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ARAG announces new CEO ARAG Services Corporation announced Thursday it has appointed Jo-Anne MacDonald as the company’s new CEO. She replaced former CEO Peter Talacek. MacDonald joins the legal expenses insurer from St. Catharines, Ont.-based Verge Insurance Group, where she was vice president of sales and marketing. She has extensive insurance industry experience from Chicago […]
By Jason Contant | March 9, 2018
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Risk managers concerned about insurance exclusions should consider asking their brokers to brief senior managers explaining what exactly the insurance covers and what it excludes, a Willis Towers Watson executive advises. Steve Sachs, co-chair of the Willis Towers Watson Real Estate Practice, tells risk managers after they buy a policy to “have the broker do […]
By Greg Meckbach | March 6, 2018
Successful risk managers know how to speak the language of senior executives, which is much different than the language of their peers, say two presenters scheduled to speak at next month’s RIMS conference in San Antonio. “Risk managers, when they get in front of senior management, often want to talk about things they do because […]
The Guarantee Company of North America announced Tuesday that Donna Barclay has been appointed as president and chief operating officer of The Guarantee Canada and North America Property & Casualty. Barclay has 30 years of property and casualty (P&C) insurance experience, providing senior leadership to casualty insurance teams at major global insurers and reinsurers. The […]
By Jason Contant | March 6, 2018
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Ashley Holmes, a 33-year-old operations manager at Roughley Insurance Brokers in Oshawa, Ont., has three pieces of advice for other women looking to get into the insurance industry: Holmes, the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario’s 2017 Young Broker of the Year, says existing preconceived notions can be a blow to your confidence, potentially making you […]
By Jason Contant | February 13, 2018
An Ontario brokerage has done away with the traditional alphabetized way of assigning clients to brokers. Under the alphabetized approach, sometimes referred to as the “alpha split,” a brokerage divides its clients evenly by the number of account managers it has. Account managers are responsible for the clients whose last names fall within a certain […]
By Jason Contant | February 12, 2018
Engaged employees are typically considered a feather in the cap of any insurance organization, but a new study suggests that employers could lose one out of every five of their most motivated employees because of burnout. “The many positive outcomes of engagement include greater productivity and quality of work, increased safety, and employee retention,” say […]
By David Gambrill | February 8, 2018
Co-operators senior executive to retire The Co-operators announced Thursday the retirement of Bruce West, its executive vice president, finance and chief financial officer (CFO), effective June 1, 2018. West joined The Co-operators in 2007 as CFO and over the past 11 years has made significant contributions, including the implementation of the organization’s approach to sustainable […]
By Jason Contant | February 8, 2018
Ontario brokerage appoints vice president of corporate risk Mississauga, Ont.-based Hubbard Insurance Group announced on Feb. 1 that it had appointed Bryce Elliott to the position of vice president, corporate risk. Elliott has been an account manager at the brokerage for more than five years in the commercial risk department. Prior to joining Hubbard, he […]
By Jason Contant | February 2, 2018
There’s a new training ground in Canada for insurance professionals interested in fast-tracking themselves into entry-level management positions at insurance companies, adjusting firms and brokerages. Humber College in Toronto is halfway through its inaugural, two-semester P&C Insurance Management Postgraduate Program, with the first cohort of 32 students expected to graduate in June 2018. “We are […]
By David Gambrill | January 30, 2018
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