Risk
When a specialist insurer created a truly open concept office, the funniest thing started to happen: Everyone began talking to each other, feeding a multi-disciplinary, collaborative approach to risk.
By Chris Gudgeon, Business Development Manager, QBE Canada | July 31, 2012
5 min read
It's important not to overreact to these crisis-and-response "mini-cycles," which seem to be happening every two or three years.
By David Gambrill, Senior Editor | July 31, 2012
3 min read
1 Marsh has appointed Bertil Olsson [1] as its North American energy practice leader, bringing the Canadian energy hub under his leadership to meet the demands of oil and gas companies for more seamless risk expertise and solutions. Having led the U.S. energy mining and power practice from Houston since 2008, Olsson now also has […]
July 31, 2012
Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) president Deborah M. Luthi sees opportunity for creativity in risk management.
6 min read
Catastrophe bonds offer a compelling supplement to traditional reinsurance catastrophe programs when capacity is difficult to obtain and multi-year solutions or hard collateral are needed, given a company’s own strategic risk management plan. However, despite a closing price gap, traditional reinsurance remains the more cost-effective option for Canadian insurers in the current environment. Although reinsurers […]
By Geoffrey Lubert, Senior Vice President, Guy Carpenter & Company Ltd. | July 1, 2012
Flood mitigation efforts need to account for individual differences in each home, neighbourhood and municipality.
By Dan Sandink, Manager of Resilient Communities & Research, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction | July 1, 2012
7 min read
One of the most accurate and powerful indicators of risk is the way customers manage their finances
By Sylvie Paquette, President and Chief Operating Officer, Desjardins General Insurance Group | July 1, 2012
Canadian corporations are taking a second look at captives, which can offer a number of creative opportunities for furthering an organization's business objectives.
By David Gambrill, Senior Editor and Angela Stelmakowich, Editor | July 1, 2012
The CIP Society Ethics Series: Brokers with excellent track records may be tempted to branch out into other areas of business, raising a duty to tell the clients when they are travelling in unfamiliar territory.
By The CIP Society and Insurance Institute of Canada | July 1, 2012
Replacing a legacy system is fraught with peril, but insurers would be wise to slay the beast, since doing nothing might amount to a career-killing move.
By Greg Thornton, Vice President, Business Development, Sapiens North America | June 1, 2012
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