View the video here on your mobile device. Narrator: He spent 27 years as an agent with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and now Christopher Giovino is in charge of the Forensic Analysis practice with Dempsey Partners, a risk management consulting and investigative firm based in the United States. He explains to ILSTV how the [...]
Brian Wills is Salute’s 2011 ‘Insurance Person of the Year’ and Jeremy Green received the ‘Rising Star’ award
View the video here on your mobile device. ILSTV investigates the investigation services of King-Reed & Associates Brian King, President & CEO: Currently we have 12 offices situated throughout Ontario and Quebec and partnerships in other parts of the country and providing a national service to our clients, which are primarily the P&C industry and [...]
Canpro Global’s President and CEO talks about his company’s suite of services for risk mitigation
View the video here on your mobile device. Narrator: When Kernaghan Adjusters decided to open another branch on Vancouver Island, BC back in February 2011, they called on (literally) a couple of experienced adjusters, Brad Murray and Debbie Halstead. Debbie Halstead: We are a couple, an adjusting couple. Wherever one of us goes, the other [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. Narrator: Michael Morris, a Canadian from Ottawa, moved to Japan in 1993. He lives with his wife in the city of Hachinohe on the northern end of the Island of Honshu. When the earthquake struck, he was driving in his car. Michael Morris: Suddenly I thought, “Holy [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. Narrator: In early March, 2011, Art Johnson, Operations Manager at Canstar Restorations in Vancouver BC, not only received the prestigious Martin L. King award at the Restoration Industry Association’s annual Industry Summit, he was also the first Canadian to ever do so. Humble as ever, Art says [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. He is celebrated every March 17th around the world. But who was St. Patrick? Like most historical figures he’s been mythologized over the centuries, but behind the myth, was a flesh and blood person. Most scholars believe he was born in Britain around 385AD and became an [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. “The fastest way to change society is to mobilize the women of the world.” – Charles Malik, former president, United Nations General Assembly The world was a vastly different place in 1911 than it is now. The Mexican Revolution was in full swing, Italy declared war on [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. ILSTV spoke with Jean Lalumière, IndemniPro’s Vice President of Business Development. IndemniPro, an SCM Company, is a national network of claims professionals. (In 1986 Shumka Craig & Moore Adjusters opened their doors in Edmonton, AB. In 2008, following a major acquisition, the company was rebranded as ClaimsPro, [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. Narrator: According to their website, the Professional Young Insurance Brokers is an Alberta association created for young brokers by young brokers. ILSTV spoke to current PYIB President, Braden Bosch, and asked him why he thinks associations like the PYIB are important. Braden Bosch: There are so many [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. There are many in the insurance industry that say there are not enough talented young people to fill the positions soon to be left vacant by retiring baby boomers. But someone forgot to mention that to our guest Braden Bosch. Still in his 20s, Braden is the [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. Interview with David Edgar, General Manager of QBE, Canada Print
View the video here on your mobile device. In May of 2009, Travelers Guarantee Company of Canada and St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company combined the property and casualty and surety operations under one management team, known as Travelers Canada. We asked Kevin Pinto, Sr. VP of Business Insurance P&C at Travelers Canada, what [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. Royston Colburn is the head of Risk Solutions for Canpro Global, a risk mitigation company that is involved in human resources screening, security consulting and investigations. Prior to moving to Canada and joining Canpro, Royston spent 30 years as a police offier with the prestigious Scotland Yard. [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. John Coull is a Fire Investigator with the forensic firm Origin and Cause Incorporated. He explains how his firm works with the insurance industry and how they differ from provincial fire Investigators. John Coull: Well, I think the job that I do now is basically the same as [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. In 2008, ILSTV featured the fledgling Canadian Disaster Restoration Group, or CDRG. We caught up with Simon Frigon, President and Founding Member of CDRG to see how the organization was doing. Simon Frigon: I think what happened in the last two years is the fact that we’ve [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. Narrator: A family business, founded in 1967, Buntain Insurance has certainly been around. But this business is anything but an old-school operation. They are managing to attract and keep talented young people. How do they do it? It’s all based on a simple philosophy… Gordon Buntain, [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. Narrator: The Vice President of A.S.A.P Secure Incorporated, Rob Garland, explains how his staff are more than just security guards. Rob Garland: What we do is we secure structural damage, fire losses, disasters, to make sure that only authorized people are allowed access and that everyone signs [...]
