steen has more than 20 years of experience in the property and casualty insurance industry in Canada. Berkley Canada, based in Toronto, provides commercial lines, professional liability, surety and executive risk products to commercial enterprises […]
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