CSIO 2017 Members’ Meeting & Reception to Feature Keynote by Facebook Canada’s Head of Financial Services

(Toronto – March 15, 2017) The Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO) is pleased to announce Erin Elofson, Head of Financial Services, Retail & Telecom, as keynote speaker at its 2017 members’ meeting and reception on April 13 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Toronto.

In her role, Erin leads teams that develop innovative partnerships with Canada’s top organizations to accelerate their growth, building on her passion for technology and our transition to a mobile-first world both domestically and internationally. Previously, Erin was the global lead for Microsoft’s partnership with BMO Financial Group. She also led the transformation of Microsoft Canada’s national partnership with HP Canada.

Her Platform Strategy: Creating Exponential Value in a Connected World address will provide valuable insight into opportunities for marketing and consumer engagement for the broker channel in today’s digital environment. Over 19 million Canadians use Facebook, making it one of the most relevant platforms for consumer engagement among CSIO members.

“I am delighted to announce Facebook executive Erin Elofson as the keynote speaker at our 2017 members’ meeting and reception,” says Catherine Smola, President and CEO of CSIO. “Digital evolution and adapting to consumer expectations for engagement and service are top of mind in our industry today, and Facebook is undoubtedly on the cutting edge of advances in that area. I encourage all CSIO members to attend this exciting event.”

Registration is complimentary for CSIO members. Event registration and details are available at CSIO.com/csio-members-meeting-reception.

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About Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO)

CSIO is Canada’s industry technology association of property and casualty insurers, software providers and over 36,000 brokers. CSIO is committed to improving the consumer’s ease of doing business within the broker channel by overseeing the development, implementation and maintenance of technology standards and solutions such as eDocs, eSlips, Telematics, eDelivery and eSignatures. In addition, CSIO operates CSIOnet, a secure, industry-owned platform for the efficient exchange of policy information for the broker channel. CSIO maintains offices in Toronto and Montreal. For more information, visit www.csio.com.

For further information, please contact:

Sarina Visram | Director, Member Relations & Communications 110 Yonge Street, Suite 500 | Toronto, ON M5C 1T4 (416) 360-1773 x 2300 | 1 (800) 463-2746 x 2300 svisram@csio.com | www.csio.com