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Who are the brightest young talents in Canadian P&C today? Each year, Canadian Insurance Top Broker magazine (recently acquired by CU) answers that question with its Top 10 Under 40. Meet the other winners here, and don’t forget to pick your favourites for the Peer-to-Peer Awards. _________________________________________________ Dina Godinho Partner and Account Executive Jones DesLauriers […]
By Ian Portsmouth | October 30, 2018
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Who are the brightest young talents in Canadian P&C today? Each year, Canadian Insurance Top Broker magazine (recently acquired by CU) answers that question with its Top 10 Under 40. Meet the other winners here, and don’t forget to pick your favourites for the Peer-to-Peer Awards. _________________________________________________ Anton Antonov Senior Vice-president National Sales Leader, Private […]
By Ian Portsmouth | October 29, 2018
Who are the brightest young talents in Canadian P&C today? Each year, Canadian Insurance Top Broker magazine (recently acquired by CU) answers that question with its Top 10 Under 40. Meet the other winners here, and don’t forget to pick your favourites for the Peer-to-Peer Awards. _________________________________________________ Thomas Watson Vice-president Guardsman Insurance Services Inc. Kanata, […]
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This story is one in a series reporting on the results of 2018 National Broker Survey, conducted by Canadian Underwriter. The survey of more than 800 P&C brokers nationally was designed to identify the success strategies of both producers and principals. Find other instalments in the series here and our overview package in our October 2018 issue. The Power of […]
By David Gambrill | October 27, 2018
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For the second time this year, a broker in British Columbia has had their license suspended for cheating on a CAIB 3 exam. In the latest incident, the proctor observed the broker open PDF files of exam notes twice during the exam and use the Internet to look up exam answers once, the Insurance Council […]
By Jason Contant | October 26, 2018
If your mid or large-sized commercial clients are involved in mergers and acquisitions, there are risks involved and insurance to address those risks, but it’s not like selling fire insurance. “It is not a simple case of saying, ‘Fill out this application and we will get you a quote,’” said Charles Fogden, national director for […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 24, 2018
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Ed Holder, who led a major expansion of commercial brokerage Stevenson and Hunt Insurance Brokers Ltd., is the new mayor of London, Ontario. All Ontario municipalities held elections Monday. Unofficial results published Tuesday indicated Londoners elected Holder, who was president of Stevenson & Hunt from 1999 through 2008, as their new mayor. Founded in London […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 23, 2018
Creating competition in the workplace is not a good environment for growing teamwork and is one of the reasons an independent insurance brokerage in Nova Scotia doesn’t focus on performance-based compensation. “Our notion on compensation is that we are trying to work as a team,” said Wayne Ezekiel, president of AA Munro Insurance. “[If] you […]
By Jason Contant | October 22, 2018
Brokers can learn a valuable lesson from Wawanesa’s $9.5-million investment in an online platform to provide direct-to-consumer quotes for rental insurance, the company’s president of Canadian P&C operations told brokers attending the 2018 IBAO Conference last week. Don’t try replicating what the online direct channel is doing, advised Carol Jardine. “Hold onto what you’ve got,” […]
By David Gambrill | October 22, 2018
Facing an imminent hard market in auto insurance lines, brokers need to intensify their lobbying efforts to inform Ontario MPPs about the pricing issues associated with the auto insurance product, a senior executive of Canada’s largest insurer told brokers Thursday. “I think the activities of the brokers towards lobbying and informing the new politicians [in […]
By David Gambrill | October 18, 2018
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