January 3, 2025 Leading projects requires an adaptive approach based on the team, the budget,…
With Katie Grieve, President—Windsor Essex County Insurance Brokers Association
As the President of WECIBA, Katie led her Affiliate to its first Awards of Excellence win. She values community engagement and thinks if you haven’t gotten involved yet, you should…
November 25, 2024 Hiring is an important process at any organization. At brokerages, you often start by adding more underwriters, sales roles and professionals with backgrounds in claims. As you evolve, you…
Michael Mizerak—Exams Coordinator, IBAO
During pandemic times, IBAO took on the daunting task of administering RIBO’s licensing exams…
November 18, 2024 According to Gallup polling, global employee stress levels declined in 2023 from 44% to 41%. This is the first reduction in reported daily stress post-pandemic, but it’s still up…
October 21, 2024 Brokers and insurance professionals from across the country will be traveling to…
Norah Black, VP Marketing & Communications, IBAO
Amber Mac is a tech and innovation expert, author and Co-Host of The Feed on SiriusXM. She’s a business host for Fast Company, CNN, Bloomberg, CBS, BNN, CBC, Global News and CTV. Amber joins us at IBAOcon this year to share her passion for digital innovation in all forms…
October 3, 2024 For many of us, our inbox dictates our day. But emails are…
October 2, 2024 An informal broker survey on market availability today Higher premiums. Stricter underwriting standards. Reduced coverage options. These are all characteristics of a hard insurance market. Hard markets aren’t unique…
With Helen Zong—Director, Broker Team, North York Branch
The process of setting up a brokerage or a new branch entails a lot of challenges that’ll be new for someone who’s previously only ever worked for others…
Kevin O’Hare—Education Supervisor & Instructional Designer, IBAO In 2019 we took up the project of rebuilding the licensing course we’d been running from the ground up. Yes, RIBO maintains the keys to…
