Winmar Grand Re-opening

Winmar celebrated the grand re-opening of its Oakville/Mississauga office in a new location. MPP Kevin Flynn, Mayor Rob Burton, regional and town councillor Cathy Duddeck, town councilor Pam Damoff,  Oakville Chamber of Commerce president John Sawyer, Oakville Chamber of Commerce board member Wendy Rinella, Winmar co-founder John White, and Mike White, owner/manager of the Oakville/Mississauga […]

August 31, 2011 | Last updated on October 1, 2024
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Winmar celebrated the grand re-opening of its Oakville/Mississauga office in a new location. MPP Kevin Flynn, Mayor Rob Burton, regional and town councillor Cathy Duddeck, town councilor Pam Damoff,  Oakville Chamber of Commerce president John Sawyer, Oakville Chamber of Commerce board member Wendy Rinella, Winmar co-founder John White, and Mike White, owner/manager of the Oakville/Mississauga location, all attended the official ribbon-cutting ceremony. The new location is at 1158 South Service Road in Oakville, Ontario.

Getting ghosted: Aviva warns of scam brokers selling fake insurance

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Getting ghosted: Aviva warns of scam brokers selling fake insurance

Aviva Canada is warning consumers to beware of an Alberta-based ghost broker that’s claiming to be affiliated with Aviva, but is instead selling fake insurance policies.  “It has come to our attention that Canadians are being scammed by representatives of a company known as AllcoveredbyAviva or Allcoveredbrokers, operating out of Alberta,” says Jamie Lee, head of financial crime […]

By Alyssa DiSabatino | September 17, 2024

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Brokerage executives share M&A strategies

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Brokerage executives share M&A strategies

The beginning of 2023 saw a slowdown in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in Canada’s P&C brokerage space as brokers’ interest in deal-making appeared to decline. At the time, the inflationary environment and higher cost of capital to make deals were mentioned as contributing factors. But by mid-2023, M&A activity picked up again, and it’s […]

By Jason Contant | September 26, 2024

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U.S. insurer shares entry plan for Canadian affluent home, auto markets

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U.S. insurer shares entry plan for Canadian affluent home, auto markets

Clear market demand was behind U.S. carrier PURE Insurance’s entry into the Canadian affluent homeowners’ insurance market and plans to enter the auto insurance space next year, the head of the insurer’s Canadian branch told Canadian Underwriter in an interview Tuesday. “From a broker perspective, what we hear from our brokers is there’s definitely a […]

By Jason Contant | September 11, 2024

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