Industry

Joe Restoule: Remembering a risk management giant

Loyal, generous, optimistic, gregarious, a visionary — this is how the risk management community will remember Joe Restoule.

By Alyssa DiSabatino | April 15, 2024

3 min read

2023 P&C financial results return to Earth

Gravity brought the financial results of Canada’s P&C insurance industry back to Earth in 2023, despite a rebound in investment returns.

By David Gambrill | April 12, 2024

2 min read

BrokerLink’s triple acquisition in Ontario

BrokerLink has acquired two Ontario brokerages outright, as well as the personal and small-to-medium-enterprise commercial books of business from Halpenny Insurance Brokers Ltd.   BrokerLink fully acquired M. Edward Powell Insurance Brokers Ltd. in Oakville, Ont., and Russ Bastow Insurance Broker Ltd., based in Ajax, Ont.  All three transactions are effective immediately. “These acquisitions expand […]

By Alyssa DiSabatino | April 11, 2024

2 min read

Made-in-the-Maritimes rideshare service to serve rural areas

NEW BRUNSWICK — St. Stephen is hoping a made-in-the-Maritimes rideshare app will help residents get around town – and possibly beyond. Future St. Stephen, the town’s economic development agency, has agreed to a six-month pilot project with Kari, a P.E.I.-based rideshare startup that has seen success in expanding service to rural areas, according to interim […]

By David Gambrill | April 11, 2024

4 min read