Dear all, Spring is upon us, and that means the start of the annual broker conference season! The Manitoba broker’s conference is fast approaching, with BC and Alberta coming up pretty quickly afterwards and then out to the Atlantic. My team and I really enjoy our attendance at all of the Provincial broker conferences each […]

APRIL Canada is delighted to celebrate the month of April with an excellent and simple online promotion. Recommend APRIL to a colleague during the month of April and the 3 brokers identified as having referred the greatest number of correctly labeled online submissions will win a Visa gift card to the tune of $200. All you […]

APRIL Canada writes the full spectrum of marine risks: spanning Hull & Machinery, Protection & Indemnity, Cargo, Marine Liability and Marinas. Our offer here can apply to your clients both large and small, and wherever they may be within Canada. Since the launch of the department headed up by Claude Deslage in 2015 APRIL has […]

I’m a small-town boy, born and raised in Southern Ontario and after college I ventured out West to see what Calgary had in store for me.   Like many of people in the Insurance Industry out there I sort of just fell into insurance; I found a job as a Marketing Rep for Canada Worldwide […]

Dear all, Last month here at APRIL we held another hugely successful annual company conference. You may have been aware of this by receiving an out of office from one of our underwriters in mid February. Whilst indeed it is a big commitment to reduce our service delivery for one day of the year, I […]

Dear all, This blog and newsletter has now been running for 1 year. In that time, it’s been by far the most subscribed, opened and read piece of communication that we produce, and it’s a pleasure to write every month. I try to cover a range of subjects relevant to our industry, and of course, […]

Dear all, I’ll start with a customary Happy New Year to all our brokers and partners in the market!  I hope you managed to spend the holiday season with your loved ones and recharge your batteries… 2017 is going to be another busy year! New years always give us the opportunity sit back, reflect and […]

Dear all, I hope that you are all well, and beginning the wind down to the holiday season. Whilst that is my hope, I’m sure that like me, you are all pushing hard right until the end of the year! I’m constantly impressed by the professionalism of this industry and the never-ending desire to ensure […]

Dear all, I’m writing this note during what feels like a rare visit to my office in Toronto. October has been an extremely busy month including broker conferences in Halifax, Regina and most recently, Toronto – not to mention the more typical business travel and broker meetings that fit in-between these conferences somehow. In fact, […]

We are very excited to attend this year’s IBAO convention, and to meet all our broker partners. To add a little fun and let you get a chance to win an Apple Watch, we’ve created an online contest! How does it work? Simple: the more actions you complete; such as visiting our website, or interacting […]

Dear all, Welcome to this 9th note of my mini-blog. We receive some fantastic feedback and ideas from many of you about this note and our newsletter – so please keep them coming! One such idea was for me to write about a typical day in the life of an APRIL underwriter, so I’ll rise […]

To help you protect your homeowner clients, we have improved our payment plans. Affordable, flexible and easy to susbscribe, those plans also allow you to include your fees to save you from any collection. You can now: Choose between 4 different plans to adapt to your clients needs Choose between 4 payment means Decide of the […]

Each year Insurance Business Canada asks you to rate your top MGA partners in Canada through the Brokers on MGAs survey. This survey is a great opportunity for us to better understand what you value and expect from an MGA, and for you to have your say on how MGAs could improve.  Please show your support […]

Dear Brokers, I hope you have all enjoyed your summer, and managed to get some time away with friends and family. I spent some time back in the UK with my family and managed to get some fantastic R&R combined with a few days meeting our various Lloyds partners in London and a day in […]

Dear all, I wanted to take the opportunity this month to wish all our brokers, supporters and readers a happy holiday this summer. We’ve been having some truly amazing weather over the last couple of months, and I hope that unlike me, you’ve managed to spend most of your time outdoors enjoying it! The second […]

Life sometimes has nasty surprises in store for us and no one is immune to accidents. In Quebec, if anyone is injured, if there are damages caused by a collision or in the event of a criminal act, a police report is necessary. If no one is injured, it is possible to fill out a […]

In the last month, I and some of the senior members of APRIL Canada had the pleasure to attend an annual conference at APRIL’s global head office in Lyon, France. This year the theme of the conference was the company strategy for growth in the coming years. It was a truly inspiring event. Not only were […]

Do you wish to expand your client portfolio by offering Pleasure Craft Insurance? APRIL Marine can help you.   Expert in the field of marine insurance for more than 40 years, APRIL Marine works with more than 15 000 broker partners worldwide; an essential partnership allowing us, among other things, to accompany the dream of […]

Dear partners, Over the last few weeks, you may have seen some communication about our new website. Better still, you are now visiting the site yourself! A lot of time and energy was put into this new website in an effort to ensure that it better reflects the current look and feel of our business, […]

Have you recently been visited by APRIL Canada? Over the last three months, employees of APRIL Canada have been out to meet and listen to over 150 brokerage firms to get their views on the market, understand their strategies, and identify ways in which we can improve our business to help brokers achieve their goals. […]

Hello everyone, As always, I hope that this note finds you well, and that your businesses are thriving. This month, I wanted to share some news about how we have developed a loyalty scheme specifically for you, our broker partners, to build relationships and make us truly more broker centered. As I’ve mentioned before, we […]

We are delighted to announce the launch of our new Environmental Impairment Liability (EIL) policy which enables brokers to offer comprehensive coverage for any pollution and environmental damage that may arise from a client’s properties and associated business activities. As environmental regulations tighten, business owners in all sectors are under increasing pressure to adopt green […]

In May, we will be giving away a Kindle Voyage to the Broker who will bind the most Short Term rentals business in dollars with APRIL. To learn more about this home insurance solution, click here. If you have any question, please contact us at: Email: residential@april.ca Phone: 1-855-745-1010 Good luck to all!

Dear all, As always, I hope this e-mail finds you well. I also hope that you enjoyed our April Fool`s joke last Friday about the launch of our new ‘Prank Protection Plus’. The team certainly enjoyed pulling it together! Whilst this was, of course, a light-hearted idea, we do take our product development activities very […]

Canadian manufacturers, distributors and wholesalers have experienced consistent growth driven by a strong economy. To place their products on retailers’ shelves they are also required to carry their own property and liability insurance. APRIL Canada is proud to introduce a new manufacturer’s insurance product to specifically answer these needs. Kent Pitkin National Director Commercial at […]