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Everest Group, a major reinsurer announces, key promotion and appointment in Canada.
By Phil Porado | April 28, 2022
2 min read
Many in the P&C industry plan to return to work in-person, so companies may want to consider ways to incentivize their employees to return to their offices, suggests a panellist at the Insurance Institute of Canada’s Pivot with Purpose webinar. “[It’s] about creating opportunities,” says Trevor Buttrum, director of operations at TalentEgg. “What incentivized […]
By Alyssa DiSabatino | April 27, 2022
Prioritizing environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues is part of a company’s long-term competitive success, and panellists in a recent webinar shared examples of why. For example, companies that focus on ESG — and social responsibility in particular — find themselves making better profits. “From a business standpoint, it actually does have influence […]
By Alyssa DiSabatino | April 22, 2022
3 min read
About one-quarter of brokers say they are either likely or highly likely to leave the industry in the next three years, according to Canadian Underwriter’s National Broker Survey. One way to encourage brokers to stay would be to expand employee benefits and automate mental health tools, an insurance design agency says. Cake & Arrow’s recent […]
By Alyssa DiSabatino | April 19, 2022
The P&C industry is struggling to find talent to fill the leadership skills gap, but a new program designed to get prospective executives to hit the ground running may be able to help with that. The New Leader Integration program, led in collaboration by University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management and leadership advisory firm Odgers […]
By Alyssa DiSabatino | March 24, 2022
The Insurance Institute of Canada is celebrating 1,201 Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) graduates this year, the highest number of graduates in any year since it was established in 1899. “In a typical year, we graduate about 900 to 1,000 new CIPs, so that’s [at least] a 20% jump in the number of graduates, which […]
By Alyssa DiSabatino | March 3, 2022
If you think you have what it takes to lead Willis Towers Watson’s Canadian corporate risk and brokerage business, the job is open and it’s not too late to apply. “We’re currently interviewing,” said Ofelia Isabel, managing director, Toronto market leader and Canada co-leader for Dublin-based Willis Towers Watson PLC, the third biggest commercial property […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 14, 2021
4 min read
BFL Canada’s founder, Barry F. Lorenzetti, is giving $500,000 to establish the Barry F. Lorenzetti Centre for Women Entrepreneurship and Leadership at Concordia University in Montreal and to endow research grants and scholarships for undergraduate and graduate students. “Entrepreneurship involving women is fundamental for creating new jobs and contributing to the social and economic growth […]
By David Gambrill | May 27, 2021
Valérie Lavoie, President, Chief Operating Officer, Desjardins General Insurance Group Family responsibilities and unconscious biases are among factors that can hold women back from advancing into the C-suite, says Valérie Lavoie, a senior executive with Canada’s second-largest P&C insurance carrier. “Often women are the only ones mostly taking care of the family at home,” said […]
By Greg Meckbach | March 10, 2021
Underwriters of the future are going to look a lot more like technology trailblazers, data pioneers, dealmakers, portfolio optimizers, and risk detectives, according to a new report by Deloitte. “To remain competitive, insurers should accelerate underwriting transformation,” Deloitte states in its new paper, The Rise of the Exponential Underwriter, released Feb. 25. “They can do […]
By David Gambrill | March 1, 2021
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