Tech
Slice Labs Inc., an insurtech with locations in Toronto and Ottawa, is adapting to the pandemic by helping insurers develop new products from people’s homes. “We are actively engaged in getting new products into the market – going full speed ahead,” said Lore Farrell, head of product management at Slice Labs, in an interview Monday. […]
By Greg Meckbach | March 30, 2020
2 min read
TORONTO – With the use of web-based video conferences proliferating during the COVID-19 crisis, cyber security experts warn they pose a threat as well as an opportunity in the age of telework. “In the past, we have seen certain teleconferencing applications or service providers being targeted because … they require you to download a piece […]
By Jason Contant | March 27, 2020
3 min read
Canadian P&C professionals have approached Cookhouse Labs, an industry innovation hub, to help with staff training. Cookhouse co-founder Sven Roehl (pictured here) and Ibeth Ramos, Cookhouse’s program manager and innovation coach, explain why. – As told to Jason Contant
By Jason Contant, Online Editor | March 20, 2020
Smart phones and high-speed Internet makes it easier to do business when offices are closed and staff are working from home, but what about the client who doesn’t have the latest and greatest technology gadgets? Some clients, especially some elderly people, do not necessarily have access to technology such as e-mail and printers, suggests Chuck […]
By Greg Meckbach | March 20, 2020
Does Aon’s recent acquisition of CoverWallet signal a trend towards brokerages buying insurtechs?
By Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor | March 13, 2020
How data, strategy and technology can help you drive growth from your existing cutomer base during a hard market
By Robyn Croll, VP, Goose Digital | March 9, 2020
4 min read
OTTAWA – Canada and the United States are working together to make their high-tech military equipment less hackable, top defence officials said in Ottawa Thursday, but they have a lot of work to do. Speaking to the Ottawa Conference on Security and Defence, Ellen Lord, the U.S. undersecretary of defence for acquisition and sustainment, suggested […]
By Jason Contant | March 6, 2020
The convergence of healthcare and technology could have a knock-on effect for the Canadian property and casualty insurance industry, a specialty insurer said recently. “For healthcare providers, they can largely model what the risks have been for the last 100 years because they haven’t changed,” Tim Boyce, healthcare team leader with London, U.K.-based CFC Underwriting […]
By Jason Contant | March 5, 2020
Recent advances in cybersecurity, driven in part by a spike in venture capital funding, are helping insurers price cyber more accurately, an insurance industry consultant suggests. “There is a huge advancement around the use of artificial intelligence and advanced analytics techniques to better identify, detect, and prevent cyber intrusions,” said Keegan Iles, national insurance consulting […]
By Greg Meckbach | March 4, 2020
Operations
Brokers who can best balance online distribution with personal advice will reap the benefits in the current merger and acquisition (M&A) environment, a brokerage M&A expert noted recently. “In Canada, brokers have generally been successful in defending against pure direct insurance distribution models,” Mike Berris, a partner with Vancouver-based Smythe Advisory, wrote in a blog […]
By Jason Contant | March 4, 2020
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