HR
The way business leaders communicate can shape employees’ attitudes toward sexual harassment, new research has found. “Our research points to a single step that leaders can take to help reduce sexual harassment: communicate to employees that preventing it is a high-priority issue for their companies,” wrote Chloe Hart, Alison Dahl Crossley and Shelley Correll in […]
By Jason Contant | December 17, 2018
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Looking outside the insurance industry appears to be a tried-and-true approach to recruiting talent, executives of managing general agents said Tuesday at the Insurance-Canada.ca’s MGA Technology Symposium in Toronto. “We’ve had success actually looking for people with skills, rather than for people with insurance experience,” said David Cook, president of ENCON. “We often say we […]
By Jason Contant | November 29, 2018
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Looking to truly motivate the employees at your brokerage? Don’t focus on financial incentives; try giving them the opportunity to be really good at their jobs, have a say in their work and do work that is meaningful, advises Bruce Rabik, chief operating officer at Alberta-based Rogers Insurance. Rabik is in the unique position of […]
By Jason Contant | November 22, 2018
Four insurers with “highly engaged employees” have been recognized by commercial brokerage Aon for their efforts. Allstate Insurance Company of Canada, Intact Financial Corporation (IFC), The Co-operators and Trisura Guarantee Insurance Company were platinum award recipients of the 2019 Aon Best Employers in Canada Study (Trisura, with less than 400 employees, was among the best […]
By Jason Contant | November 19, 2018
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The Canadian property and casualty insurance industry’s entry-to-exit ratio is declining, meaning insurance organizations will find it harder to grow in the years to come. Few regions should be as concerned as Atlantic Canada and Saskatchewan when it comes to the aging profile of the industry’s workforce, the Insurance Institute of Canada noted in its […]
By Jason Contant | October 31, 2018
Managing general agent APRIL Canada has launched APRIL University with three training programs and two more in the development stage. Essentials of pleasure craft insurance (1.5 RIBO hours), Ontario rentals & Airbnb market (1 RIBO hour) and insurance for general and specialized contractors (not currently accredited, but destined to be in the near future) are […]
Canadian employees in the insurance industry are about 13% more likely to work remotely than office workers in the United States. One in five U.S. office workers work remotely now, the New York Post reported last week. By contrast, more than one-third of employees in the Canadian insurance industry work remotely, according to the Insurance […]
By Jason Contant | October 25, 2018
Brokerage owners in some regions are struggling to find staff who know commercial lines. “There are very few people (in Saskatchewan) who understand commercial insurance deeply,” said David Reidy, president and CEO of Regina-based commercial brokerage Henderson Insurance Inc. To recruit commercial brokers, Henderson “ends up pulling from different industry segments,” Reidy said in a […]
By Greg Meckbach | October 14, 2018
Corporate leaders are becoming convinced of the wide-ranging impact that effective data collection can have on the bottom line, and insurance companies and brokerages are no exception. This impact can be felt across the organization, from tracking daily reports against key performance indicators to making informed decisions about where to spending marketing dollars. It also […]
By Jason Contant | October 9, 2018
Brokers need to know what their client’s habitational lease or contract states about marijuana use to provide their best advice, the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario said Thursday. Kevin O’Hare, IBAO’s education supervisor and instructional designer, said brokers need to know their client’s dwelling type, particularly whether it’s an apartment or condominium, and what the […]
By Jason Contant | September 28, 2018
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