Operations

One simple way to reduce the severity of barn fires

Enhancing building codes to include early detection systems could help generate a faster response in the case of farm fires, said Ken Worsley, who leads Cowan Insurance Group’s national agri-commercial industry practice. Early response systems include things like heat, fire and smoke detectors that can be put in barns to trigger a response “much more […]

By Jason Contant | March 5, 2019

3 min read

Gallagher to buy Jardine Lloyd Thompson’s aerospace operations

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced Monday it has agreed to buy the global aerospace operations of  Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. If the deal goes through, about 250 JLT employees worldwide would join Gallagher. Monday’s announcement comes six months after Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. announced it agreed to acquire JLT, a global commercial […]

By Greg Meckbach | March 4, 2019

2 min read

Benefits of backing brokers

Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company made a bold move last year, forsaking the direct channel to sell exclusively through brokers. Carol Jardine, president of Wawanesa’s Canadian P&C operations, shares her assessment of how the strategy has worked so far.

March 2, 2019

4 min read

This new statistic could prompt brokers to ask clients about house mates

The percentage of adults 25 and older who live with parents has nearly doubled over the past generation, Statistics Canada reported last week. In 1995, 5% of Canadians aged 25 to 64 (about 900,000 people) shared a residence with one or more of their parents. In 2017, that figure was 9%, or 1.9 million people, […]

By Greg Meckbach | February 20, 2019

3 min read