What's on Dec?

Brett Boadway, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Managing General Agents (CAMGA), describes her professional ‘Eras’ tour within Canada’s property and casualty insurance industry. Most recently, she has taken a deep dive into all things MGA and tells CU about what she’s learned leading the country’s national MGA trade association.

Joe D’Annunzio, president of BrokerLink, tells the story of how he got into the property and casualty industry. He traces his professional background, which took him through the U.S. and back into Canada, and how the biggest risk of his career paid off.

Canadian Underwriter Editor-in-Chief David Gambrill and Associate Editor Jason Contant discuss the expansion of CU’s What’s on Dec? podcast, including a new CU Interview component and YouTube channel.

Matt Studley, Chief Operating Officer for HUB’s Ontario & Atlantic regions, takes a closer look at the soft commercial lines market, the economy’s impact on commercial clients, and M&A insurance.

Will Harnett, Head of Product Strategy at Send Technology, discusses the shift from policy admin systems (PAS) to underwriting workbenches, as well as agentic AI and intelligent quoting.

Kyle Sparkman, managing director at Allianz Global Assistance Canada, discusses the evolution of travel insurance, from the COVID pandemic to simplified application processes to how U.S. tariffs are affecting Canadians’ travel patterns.

Bart Robinson discusses recent changes to Alberta auto insurance, including the rate cap and move to a no-fault model.

Two senior executives at Markel Canada discuss what’s unique about underwriting sports liability risk, claims trends, and how the courts view the risk.

Hear Alister Campbell, president and CEO of the Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation, discuss what’s needed for a government earthquake backstop now that the flood program is rolling out.

Bryan Gast, vice president of investigative services with Équité Association, gives his impression of the National Summit on Combatting Auto Theft. He also discusses how 2024 could shape up from an auto fraud perspective, among other topics.

In our second of two Executive Outlook podcasts, Wawanesa’sAnna McCrindell, Insurance Bureau of Canada’s Celyeste Powerand BOXX Insurance’s Neal Jardine give their take on the New Year.Hear what they have to say about recruitment and retention,industry collaboration and whether 2024 will be the year of the‘whole-of-society’ approach to some of the industry's problems.

Tune in as Aviva Canada’s managing director of personal lines, Susan Penwarden, discusses personal auto trends post-pandemic and what’s contributing to elevated property costs. Susan shares her thoughts on auto fraud and theft, Canada’s reinsurance market, how inflation is affecting insured values and more!