Alyssa Di Sabatino

Policyholders are seeing increased underwriting scrutiny and rate adjustments across several construction lines, WTW's latest report shows.

The upward trend of Canadian P&C insurance brokerage merger and acquisition (M&A) activity over the past decade will continue in 2025 despite political uncertainty, advisory firm Smythe LLP says in its Canadian M&A Market Update.  That said, buyer and market sentiment is shifting, write partners Alex Wong and Gagan Ahluwalia.   That’s indicated by the […]

Ransomware remains a persistent threat for businesses, but it won't be innovative in 2025, predicts Coalition.

As Canada faces record-breaking natural catastrophe losses, experts are turning to artificial intelligence (AI) to refine wildfire modelling.

Canadians lost $638 million to fraud in 2024, yet only around 5% to 10% of all potential cases are being reported, data from the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre shows. What’s more, financial fraud losses increased over the past four years, totalling more…

As Canadians increasingly embraced electric vehicles in 2024, the collision repair industry is seeing claims frequency rising.

The upward trend of Canadian P&C insurance brokerage merger and acquisition (M&A) activity over the past decade will continue in 2025 despite political uncertainty, advisory firm Smythe LLP says in its Canadian M&A Market Update.  That said, buyer and market…

Broker M&A continues to trend upward, but if not done properly, these transactions can spell operational and financial risk.

Cloud seeding may have suppressed the size of hailstones during the Calgary hailstorm, which was Canada's second-costliest natural disaster.

Fragmented provincial regulation of Canada’s managing general agents (MGA) means MGAs should opt to undergo regular compliance and auditing practices alongside their regulatory upkeep, says Elaine Collier, senior auditor at Pro Global.  This would prevent MGAs from overstepping their role…