Risk

INVESTING in a low interest market

With the potential of gaining profit on underwriting limited by the soft market, property and casualty insurers are increasingly looking at ways of boosting their investment earnings. However, in today's volatile investment markets, coupled with a low interest rate environment, the task of achieving an above average return is easier said than done -- but not impossible. Appropriate risk rating and investment strategy implementation can generate higher gains.

September 30, 1999

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INDEPENDENCE or INTERDEPENDENCE?

Individual Registrants 14,311 14,372 14,256 14,067 98/99 97/98 96/97 95/96 Individual Registrants 14,311 14,372 14,256 14,067 Active Businesses *1,524 *1,592 *1,692 1,848 Average Number 9.4 9.0 8.4 7.6 of Registrants per Business source: ribo RIBO outline of the function of a BROKER VERSUS AGENT: BROKER: A Broker is an independent intermediary between the parties to […]

September 30, 1999

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Going for Wholesale or BROKE

The recent acquisition of insurance wholesale broker KMS Insurance by consolidator The Hub Group emphasizes the change consolidation is bringing about throughout the broker distribution channel. Wholesale brokers and managing general agents have been brought into the market fray of soft rates and the eternal drive for cost-efficiency. Is there a future for this particular breed of broker -- most of the players believe so, but each appears to be taking a different course.

September 30, 1999

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News (October 01, 1999)

Angela Haywood, the 1998 winner of The Sovereign Award, which each year recognizes superior achievement by a graduate of the Risk and Insurance Management Program at the University of Calgary, is congratulated by (left) P.A. Parkin, Sovereign General’s vice president of branch operations and (right) M.J. Goertzen, Sovereign’s Alberta branch manager.

September 30, 1999

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