Canadians have voted Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada as the "Most Trusted Life Insurance Company" in the country based on a Harris/Decima poll commissioned by Reader’s Digest for its 2010 Trusted Brand awards program. The Harris/Decima poll provided respondents with a list of product categories, one of which was Life Insurance, and asked them [...]
Swiss Reinsurance has named Sharon Ludlow as CEO of Swiss Re in Canada, and head of its Canadian and English Caribbean operations, effective June 1. Ludlow will take over from current Canadian CEO Jean-Jacques Henchoz. The company said Henchoz will relocate to Switzerland and explore new opportunities with Swiss Re. Ludlow is currently chief financial [...]
Kingsway Financial Services announced that its President and Chief Executive Officer Colin Simpson will resign on June 30, 2010 to pursue other career interests. Larry Swets, currently the Company’s Executive Vice-President of Corporate Development, will take over the role of President and CEO on that date. Mr. Simpson will remain on the Company’s Board of [...]
Custom Software Solutions Inc. (CSSI) and Peace Hills Insurance have announced that Peace Hills Insurance has selected CSSI’s I-Company solution. I-Company includes CSSI’s industry leading I-Biz product, I-Broker portal product and CSIO download modules which provides Peace Hills Insurance with a complete integrated solution to interact with their brokers. CSSI says that once implemented, I-Company [...]
Manitobans who have an Enhanced Identification Card (EIC) are reminded that they can trade it in for an Enhanced Driver’s License (EDL) at no additional cost on a one-time only basis as part of their first driver’s license renewal. “There is no charge to the card holder if the conversion is done with their first [...]
Munich Reinsurance America has changed its brand name to Munich Re and is adopting the Munich Re logo for all marketing materials. First introduced by Munich Re in September 2009, the new positioning strategy includes two components: strengthening the market’s awareness of Munich Re’s entire range of custom products and services and implementing the use [...]
Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc. and The Economical Insurance Group (TEIG) have announced the launch of Crawford’s Contractor Connection program in Canada. Contractor Connection provides insurers with an effective, high-quality managed repair network for residential and commercial property claims programs in the Canadian insurance marketplace. Contractor Connection has been available in the United States for [...]
Crawford & Company (Canada) has announced that Andrea Zimny and Claudine Davoodi have been promoted. Andrea Zimny has been named assistant vice president of CLAIMSALERT for Crawford operations in Canada. She will continue to manage both the Waterloo and Montreal CLAIMSALERT centres and will develop and execute strategic initiatives focused on revenue growth, new [...]
ILSTV would like to congratulate Gordon McBean, the Director of Policy Studies of the Institute of Catastrophic Loss Reduction for being awarded the Order of Canada. On April 7, Governor General Michaelle Jean recognized the achievements of Dr. McBean and 42 other Canadians by investing them into the Order of Canada. Dr. Gordon McBean received [...]
Manulife-Sinochem Life Insurance Company was honored with an award for excellence for 2009 by China’s top government body. At the recommendation of the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC), the company received an "Excellent Organization" award from the State Council National Economic Census Commission – the only foreign life insurance company to earn this recognition. The [...]
Energy retrofit firm Greenscape Capital Group has appointed Marsh Canada as an advisor to the company. Marsh’s Vancouver Construction and Design Practice will provide insurance product placement, insurance and risk consulting services for Greenscape’s corporate and project needs on a global basis. Greenscape said it chose Marsh for its extensive experience in creating project specific [...]
The Economical Insurance Group (TEIG) and Custom Software Solutions Inc. (CSSI) have announced that The Broker’s Workstation (TBW) and standalone rating and underwriting tool, Intelliquote (IQ) – both systems from CSSI – will soon integrate in real time with TEIG Rogo. TEIG Rogo provides real-time billing, policy and claims inquiry for both commercial and personal [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. Crawford & Company is adding several key positions to its Property & Casualty – Americas operations. Bill Johnstone, senior vice president of GTS for the Americas, will assume direct responsibility for GTS services in the United States. Roland Paxton, assistant vice president – Global Marine Services for [...]
Louise Leclerc, AXA’s Vice President, Technical Claims, has received the Mildred Jones 2010 Insurance Woman of the Year award, presented by the Association des femmes d’assurance de Montréal at the annual gala of the Institut d’assurance de dommages du Québec. "This prestigious honour, which is yet another highlight in a remarkable professional career, recognizes Louise’s [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. EagleEye Analytics, the leading provider of predictive analytics solutions to the property and casualty insurance industry, announced the successful launch of its predictive analytics solution and advisory services in the Canadian market. The company is based in South Carolina and helps enables insurance companies to achieve underwriting [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. Custom Software Solutions Inc. (CSSI) and Portage Mutual have entered into an connectivity agreement for New Business Upload from CSSI’s The Broker’s Workstation (TBW) and also its standalone rating and underwriting tool, Intelliquote (IQ). The project connects CSSI’s TBW and IQ with Portage’s new business upload web [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. TD Bank chief economist Don Drummond plans to retire at the end of June. The prominent economic forecaster will be succeeded by TD’s deputy chief economist, Craig Alexander, and Drummond will continue to work as an adviser to TD Bank. Drummond, 56, said he always planned to [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. The United Way has recognized the Economical Insurance Group as an “organization that went above and beyond their traditional support during the campaign by running an exemplary campaign and demonstrating a strong commitment. Economical was awarded the Campaign Chair Award. The Economical Insurance Group’s 2009 United Way [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. Software provider Keal Technology has been awarded the Insurance Canada Technology Award (ICTA) Best in Class solution provider. The ICTA recognizes the benefits brokers realize by utilizing the integration between Keal’s Broker Management System (BMS), sigXP and blueC 802’s call recording software, blueButler. According to Insurance-Canada.ca principal [...]
