HR
The Canadian Association of Black Insurance Professionals is looking to empower and bridge the gap of opportunities for Black insurance professionals. “The mission was derived collectively from our own lived experience growing up in this industry,” says co-founder Dionne Bowers. “What we may not have had in the industry when we first started out, […]
By Alyssa DiSabatino | July 14, 2022
3 min read
Operations
Massive flight delays and cancellations will result in a hard market and unprofitability for travel insurers, predicts DBRS Morningstar.
By Alyssa DiSabatino | July 13, 2022
2 min read
Brokers are challenged by the hard market and the pandemic but still say they love what they're doing to help clients.
By Phil | July 12, 2022
Despite Interac payment systems and phone lines being down, most businesses will not have insurance coverage for any type of income loss as a result of the national Rogers outage on Friday, says one insurance expert. The outage, which affected mobile and internet users, was reportedly caused by a maintenance update. The outage prevented […]
By Alyssa DiSabatino | July 11, 2022
Remote work is now tied with the office as the place to do the most productive work, according to a new survey by recruitment and employment services provider Robert Half. Forty-two per cent of professionals report accomplishing more work at home than at the office, finds the survey of more than 500 Canadian professionals across […]
By Alyssa DiSabatino | July 7, 2022
The hard market for insurance coverage is compounded by a thin selection of new, young talent a new survey finds.
By Phil | July 4, 2022
COVID-19 and the hard market combined to make it much harder for insurance brokers to find new customers and get referrals.
By Phil | June 30, 2022
Tech
Canadians who relocated during the pandemic are driving longer distances upon the return to work, a new Aviva Canada report shows.
By David Gambrill | June 30, 2022
Building relationships across the industry and offering consistency can help brokers overcome a slew of future challenges, including quickening market consolidation, an impending recession, diminished capacity and the hard market, say broker executives. “In order to be able to meet head-on some of the challenges around capacity [and] consolidation of carriers, keep driving [and] building […]
By Alyssa DiSabatino | June 28, 2022
Many Canadian P&C companies have shown their support for 2SLGBTQ+ Pride by emblazoning their company logo in rainbow colourways. But creating employee-resource groups, recruitment practices and marketing that embraces 2SLGBTQ+ employees, stakeholders and policyholders is critical for moving the dial further, industry experts say. Although Pride Month is coming to a close, the effort to […]
By Alyssa DiSabatino | June 27, 2022
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