INSURERS, like other companies collecting large amounts of personal information, must think hard about risks associated with data collection, a cyber security expert at KPMG has warned. Advisory partner John…
DESJARDINS Insurance is looking at mergers and acquisitions through two different lenses — large-scale p&c purchases and partnerships in insurance technology — but both are means to the same end:…
RELIANCE ON private sector insurance is imperative for homeowners and businesses to counter the increase in weather-related catastrophes — and Canadians are ahead of their neighbours to the south in…
IMMEDIATE action is needed to address shortcomings identified this month with Ontario’s emergency management response plan, the managing director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction says. Glenn McGillivray said…
A STANDARD treatment plan and a new fraud office are part of a package of reforms introduced by the Ontario government to fix the province’s troubled auto insurance system. The…
A BROKER selling policies from fewer than four insurers would be labelled an agent under a bill tabled by Quebec Finance Minister Carlos Leitão. Bill 150, which implements provisions of the…
THE POSSIBILITY of harmonizing insurance legislation for the four Atlantic provinces is still on the table, according to the chair of the Insurance Brokers Association of New Brunswick. Jay Kimball,…
THE FEDERAL government has become more focused on cyber security since the breach at credit rating firm Equifax, delegates heard at the recent Insurance Bureau of Canada’s Regulatory Affairs Symposium…
ECONOMICAL Insurance is working against the clock to prepare for the much anticipated demutualization of the company and a subsequent initial public offering, its ceo said. Speaking at the Insurance…
AN INSURTECH startup in Montreal is looking to shake up the traditional p&c brokerage model with a digital platform that uses data and proprietary algorithms to find coverages that can…
