Staff | November 20, 2020 The Alberta Investment Management Corp.’s chief executive officer, Kevin Uebelein, is stepping down early, most likely by July 2021. Uebelein and the AIMCo board have agreed to begin the process of...
Staff | November 20, 2020 Canadian employees are seeing significant workplace shifts amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report by payroll and benefits company Humi. It found employees took 40 per cent less...
Staff | November 20, 2020 The majority (70 per cent) of Canadians said they believe virtual health care represents the future, according to a new survey conducted by Environics Research and sponsored by Dialogue. The survey...
Staff | November 20, 2020 The Public Sector Pension Investment Board is part of a group investing $1 billion in Convex Group Ltd., a specialty insurer and reinsurer. In April 2019, Convex launched with $1.7 billion of committed capital. Its...
For my part, I’ve caught up with colleagues on Microsoft Teams and Skype for Business, attended a baby shower and a baby naming ceremony over Zoom, bought clothes and other incidentals online and watched...
E-app use grew substantially during 2020’s year of COVID. If you want your brokerage agency to scale exponentially, you’ll have to leave your gut at the door. That’s because data is what helps agencies...
Green Shield Canada (GSC) has announced a partnership to give plan members much-needed access to virtual health services as concerns surrounding COVID-19 and seasonal flu are set to persist through the winter. Starting on...
After a pandemic-driven pullback in mergers and acquisitions activity in the first half of 2020, acquisitions and dispositions have come back strongly in the second half of the year, and the higher pace of...
By Lisa Seguin, Field Marketing Manager, Insurance, Element AI — In 2020, it’s difficult to think of a sector that artificial intelligence (AI) won’t disrupt. The technology promises to transform businesses ranging from transportation...
Irish InsurTech Blink launches new business interruption solution developed within the prestigious Lloyd’s Lab innovation accelerator programme Open-banking validation, real-time impact assessment and automated pay-outs hurricane non-damage parametric insurance can cut average claim process...