Industry
Brokers now have the option to outsource their IT infrastructure to third-party specialists called Application Service Providers (ASPs).
By Renee Durepos Vice President, Operations, Keal Technology | January 31, 2009
6 min read
Risk
In a song from the album 'Strange Days,' Doors' singer Jimmy Morrison asks for the world; social media is a way for insurers to respond to consumers' desire to have it all.
By Paul Fletcher Senior Vice President, Marketing, Aviva Canada | January 31, 2009
Business Intelligence (B. I.) technology is now available that allows insurers to rate brokers using a wide array of metrics and standards.
By Giovanni Damiano Senior Vice President, Marketing, Chubb Insurance Company Of Canada | January 31, 2009
5 min read
A layman's guide to online recruiting.
By Don Givelos Managing Partner, DGA Careers | January 31, 2009
7 min read
1 Harry Belmont, a former Carstar Automotive Canada franchise owner who sparked the company’s Cystic Fibrosis fundraising efforts, has passed away. Belmont was a former Carstar franchise owner who opened a Carstar location in Mississauga in 1995 and ran a successful business until he sold it in 2004. When his granddaughter was diagnosed with Cystic […]
January 31, 2009
4 min read
W. J. Sutton & Co. celebrated its 30th anniversary with clients, brokers, markets, friends and family at The Dominion Club at 1 King St. West in Toronto (formerly a bank). The location for the celebration was symbolic: 30 years ago, in the same location, company founder Bill Sutton negotiated a bank loan to start the […]
1 min read
The William H. McGannon Foundation teamed up with Junior Achievement Central Ontario to host the annual Student Management Training Seminar, offering high school students insight into a career in risk management. More than 220 students and 33 volunteer advisors from across the Toronto, York, Halton and Peel Region areas participated in the event on Dec. […]
WICC Alberta held its Gold Flame Awards Lunch on Jan. 22 at StampedePark. More than 300 people heard Insurance Brokers Association of Alberta (IBAA) CEO Ginny Bannerman share her cancer experience. Local emcee Sandra Jansen of CTV kept it all on time, while comedienne Erica Sigurdon had them in stitches. At the luncheon, WICC Alberta […]
Auto
Approximately 300 people representing the insurance, bodyshop and collision repair industries attended the Canadian Collision Industry Forum (CCIF) meeting on Jan. 24, 2009 in Toronto. The speakers included Tony Canad, CCIF chairman; Mary DiCaro of Mary Dicaro Management Consulting Services; John Edelen and Robby Robbs, both of I-Car International; Rick Turri, Audatex; Krista Friesen of […]
Dr. David K. Foot, professor of economics at the University of Toronto and author of the bestselling books Boom, Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift and Boom, Bust & Echo: Profiting from the Demographic Shift in the 21st Century, gave the keynote addresss at The Insurance Institute of Ontario’s Toronto […]
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