In a recent article, Traci Boland, chair of the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario, commented that ‘the sophistication of technology for rating overland flood could conceivably lead to smaller insurers ending up with a disproportionate share of flood risks’. As…
Read more →For our Random Thoughts post today, I thought I’d summarize interesting reads my colleagues at IBV published over the last year (and some of mine, too ). Let’s start cross-industry: About a year ago, Carolyn Baird showed the “Myths, exaggerations and uncomfortable truths” about millennials Continue reading
Read more →Hard to get back to “normal” blogging after seeing the news from Paris over the weekend, so just short today. Thanks to Jean Jullien (@jean_jullien on Twitter) for putting out the image on the left to the public domain. My thoughts go out to the Continue reading
Read more →After two sneak peeks and a lot of data snippets on Twitter, the new IBV study for insurance has arrived! In “Capturing hearts, minds and market share – How connected insurers are improving customer retention”, my colleague Lee-Han Tjioe and I decribe the issues insurers Continue reading
Read more →For a brief time in my career, almost 20 years ago, I worked for an insurance agency. The agency was (and still is) quite successful. I learned a lot in that time, about selling, advice and how to lead a…
Read more →The term “big data” carries much weight today, usually referring to the massive amounts and availability of data for analysis. Big data consists of the growing volume of information from sources such as claims history, industry statistics, telematics devices and,…
Read more →Each year, EY publishes our Canadian property and casualty insurance outlook, where we take the pulse of the industry and note what challenges – and opportunities – are in store for the year ahead. It’s fair to say the industry…
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