Archive of articles, editorials, commentary, research and published material pertaining to insurance education and careers.

• 2010
• Retirement in North America: TD's First Ever North American Report on Retirement Reveals Stark Differences North and South of the Border
• Manulife Financial takes the next step in promoting employee wellness
• LOMA Launches Innovative Delivery Method for Courses
• LIMRA and LOMA's Virtual Worker System Receives 2009 Product of the Year Award
• LOMA Partners With North American Training Group to Provide Anti-Fraud Training
• Ageing of UK Post-war Babies Piles Pressure on Default Retirement Age: Towers Watson


• 2009
• A Better Place for You: The Co-operators Ranks Among Canada's 50 Best Employers
• Seneca "Donation for Education" Special Offer to P&C Industry
• Launch of the Canadian Insurance Scholarship Program lets industry professionals strengthen the future through recruiting high school students: ILSCorp
• The CLU Institute of Canada: Raises the bar on continuing education for financial services practitioners - Advocis
• LIMRA and LOMA's Virtual Worker System Gives Companies Insight Into Who Will Be Effective Teleworkers
• New Technology Increases Productivity: eMarketer
• Canadian Workforce Growing Increasingly Disloyal Toward Employer: Ipsos Reid
• Seneca College CFS Announces New Property & Casualty General Insurance Program
• A legacy of learning: Another summer of Advocis schools
• National Corporate Awards Given to Sun Life, Foresters and Canadian Premier Life for Employee Development; Top Students Recognized: LOMA/LIMRA
• The Pottruff & Smith Group of Companies has been recognized as one of this year’s 75 Best Workplaces in Canada
• Canada Life and Health Insurance Conference Broadens with Joining of LIMRA and LOMA
• LOMA: Going Global with New Edition of LOMA 371 Text
• New Edition of LOMA Customer Service Text Available
• Private-Public Partnership to Provide Rapid Training for Growing Market: InsuranceWorks.ca
• New LOMA Course Accelerates Key Insurance Learning


• 2008
• Managing tomorrow's people - global survey reveals what the millennial generation want from work: PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Huge wage gaps favour public sector over private sector: CFIB
• LIMRA and CFM Partners Launch Canadian Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorist Financing Training Program
• RIMS Announces New Online Business Training Library
• RIMS and Ernst & Young Launch Risk Insights
• LOMA to Offer Online Education to Members of Independent Financial Brokers
• Insurance job opportunities on the rise as markets fall: DGA Careers
• Profit By Recruiting Exceptional Talent – Insurance Speaking Series, Presented by DGA Careers & InsuranceWorks.ca
• RHU Program: Responding to the Ever-Changing Marketplace by Advocis
• RIMS Canada Conference to Attract More Than 1,500 Risk Professionals for Four Days in Toronto
• Towers Perrin Survey Shows Companies Now Leveraging HR Technology Systems to Further People Agenda
• New LOMA Online Courses Ignite the Potential of Insurance Professionals
• LOMA Canada Awards Assumption Life, AEGON Canada and Desjardins Financial Security for Best Practices in Learning and Development
• The Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (CCEP) in partnership with Diversified Business Communications Canada is proud to present the 18th World Conference on Disaster Management (WCDM) in Toronto, Canada from June 15-18, 2008 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre
• LOMA Canada Annual Conference Probes Future of Nation’s Life and Health Insurance Industry
• Concern over shortage of labour hits new high according to CFIB
• Towers Perrin Study Debunks Common Workforce Myths: Stress, Technology and Bosses Not Always the Enemy
• Oliver's Releases General Insurance Exam Prep


• 2007
• Industrial Alliance Gives $1.5 Million to Laval University
• The Knowledge Bureau partners with Standard Life to offer new Retirement Income Specialist Program to advisors in the financial services industry
• Crawford & Company Acquires ClaimStar.net and Online Learning Capability
• PricewaterhouseCoopers global report on the future of work to 2020 reveals "millennials" expectations of work and careers
• LOMA Conducts New Study of Virtual Workers
• SCM Adjusters Announces Toronto Job Fair, Assisted by InsuranceWorks.ca
• Insurers in Chaudière-Appalaches Region of Quebec Seek to Generate 3,000 new jobs over Five Years
• LOMA releases new online version of selection tool
• Towers Perrin Study Demonstrates Connection between Employee Engagement and Financial Performance
• Negotiation styles, by Nayla Mitha, Stitt Feld Handy Group
• Towers Perrin Survey Shows Companies Making Major Strides in Implementing and Streamlining HR Technology Systems
• LOMA Wins APEX Awards for Online Content
• InsuranceWorks.ca Launches Refreshed JobSite
• InsuranceWorks.ca Offers Video Promotion for Company Clients
• Wawanesa First to Offer Video-Streamed Online Training For Brokers and Staff
• RIMS Releases "Enterprise Risk Management For Dummies" Guide
• Flood Mapping with Don Pearson: Friday, June 15, 2007 , by ICLR
• Empire Life and Assumption Life Win LOMA Canada Awards for Best Practices in Learning and Development
• LOMA Launches FLMI India Program
• LOMA Canada Annual Conference Focuses on Winning through Change
• Wildfire Risk in Canada with Brian Stocks and Mike Wotton: Friday, April 27, 2007, by ICLR
• Inside The Minds of CEOs: Survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers
• Landslides with Peter Bobrowsky: Friday Forum, March 23, 2007, by ICLR
• Oliver’s Learning Launches Web-based LLQP Seminars
• New Edition of LOMA Underwriting Text Available in Electronic and Printed Formats
• Striking Back: An Assessment of Lightning-related Fatality and Injury Risk in Canada with Brian Mills: Friday Forum 19 Jan 2007 by ICLR
• Managers Say the Majority of Information Obtained for Their Work Is Useless, Accenture Survey Finds


• 2006
• CIP Society Announces 2006 Fellow of Distinction Award Recipient
• Towers Perrin Survey Finds More Organizations Relying on Technology to Meet Workforce Management Goals
• LIMRA's Executive Development Program Grows to Meet the Needs of Future Leaders
• Landslides with Peter Bobrowsky: Friday Forum 10 Nov 2006 by ICLR
• RIMS Introduces Online Professional Development Courses: Focus on Business Ethics in the Captive Insurance Industry
• Job Fair at Gore Mutual a Success
• Gore Mutual partners with InsuranceWorks.ca to hold the most-talked about Job Fair of the year
• Education Linked to Financial Results of Insurers: LOMA's Resource magazine
• DB Pension Plans No More Effective Than DC In Workforce Planning: Morneau Sobeco Survey
• LOMA Aligns With SkillSoft to Expand Online Course Offerings
• AEGON Canada and Assumption Life Win LOMA Canada Awards for Best Practices in Learning & Development
• Life Insurance Institute of Canada Officially LOMA Canada
• The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) is pleased to invite you to Friday Forum: The Peterborough Flood
• Human Resources Risk Management Seminar May 10 2006 Richmond Hill, by Insurers Financial Group
• The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) is pleased to invite you to participate in a workshop with Dr. Michael Bartlett of The University of Western Ontario
• ISB Claim Information Training School Tuesday, April 4th, 2006: Street Racing and Fraud
• ICLR's Friday Forum: Project OPPortunity on Friday March 24, 2006
• RIMS: New OnLine Course Focuses on Environmental Risk Management Strategy
• LOMA Level One Courses Now Available Online
• ICLR Friday Forum: Private Saferooms and Disaster Mitigation Feb 17, 2006
• Elder Planning Counselor designation now offered through Seneca College’s Centre for Financial Services
• Survey: Canadians Trust CLU Designation
• The IAO School Announces Fuel Oil System Inspection Logistics (FOSIL) Course
• LOMA Releases Online Anti-Money Laundering Course


• 2005
• Towers Perrin Study Shows Less Than 1 In 5 Canadians Are Highly Engaged At Work
• LOMA and Kaplan Financial Align to Provide Comprehensive Online Learning Catalog in Financial Services
• A New Dimension to Learning Ethics: Two New Courses for Financial Advisors, from Oliver Publishing
• Executive Participants in Natural Disasters and Their Impact on the Insurance Industry: Round Table Forum, Dec. 8, 2005: Eric Moss Consulting
• Natural Disasters and Their Impact on the Insurance Industry: Round Table Forum, Dec. 8, 2005: Eric Moss Consulting
• Copoloff Insurance Agencies Inc. Unveils New Cutting-Edge Service for Delivering Live Online Continuing Education Credits to Brokers
• At-Risk Youth Work and Learn At Toronto's River Restaurant: The Co-operators
• Transamerica Life Canada's Drive For Life Golf Tournament Tees Off August 30th
• A life well lived deserves an advisor well trained - Certified Senior Advisor Program
• Something To Spark Long Term Care: Karen Henderson, Caregiver Network Inc.
• LOMA Introduces Tool To Aid in Selecting Bilingual Contact Center Candidates
• The Top 10 Qualities an interviewer is looking for in a candidate: by Harvey Blake
• 15th World Conference on Disaster Management: "Defining the New Normal" in Toronto: WCDM
• 2005 Retirement Conference Series Addresses the Future of Social Security: LOMA
• ICBC awards $10,000 in scholarships for Rehabilitation
• HKMB International Insurance Brokers Sponsors The Directors College
• 10 Interview Cliches to Avoid, By Michelle Straka, Insuranceworks.ca
• The Co-operators Group of Companies a Triple Winner in Workplace Survey
• Increasing HR Involvement early in M&A Process can lead to Greater Deal Success, Towers Perrin Survey Finds


• 2004
• Functional Resumes: Friend or Foe? by Michelle Straka, InsuranceWorks
• 'Friendly interview' is anything but cozy: Harvey Blake
• LOMA Offers New Insight on Insurance Company Operations Text
• Feed The Minds of Youth 2004: IIO
• Making For A Productive Workplace: Canadian Workers Tell What Matters Most: Ipsos-Reid/Juice Inc. survey
• Markel President & CEO Receives Second Top 40 Under 40 Award
• IIC and LOMA Partner to Offer P&C Insurance Customer Service Designation in Canada
• Financial Advisor Compliance Seminars: Ev Kent
• Insurance Broker/Agents win fight for lost jobs
• Society of Accredited Marine Surveyors' Symposia to be Held in Toronto Oct 27-30
• Promising Cross-Selling Strategies at Financial Services Companies Often Bog Down In Execution, Respondents to Towers Perrin Survey Confirm
• Corporate Learning: Online or Classroom? e-Marketer
• ING: Top 20 Under 20 - Leading the way!
• Certified Senior Advisor Education Program Schedule
• Last Impressions Count When Leaving a Position: Harvey Blake
• CSA Course coming to Toronto and Ottawa: CASA
• Eastbridge Studies Impact of Rising Benefit Costs on Employees
• RBC Insurance Invests in ExSel Qualifier from LIMRA to Prescreen Job Applicants
• CIP Society Announces 2003 Fellow of Distinction Award Recipient for the Greater Toronto Area.
• CLIEDIS: ACORD XML for Life Data Modeling Training Programme
• International Association of Marine Investigators Training Seminar in Toronto


• 2003
• Toronto Firm Tackles Difficult Conversations: Stitt Feld Handy Group
• Canadian Academy of Senior Advisors Completes First Certified Senior Advisor (CSA®) Class.
• How to Have the Important Conversations You Would Like to Avoid, by E. Whitmore, Stitt Feld Handy Group
• Manulife's Dominic D'Alessandro Receives Canadian Investment Funds Career Achievement Award
• Having Meetings that Work: by Paul Godin, Stitt, Feld Handy Group
• CLU Institute Announces CLU Challenge Exam - A Professional Choice for Non-Designated Advisors
• Simulations -- The next generation of negotiation is on-line learning: Stitt Feld Handy Group
• E-Learning: Online Training for Field Agents: Report from Celent
• The IIC announces two new on-line services: Member Information and Student History.
• CSA's Help Seniors Cope
• E-Learning Gains Momentum: eMarketer
• 31 schools chosen to integrate technology with education under Clarica Scholars Program
• Markel CEO Mark Ram Receives Canada’s Top 40 Under 40™ Award
• The Sun Life Financial executive Mary De Paoli receives Canada's Top 40 Under 40™ Award
• The CIP Designation takes to the TTC!: IIC
• George Brown College Targets Financial Services for IT Students
• Clarica Scholars technology innovation program to connect Francophone teachers and students
• Maritime Life makes ROB Magazine's Top 50, four years running
• The 2002 Fall Semester Marks Release – A New Milestone for The Insurance Institute of Canada.


• 2002
• Ontario Life Insurance Licensing Students Granted a Short Reprieve: FSCO via Advocis
• Phil Cook named Fellow of Distinction — Greater Toronto Area Award Winner
• The Insurance Corporation of BC seeks a results-focused, insurance industry leader for the position of Senior VP, Insurance.
• Clarica Scholars seeks applications for teacher-student summer 2003 program
• Clarica awards $360,000 to 64 schools to advance student leadership skills
• Top Mutual Fund and Insurance Companies Stepping Up in Support of CAIFA's Commitment to Standards
• Ted Belton Recalls his Insurance Career and the Birth of the Belton Report: Christine Siemiernik, Canadian InsurancE-NEWS.
• Robby Robbs Receives I-CAR Founders Award for Canada.
• Online Education Usage in Canada: e-marketer
• George Anderson, Alan Davenport Receive Order of Canada
• Recruiting Agencies A Job Search Tool, by Michelle Straka, DGA Careers
• Clarica's Partnership with Acadia and University of Waterloo for Scholars Program continues
• Canadian University Top-Ranked in IBM-Sponsored ACM's "Battle of the Brains"
• The Benefits of Broadband, Part 3: E-Learning: from emarketer, by Ben Macklin
• Peel Institute's Toronto Spring Symposium - April 17 & 18
• Launch of The IIC's On-Line Skills Shop Resource Centre
• Clarica launches new grant program to enhance student leadership skills
• IS ANYONE THERE? - the shortage of skilled adjusters and claims managers: By Cecil Jaipaul, published in ci magazine Jan 2002
• Manulife Financial Tax and Estate Planning experts 'write the book' on tax planning impacts of life insurance
• LIIC and LOMA to merge
• The CIP Society Surpasses the 10,000 Member Mark!
• A New Training Opportunity for Junior Claims Handlers - The Accident Benefits Claims Training Program: by the Insurance Institute of Ontario


• 2001
• Standard Life continues to invest in future generations
• Leadership vs Technology: Where is the Balance? By Jack Burke, Sound Marketing
• Nine ways to get and keep your prospects' attention, Your Virtual Insurance Nov 2 2001
• You Have To Have An Email Policy; from Your Virtual Insurance Volume 2 - Issue 10-19-01
• Salary: Determine Your Worth, by Michelle Straka.
• Senior Claims Executives Feel Industry Must Grow Talent, Prepare Succession Plans: Conning & Company Study
• You think it might be time for a career step or change. There are many things to consider - here are a few guideposts to help you through this step by Michelle Straka.
• The Internet is a new mechanism for applying for jobs. Some things to think about when you take this route, by Don Givelos, InsuranceWorks.com.
• The Internet can be a useful tool to find an insurance job. Advice and guidance on effective Internet job searches from Michelle Straka.