Hosted by Canadian Underwriter · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 22 episodes
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What's on Dec? offers engaging discussions with some of the P&C industry’s sharpest minds on emerging issues affecting carriers, brokers, claims professionals, risk professionals and the industry’s supply chain partners.
Canadian Underwriter hosts What's on Dec?, a news show with 22 episodes published.
Sophia Kudlyk, senior vice president of Hub International Ontario’s cyber practice, discusses the state of the cyber insurance market. She gets into how the Canadian cyber market cycles lag behind the US, coverage pitfal
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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 big
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Randy Carroll, CEO of brokerage Ai Insurance Organization, provides an in-depth look at topics affecting the Canadian P&C brokerage channel, including producer-to-owner models, talent retention challenges and the shiftin
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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.
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Brett McGregor, president of Insurance Brokers Association of Canada, looks at brokers’ biggest issues in 2026, including Bank Act delays, diverging market cycles, and how NatCat trends are shaping policyholders’ resilie
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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.
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Greg Williams, Managing director at AM Best provides an in-depth outlook on the risks shaping the current insurance landscape in Canada including catastrophe losses, MGA regulation, evolving AI risk, and auto theft.
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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.
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In our latest podcast, Glenn McGillivray from the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction explores wildfire trends, mitigation strategies, and why the peril is so difficult to model.
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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’
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Bobby Thompson and Chris Cornell from KPMG Canada discuss which P&C insurance industry sectors or policies are affected by tariffs. They also outline the broader supply chain risk associated with these levies.
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Bart Robinson discusses recent changes to Alberta auto insurance, including the rate cap and move to a no-fault model.
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MSA Research president Nevina Kishun and JSCP consulting actuary Benny Chan share their views on IFRS 17, how some of the key metrics are calculated and what the future holds.
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Two senior executives at Markel Canada discuss what’s unique about underwriting sports liability risk, claims trends, and how the courts view the risk.
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Western Financial Group president and CEO Kenny Nicholls shares his thoughts on M&A, the interest rate and inflationary environment, and his plans for retirement.
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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.
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Tyrone McNeil, president & tribal chief with the Sto:lo Tribal Council in British Columbia, discusses what can be done to ensure First Nations people get the insurance coverage they need.
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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
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CHES Special Risk president and CEO Gary Hirst shares insights on the hospitality sector post-pandemic. He discusses risk management techniques, social host liability, how to address 'extra' risks and more!
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In our second of two Executive Outlook podcasts, Wawanesa’s Anna McCrindell, Insurance Bureau of Canada’s Celyeste Power and BOXX Insurance’s Neal Jardine give their take on the New Year. Hear what they have to say about
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