Operations
Will the likes of Google, Amazon, Lyft and Uber move into the insurance space? One expert offers insights on what to expect.
By Adam Malik | September 5, 2019
3 min read
With the introduction of its new Global Corporate and Specialty (GCS) team, Aviva Canada is setting its sights on Canadian companies doing cross-border business in the United States. The GCS team will offer coverage in five key areas: corporate risk, programs, specialty risk, surety, and equipment breakdown. Canadians companies are under-served by the bigger traditional […]
By Adam Malik | September 4, 2019
2 min read
An Ottawa-based managing general agent may be expanding its use of portal technology that lets brokers enter data from applications and bind commercial policies electronically. Encon Group Inc. pretty much did away with paper files, Encon president David Cook said in an interview. Today, most, if not all, insurance documents are available to brokers in […]
By Greg Meckbach | August 29, 2019
The next time you’re brainstorming the next big idea, don’t extend a meeting invite to your executives. Instead, make sure as many of your frontline staff members as possible are there. The thing about great ideas, said Aly Dhalla, co-founder and CEO of Finaeo, a Canadian insurtech company, is that they can come from anywhere. […]
By Adam Malik | August 29, 2019
Quebec insurance brokerage Cadieux Beausejour Dupras Inc. has been bought by The Co-operators Group Ltd. Guelph, Ont.-based The Co-operators, Canada’s fifth-largest property and casualty insurer, announced the Cadieux Beausejour Dupras acquisition Tuesday. As a result, Cadieux Beausejour Dupras will become a Co-operators agency, a Co-operators spokesperson told Canadian Underwriter Tuesday. For clients of Cadieux Beausejour […]
By Greg Meckbach | August 27, 2019
A brokerage manager with 28 years of experience as a broker was fined $1,000 in August for forging clients’ signatures on insurance documents to be sent to B.C.’s public auto insurer. Christine Helene Craig’s actions did not harm any clients, the Insurance Council of B.C. concluded in its decision to impose the fine. In fact, […]
By David Gambrill | August 27, 2019
In today’s day and age, a brokerage definitely needs an online quoting platform to stay ahead of the pack, right? Not according to Whitby, Ont.-based Mitchell & Whale Insurance Brokers. The brokerage ran an online auto insurance quoting engine for five years beginning in late 2012 (which saw about 619,000 visitors), but stopped using it […]
By Jason Contant | August 27, 2019
Westland Insurance Group has announced a major acquisition, fresh off changes to its executive leadership that saw a new president and chief operating officer take the helm of the brokerage. Westland is set to acquire First West Insurance Services, a subsidiary of First West Credit Union, effective Sept. 30. The announcement by Westland came a […]
By Jason Contant | August 26, 2019
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One of Canada’s largest independent property and casualty insurance brokerages has announced changes to its executive leadership, effective Sept. 1. Jamie Lyons has been appointed to the role of president and chief operating officer for Westland Insurance Group Ltd., the brokerage said in a press release issued last week. Lyons most recently served as executive […]
By Jason Contant | August 22, 2019
Quebec brokerage Lussier Dale Parizeau (LDP) has announced the appointment of Michel Laurin as president and chief operating officer, effective Sept. 9. Laurin has held executive positions and worked with major companies in the insurance and financial services sectors for nearly 35 years. For the past 17 years, he has worked for Industrial Alliance as […]
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