Operations
In December, things were looking up. Despite rising COVID-19 infections from the upwardly-rampant omicron variant, many business sectors began to hopefully reopen as pandemic restrictions loosened and workers started coming back to the office part-time – a change from the now typical work-from-home arrangement. Cut to January, and Ontario has reintroduced restrictions and returned to a modified step […]
By Alyssa DiSabatino | January 20, 2022
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Why brokers believe Usage-Based Insurance will survive well past the pandemic-induced uptake of the past two years
By David Gambrill | January 19, 2022
Laura Samaroo (pictured, above) is the new Canadian region leader for Willis Towers Watson PLC, the Dublin-based brokerage announced Tuesday. Samaroo is based in Vancouver. She had been Willis Towers Watson’s Western Canadian market leader and Canada co-leader until being appointed to her new role. Samaroo joined the Wyatt Company in 1991as an actuary. In […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 30, 2021
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Adopting a hybrid work model makes sense for Willis Towers Watson Canada because the brokerage’s leaders learned it could trust employees who were working remotely. “We saw that during the pandemic, our productivity actually increased,” said Ofelia Isabel, managing director, Toronto market leader and Canada co-leader for Willis Towers Watson PLC, in an interview Wednesday. […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 12, 2021
Beneva plans to replace its La Capitale and SSQ direct-to-consumer brands but it’s business as usual, for the time being, for the broker-distributed Unica and L’Unique brands. “As of today both L’Unique and Unica are brands that exist in the market. There’s no change in their positioning or their offerings,” said Stéphane Morency, executive vice-president […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 11, 2021
Edmonton-based Foster Park Brokers Inc. has been acquired by New York City-based NFP Corp., the property and casualty insurance brokerages announced Tuesday. Foster Park places surety bonds, as well as P&C coverage for a variety of industries including oil and gas, manufacturing, public entity and technology, among others. In addition to its Edmonton office, Foster […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 9, 2021
Canadian commercial brokerage CEO Brooke Hunter is now on the board of UNIBA Partners, a Brussels-based organization. UNIBA, which operates in more than 130 countries, announced Hunter’s election Wednesday. UNIBA is comprised of more than 70 independent, owner-led brokers. In 2005, Hunter founded Toronto-based HUNTERS International Insurance, of which she is currently president and CEO. […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 4, 2021
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Legal / Regulation
Barry Lorenzetti is encouraging you to get your brokers back to the office and if you disagree, don’t hesitate to contact him for a public debate. “It’s not as if COVID is going away and we will shut off COVID in four months or three months or next week. It’s here to stay. So are […]
Managing general agent Eagle Underwriting Group Inc. has been acquired by GroupAssur, private equity firm Novacap Management Inc. announced Tuesday. “With Eagle, the objective was to get a broader spectrum of product,” said Jean-François Raymond, president of Montreal-based GroupAssur, in an interview with Canadian Underwriter. Eagle has two offices: one in Vancouver and the other […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 26, 2021
If you think it’s a challenge to improve diversity at your brokerage, you should also view it as an opportunity, Ontario brokers heard Wednesday at the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario convention. Many brokerages are family-operated, Gore Mutual chief people officer Sonia Boyle observed Wednesday during a panel at the IBAO Annual Convention. As a […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 22, 2021
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