{"id":17739,"date":"2019-12-06T14:41:32","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T19:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/?p=63000"},"modified":"2019-12-06T14:41:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T19:41:32","slug":"csio-launches-new-elearning-program-for-brokers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/12\/06\/csio-launches-new-elearning-program-for-brokers\/","title":{"rendered":"CSIO Launches New eLearning Program for Brokers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto, ON (Dec. 5, 2019) \u2013 CSIO is pleased to announce the launch of its new educational initiative, the Digital Broker eLearning Program. The program is designed to increase brokers\u2019 digital operational competencies, promote digital best practices, and equip brokers with knowledge-based materials and tools that improve their awareness of technology in insurance.<\/p>\n<p>This program is available to CSIO members at no cost and offers accredited courses that will focus on three streams: Digital Marketing, Insurance Technology, and Cybersecurity. The topics were chosen in response to members\u2019 feedback based on their evolving needs. Each course is taught by at least one subject matter expert and provides practical information to brokers who can immediately implement the lessons learned. Additional courses will be added to the eLearning program in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>CSIO has had tremendous response to past webinars and online courses, including a cybersecurity course launched last year. The course had over 1300 registrants, demonstrating the need for accessible and engaging training that supports the development of brokers\u2019 digital skills and knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccess to on-demand and relevant education is always a top priority for our brokerage,\u201d says Jeff Jones, President of Jones &amp; Associates Insurance. \u201cThat\u2019s why we made the CSIO cybersecurity course mandatory for our staff members. Having completed the high-quality cybersecurity training helped us in every facet of our work \u2013 improving the customer experience, safeguarding our brokerage, and keeping up-to-date with industry trends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is clear that as technology continues to transform the P&amp;C insurance industry, our members want access to training on digital topics that can assist them in providing value to their business and customers,\u201d says Catherine Smola, President and CEO of CSIO. \u201cCSIO is excited to offer this new eLearning program to continue to support brokers with educational training designed to enhance their digital skill set.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CSIO members can access the eLearning program at <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/csio.com\/resources-tools\/elearning\">CSIO.com\/eLearning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"smallhead\"><strong>About Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CSIO is Canada\u2019s industry association of property and casualty insurers, service providers and over 38,000 brokers. CSIO is committed to improving the consumer\u2019s ease of doing business within the broker channel by overseeing the development, implementation and maintenance of technology standards and solutions such as My Proof of Insurance, eDocs, and eSignatures. In addition, CSIO operates the industry-owned mail network service, CSIOnet. CSIO maintains offices in Toronto and Montreal. For more information, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.csio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.csio.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"referencetext\"><em>SOURCE: Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>  Tags: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/brokers\/\" rel=\"tag\">Brokers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/tag\/csio\/\" rel=\"tag\">Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO)<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insurance-canada.ca\/2019\/12\/06\/csio-launch-elearning-program-brokers\/\">Read the original article at Insurance-Canada.ca <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto, ON (Dec. 5, 2019) \u2013 CSIO is pleased to announce the launch of its new educational initiative, the Digital Broker eLearning Program. The program is designed to increase brokers\u2019 digital operational competencies, promote&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17739\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}