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Information
This section presents information about the business of insurance in Canada for a better understanding and appreciation of the industry overall.
Information related to a functional area such as claims or distribution will be posted in the corresponding section. Articles, announcements, white papers, and other material with a broader context will be posted here.
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Provider Profiles
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News and Articles
Articles, editorials, commentary, research and published material pertaining to the Canadian insurance industry.
- AON Hewitt: Managing Risk Factors Helps Improve Funded Status
- Foresters™ company Unity Life of Canada renamed Foresters Life Insurance Company
- CLHIA: Pooled Registered Pension Plans receive majority support in poll of small and medium business employers
- Towers Watson Survey of Economic Expectations predicts more trouble for pension plan funding as economic uncertainty and low interest rates continue
- Swiss Re: Economic and social turmoil risk reversing the gains of globalization, report warns
- I.I.I. Survey Finds USA Insurance Industry Leaders Believe The Worst Of Financial Crisis Now Behind Us; Industry Now In Early Stages Of Hard Market
- Frank Cowan Company opens Specialty Lines branch office in Cambridge, Ontario
- Intact Financial Corporation Completes the Sale of AXA Life Insurance
- Manulife Financial: Provincial Governments have opportunity to make PRPPs work for small business owners and their employees
- NOAA: A Year of USA Extremes - 12 Billion-Dollar Disasters
- Sun Life Financial CEO outlines growth strategy
- Aviva Canada and Hagerty Silver Wheel Plan to Debut in January 2012
- Sun Life Financial announces an industry first in Canada with the introduction of longevity insurance
- Travelers Launches CyberRisk in Canada to Protect Against Increasing Threat of Cyber Exposures
- Aite Group Report: Mergers and Acquisitions in the P&C Insurance Ecosystem: Preparing for the Turn
- PwC's 2011 Global Economic Crime Survey finds economic crime continues to increase
- CSL Global Opens CSL Offices in Canada
- Standard Life adjusts its product line-up to increase focus on its savings and investment activities
- Manulife Financial Extends Access to Comprehensive Health Care Resources
- Manulife expands into Cambodia's life insurance market
- Unica Insurance, Previously York Fire & Casualty, Unveils its New Brand
- IBC - Insurance Industry is a Leading Economic Driver in Ontario: Conference Board
- Manulife Financial Signs Framework Cooperation Agreement with Bank of China
- IBC - Auto insurance industry reaction to Nova Scotia reforms: Commendable, but proper implementation is vital
- OSFI: The Life Insurance Industry and the Long Game, Julie Dickson
- Conning Research: Life Insurers Struggle with Low Interest Rate Environment for the Foreseeable Future
- OSFI Annual Report 2010-2011 "Taking a Measured Approach": Comments by Julie Dickson, Superintendent
- Zurich launches integrated insurance solution for commercial real estate
- OSFI: The Lasting Impact of the Crisis on the Global Financial System, by Julie Dickson
- Intact Financial Corporation to sell AXA Canada's Life Insurance Business to SSQ Financial Group
- Intact Financial Corporation Completes AXA Canada Acquisition And Announces Executive Appointments
- Towers Watson Survey: Financial Performance and Rate Inadequacy Among Driving Forces for P&C Insurers
- Conning Research: Market and Product Specialization Driving Superior Performance among Property-Casualty Insurers
- Industrial Alliance's Vancouver-based Subsidiary Merges with Parent Company
- I.I.I. Offers Information, Analysis On The Insurance Implications Of 9/11
- Fraser Institute: Provincial insurance laws requiring split coverage for earthquake insurance likely to cause added suffering and delay recovery
- Guy Carpenter Report: Terror Attacks at Historically High Levels, Still Pose Threat to Re/Insurance Industry
- Towers Watson: Many Insurers to Take Aggressive Investment Strategies
- Forester Life / Communication Workers Friendly Society merger completed
- Manulife Financial Corporation sells Life Retrocession business to Pacific Life
- Economical Group's Western General Revamps Products for Large Scale Farm Operations and Expands Distribution
- OSFI - Remarks to the Canadian Institute of Actuaries by Julie Dickson
- FSCO - Insurance Agents and Adjusters from other Provinces Getting Licenced in Ontario
- EIOPA: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority Results of its Second European insurance Stress Test
- Sun Life Financial Announces Board and Executive Appointments
- Equitable Life of Canada's Health Assessment Tool: Assessing Employee and Workplace Health
- FSCO: 2011 Statement of Priortes & Strategic Directions
- Manulife Financial introduces Occupational Management Services
- Equitable Life Adds Group Critical Illness to Help Protect Plan Members and their Employers
- Manulife introduces Synergy®, a unique insurance solution to help protect Canadians from life's major risks
- The Economical Insurance Group Announces Karen Gavan as President and CEO
- OSFI - "A Canadian Perspective on the Global Insurance Industry" - by Superintendent Julie Dickson
- Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators Seeks Public Comment on the Use of Credit Scores by Insurers
- Standard Life and Qtrade announce strategic alliance
- RSA to acquire leading travel insurer etfs
- Aon Hewitt Global Survey: Many Canadian Defined Benefit Pension Plan Sponsors Committed for the Long Haul
- York Fire & Casualty Insurance Launches LIVEasy™ - A Best in Class Offering that Demonstrates All Insurance Products Are Not Created Equal
- OSFI: Remarks by Julie Dickson to the 2011 Property and Casualty Insurance Industry Forum
- Zurich Canada launches Transportation Package Policy specially designed for the unique British Columbia market place
- Intact Financial Corporation to Acquire AXA Canada for $CDN 2.6 Billion
- Conning Research: Small Life Insurers Rode through the Financial Crisis with Conservative and Disciplined Approach
- Celent: North American Insurance BPO Market Study
- OSFI Plan and Priorities for 2011-2014
- Creechurch International Expands Product Offering with new Crime/Fidelity Insurance Policy
- IBAO Brokers Shed Spotlight on Soaring Insurance Rates
- ICBC Modernizing to better serve our customers
- Conning Research: Increased Longevity Awareness Expands Retirement Income Opportunities for Insurers
- IIAA: Selective and Insurance Information Institute participate in annual CEO panel
- Conning Research: Property-Casualty Industry Forecast through 2013 Released
- Guy Carpenter's Annual Review: Reinsurance Market and Rate Direction Still in Transition
- ISO Release: Investment Gains Propelled Improvement in P/C Insurers' Overall Financial Results for 2010 as Underwriting Results Deteriorated
- Aon Benfield study: Reinsurer capital at record levels at YE 2010
- LOMA: What Will the Life Insurance Industry Look Like in 2020? -- Industry Leaders Share Their Views on The Future and How Insurers Will Thrive
- Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario Welcome Crackdown on Auto Insurance Fraud
- IBC:They cheat, you pay — Insurance fraud on the rise in Ontario
- RIMS: An Overview of Widely Used Risk Management Standards & Guidelines
- Conning Research: 2010 U.S. Insurance Mergers & Acquisitions Up Significantly, Reversing Five-Year Decline
- Guy Carpenter Publishes New Insurers' Guide To Succeeding Under Solvency II
- Manulife launches inaugural real estate investment funds
- Aite Group: Canadian Asset Managers: Ahead of the Curve
- Industrial Alliance Announces Acquisition
- Munich Re: First guarantee insurance for wind power plants
- LIMRA Survey: Two-Thirds of Insurance Executives Predict Life Insurance Sales to Remain Flat
- Foresters to expand in the UK: Communication Workers Friendly Society to Merge
- RIMS Benchmark Survey™: Commercial Insurance Pricing Little Changed in Q4, but Soft Market is Far From Over
- Conning Research: Property-Casualty Insurers Dealing with Severe Contraction in Small Business Sector
- Capgemini 2011 World Insurance Report: Reducing Operational Costs and Improving Agility
- Ontario Insurance Brokers Association Announces Launch of New Affinity Program through First Health Care
- Great-West Life launches new simplified group retirement and savings plan for smaller businesses to help Canadians save for retirement
- Guy Carpenter Finds Reinsurance Rates Decline at January 1, 2011 Reinsurance Renewals For Second Consecutive Year
- Aon Benfield: 2011 Reinsurance Market Outlook Report
- Advisen Report: Weak Economy to Prolong Soft Insurance Market
- Desjardins Financial Group announces all-cash offer to acquire Western Financial Group
- Great West Life: Innovative approach will increase availability of pension plans for employees in small business sector
- Advisen Report: Weak Economy to Prolong Soft Insurance Market
- Economical Mutual Insurance Company Announces Intention to Demutualize
- New Swiss Re sigma study examines the impact of the financial crisis and changing regulations on insurers’ asset management
- XL Insurance Unveils Privacy and Network Liability Coverage for Canadian Companies
- Guy Carpenter Annual Survey Finds Program Administrators and Managing General Agents Identify Key Challenges
- Globe and Mail's 2010 Insurance Trends Report
- Foresters Launches Legal Advice Service for Canadian Members
- Aite Group Report - Life Reinsurance Pain Points
- ICMG Finds Interest and Activity in Insurance Strategic Alliances
- OSFI: Challenges in the Life Insurance Industry, by Julie Dickson
- LIMRA CEO: Fundamentals Out Of Balance; Must Innovate to Achieve Sustainable Growth
- Fairfax Financial to Acquire First Mercury Financial Corporation for $16.50 per Share in Cash
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