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Amalgamation combines the expertise of IPC and Quadrus backed by the scale, capital, and support of one of Canada’s largest financial institutions Toronto, ON (Oct. 1, 2026) – Canada Life is pleased to announce the launch of IPC Wealth Inc., bringing together, through amalgamation, the strengths of IPC Investment Corporation and Quadrus Investment Services Ltd. as one national mutual fund dealer with more than 2,500 licensed advisors across Canada. The amalgamation represents an important step in Canada Life’s strategy to grow its wealth management business and further strengthen its value proposition to advisors and clients. As one of the largest financial institutions in the country, Canada Life has brought IPC and Quadrus together as IPC Wealth to create a leading national wealth platform that will give advisors more choice, more support, and better technology, so they can spend more time serving clients and growing their businesses. “Canada Life believes strongly in the value of advice,” said Blaine Shewchuk, Executive Vice-President, Wealth & Advice, Canada Life. “IPC Wealth is about creating a leading wealth platform for entrepreneurial advisors in Canada, with the scale to invest, the flexibility advisors want, and the technology their clients increasingly expect.” One of the key strengths...

New term products, enhanced eApplication and advisor portal help advisors match more clients with the right protection Toronto, ON (Oct. 1, 2026) – ivari is continuing to strengthen its support for Canadian life insurance customers and advisors with new term insurance solutions, an enhanced eApplication and a new advisor portal designed to simplify the way advisors do business. ivari’s expanded term insurance lineup gives advisors three distinct series to help match more clients with protection built for their health, coverage needs and long-term plans: New SmartSelect series: for clients with strong health profiles who prefer a no-medical-exam path to insurance coverage Simply Term series: for health-sensitive clients who are seeking to secure essential temporary insurance TermSelect series & prosperity Term: for clients with more comprehensive coverage needs seeking greater flexibility through riders and additional coverage options “These new products and digital enhancements reflect our continued investment in practical advisor support, operational efficiency and a more seamless client experience,” said Andre Mousseau, President & CEO, ivari. “They are part of our broader commitment to modernizing the insurance experience and giving advisors the tools, flexibility and confidence they need to serve more Canadians.” The strengthened lineup also includes double-digit average premium rate reductions across...

Proven in insurance, where straight-through processing on new business rose from 2% to 35%, and now available to banks and financial services firms New York, NY (Oct. 1, 2026) – Neutrinos, the AI automation and orchestration company, is pleased to announce it has launched Kamios, a governed agentic AI orchestration platform for insurance and regulated industries. Kamios is a new Neutrinos product that gives insurers, banks and financial services firms one place to run agents on real work, coordinating them with the people, systems and decisions involved, across the core platforms they already operate. Every action is governed, metered and attributable. Enterprises have proven that agents can perform individual tasks. Production, however, is where the work stalls. A single case crosses many people, systems, rules and approvals, and running agents through it without giving up control, traceability or predictable cost has become a key barrier to enterprise AI adoption. Gartner predicts that more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by the end of 2027, citing escalating costs, unclear business value and inadequate risk controls.[1] At a Tier-1 insurer, straight-through processing on new business moved from 2% to 35%, and at another Tier-1 insurer, a claims program raised...

New solution turns liability exposure data into actionable insights, optimizing insurance program design Chicago, IL (Oct. 1, 2026) – Aon, a leading global professional services firm, is pleased to announce the launch of its proprietary Professional Liability Risk Analyzer, a new tool designed to help law firms better understand, quantify and manage risk. The analyzer combines firm‑specific exposure data, historical loss experience and Aon’s proprietary modeling, built on Aon’s 30-year Lawyer’s Professional Liability claims database to simulate the probability and severity of potential losses across a wide range of scenarios. By translating professional liability risk into a clear, quantifiable financial exposure, the Professional Liability Risk Analyzer enables a more practical view of liquid volatility, enabling more resilient, risk-informed insurance program design. “Too often, insurance decisions are made before firms understand the risk they’re trying to manage,” said Kristin Kraeger, CEO, Professional Services Practice, Aon. “The Professional Liability Risk Analyzer helps law firms quantify professional liability risk as a financial exposure, so they can evaluate how different insurance structures actually perform under stress.” While currently designed for law firm professional liability, Aon is expanding the Professional Liability Risk Analyzer for other professional services sectors, including accounting and consulting firms, bringing the...

New York, NY (Sept. 30, 2026) – WTW has unveiled Radar AI Assistant, a new natural language capability within Radar Vision, its AI-driven performance and experience monitoring tool built for insurers. The AI technology enables pricing, underwriting, claims and portfolio management teams to identify emerging issues and uncover hidden patterns within their data, providing real-time, actionable insights for competitive advantage. Radar AI Assistant goes on to explain the likely drivers and feeds these insights directly into recommended pricing and underwriting actions. During its development, WTW invested significantly to leverage and embed the expertise and specialist insurance judgement of its leading consulting team. This specialist expertise sets the capability apart from generic AI tools, enabling it to deliver game-changing levels of comprehensive, accurate and actionable insights that support confident, real-world insurance decision-making. Pardeep Bassi, Global Proposition Leader in Data Science, Insurance Consulting and Technology, WTW, said: “A single emerging risk signal may be too weak to justify action. Radar AI Assistant, guided by insurance expertise, can consolidate multiple early indicators into a clearer, more credible view that supports confident action ahead of competitors reliant on isolated signals. “Radar AI Assistant puts this capability directly into the hands of underwriters and portfolio...

London, UK (Sept. 29, 2026) – Willis, a WTW business, is pleased to announce the launch of RiskIQ Nexus, a new risk intelligence platform designed to help organizations bring risk and insurance data together in one place. This gives risk managers faster access to the information and insights they need to understand their programs, prepare for renewals and make more informed risk and insurance decisions. Part of WTW’s leading RiskIQ ecosystem, Nexus helps organizations consolidate policy, premium, loss, exposure and other risk and insurance information from multiple sources into a single, connected view. Its AI capabilities support multi-language document ingestion and enable users to query and analyze their data more intuitively, turning information into decision-ready reporting and insights. Many organizations continue to manage critical risk and insurance information across multiple systems, spreadsheets and data sources, creating challenges around visibility, governance and decision-making. Nexus addresses these pain points by reducing administrative burden and supporting more efficient programs and stakeholder reporting. The platform also provides a foundation for deeper, scalable risk and insurance analysis, enabling clients to quickly access information such as insurance spend, insurer participation, policy details, program structures and upcoming renewals. Its AI-enabled querying helps organizations explore and interrogate their...