Podcasts about aviva canada

Listen to Vassy's full conversation with former finance minister Bill Morneau and former interim Conservative leader Rona Ambrose on what they believe resonated with voters to elect Donald Trump as the next U.S president.  On todays show: Emma May, Founder and CEO of Sophie Grace, a Women-owned Canadian workwear brand joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss how the lockouts at the ports effected her business, and what she hopes to see moving forward.  Vassy takes your calls and texts on what you think is the best way for Canada to navigate another Trump presidency. The Daily Debrief Panel with Saeed Selvam, Jamie Ellerton, and Mike Le Couteur. Susan Penwarden, Aviva Canada's managing director of personal insurance lines joins host Vassy Kapelos to discuss the new report from Aviva Canada. The report is Aviva's latest Climate-Ready Index and the findings provide a stark overview of Canada's current position in the climate change arena. 

15 seconds...that's all it takes for artificial intelligence to duplicate your voice! From cloning voices to deep fake images, we need to be careful what we believe online. So, just how concerned should we be that bad actors will use this technology to influence Canadian politics? We get the thoughts of Tony Anscombe, Security Expert with “ESET” Malware Protection and Internet Security.   Drought conditions are once again expected in Alberta this spring and summer. So, what steps can we take to protect ourselves and our property? We get some tips on what homeowners can do ‘proactively' with Sam Araya, Senior Project Manager with ‘Aviva Canada'. Alberta is home to close to 104-thousand people of the Sikh faith, the largest population among the prairie provinces. We discuss the impact Sikhs have played in shaping Canada's military heritage with Captain Kamal Dullat, Spokesperson with the “Military Museums” of Calgary.

In this episode of Making Risk Flow, Juan de Castro speaks with Bill Bloom, a board member at Aviva Canada, Bamboo Insurance, and Foundation Risk Partners. Over his 28-year career, Bill has led the strategic direction at global insurers and consultancies, including Accenture, The Hartford, and Aviva. He has also played a leading role in integrating technology, data, and analytics in insurance operations and claims management.During the course of their fascinating discussion, Juan and Bill discuss why the insurance industry has evolved slowly and the challenges it faces in both underwriting and claims. Bill also shares his insights on the need for digitisation, standardisation, and the deployment of artificial intelligence to improve efficiency and customer service too.To discover out more about digital risk processing, click here.Our previous guests include: Bronek Masojada of PPL, Simon McGinn of Allianz, Richard Coleman of Ecclesiastical, Steven Wilkins of Hiscox, Matthew Grant of InsTech, Philippe Lutgen of Howden, Paolo Cuomo of Gallagher Re, and Thierry Daucourt of AXA.Check out the three most downloaded episodes: The Five Pillars of Data Analytics Strategy in Insurance | Craig Knightly, Inigo 20 Years as CEO of Hiscox: Personal Reflections and the Evolution of PPL | Bronek Masojada Implementing ESG in the Insurance and Underwriting Space | Simon Tighe, Chaucer, and Paul McCarney, Moody's

Tracy Garrad is CEO of Aviva Canada and has held CEO positions at HSBC, First Direct and AXA Health. She is a board member of Progress Together. Tracy Garrad joins us to share her remarkable journey from a working-class upbringing in Blackpool to becoming a successful leader in the financial services industry. Tracy reflects on the lessons learned from caring for her siblings, the challenges she faced as a female leader, and the importance of diversity and inclusion in leadership. She discusses the difference between leadership and management, her experiences with education, and the evolving landscape of the C-suite. Tracy also delves into the role of transparent storytelling in leadership, the importance of mentorship, and the ongoing quest for work-life balance.

Jamie Lee from Aviva Canada joins the show to talk about how thieves are re-VINing stolen cars and selling them to honest buyers. 

In the second part of a two-part discussion focusing on the path to net zero, host Elliott Cappell, Partner and National Climate Change Leader at PwC Canada, continues his conversation with Jason Storah, CEO at Aviva Canada. Elliott and Jason discuss strategies for inspiring Canadian leaders to take action, the importance of leading by example and more.Show Notes: 00:00- Elliott's introduction to CEO Viewpoints and Jason Storah00:57- Jason shares his perspective on what is holding Canadian CEOs back when it comes to climate change initiatives 04:37- Jason shares his thoughts on how we can inspire Canadian leaders to take bold action09:16- Jason shares his perspective on building a unified senior leadership team and breaking down the silos when it comes to ESG 12:04- Jason discusses the importance of leading by example15:37- Jason shares some final words of wisdom for leaders when tackling ESG17:51- Elliott's closing thoughts and conclusions

In this first of a two part episode, host Elliott Cappell, a Partner and the National Climate Change Leader at PwC Canada, sits down with Jason Storah, CEO at Aviva Canada. Together, Elliott and Jason continue the conversation surrounding ESG initiatives, diving into strategies to get to net zero and why leaders need to take bold action today.Show Notes: 00:00- Elliott's introduction to CEO Viewpoints and Jason Storah01:19- Jason discusses his experience as CEO of Aviva Canada03:33- Jason explains the impacts of climate change on the insurance industry06:18- Jason discusses Aviva's ambitious climate change goals09:53- Jason explains why he chose to prioritize ESG as a leader12:18- Jason shares key strategies for engaging people within your industry to learn about climate change17:29- Jason discusses the importance of continuing the dialog surrounding climate change in the insurance space18:51- Jason explains how the industry can build back better post-pandemic23:01- Jason shares his perspective on Canada's role in the fight against climate change24:24- Elliott's closing thoughts and conclusions

In this episode of the Digital Insurance Pint Podcast, Ben Isotta-Riches – EVP & MD of strategic partnership at Aviva Canada, continues our Brit Invasion theme, raises money through Movember; likes Alanis Morisette, and speaks the queen's English. Instrumental in setting up the Aviva Digital Garage helping brokers digitize, engineering, API's and holding events like hackathons spawning such ideas as Catalyst, the ability to quote, bind, and issue a commercial policy in 12 questions (later becoming Aviva Ally). The Garage also brought leading digital brokers together from across the country in various forums to share and challenge the status quo. Episode 7 opens the “garage door” and the crew (Jeff Roy, Steve Earle, Adam Mitchell, Tom Reid) discuss: Top leadership change at Aviva and if the new Global CEO will change things for brokers Learning from the digital garage and will it re-open? Acceleration of digitization due to Covid How connectivity, standards, and DX fit into Aviva's plans and what can we expect in the next 12 to 18 months What's up with Guidewire? Will insurance just be embedded as part of the things you buy? Resources: Tom Reid Jeff Roy Steve Earle Adam Mitchell Digital Insurance Pint Podcast

Alan chats with Phil Gibson, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, Personal Insurance for Aviva Canada.

In this episode of the Aviva Podcast, David, Jenny and Jason share their stories of what Aviva's Pride community is all about, why it's so important, and what it means to them. June is Pride Month, and we wanted to take the opportunity to talk to three of our colleagues from around the world who are involved in Aviva Pride in some way. We spoke to David, a graduate apprentice in Aviva UK and a member of Aviva Pride, about why this community is so important to him personally, and why “bringing your whole self to work” is key. We spoke to Jenny, a team leader in Aviva Ireland's Life contact centre and co-chair of Aviva Pride in Ireland. Jenny shares why she gives so much of her time to help make Pride – and why she “love, love, loves the role”. Finally, we spoke to Jason, CEO of Aviva Canada and one of our executive sponsors of Pride. Find out why Pride means so much to Jason, and why he feels like he needs to lead by example.

To mark International Women's Day 2022, in this episode we're joined by two of our female data science leaders at Aviva. Listen in as they share their life and career experiences - good, bad and ugly - with host Andrew Spinks. Dorothy Comber (VP of Data Science, Aviva Canada) and Siobhan Keleher (Head of Data Analytics, Aviva UKGI) talk about commonly faced issues like imposter syndrome, wonky careers, and being the only woman in the room. They also look at the support provided - and the honest conversations encouraged - by Aviva on these topics.

Bryant Vernon, Chief Claims Officer, Aviva Canada talks about Video games. The gamer kids are all right — online video games teach skills useful in work and life. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All corporations are using social responsibility as part of their brand value but no on within the insurance industry does it like Aviva.  They started with the Aviva Community Fund and have now moved on to a new cause, Take Back our Roads.  This cause is bigger than simple road safety, its about engagement with many stakeholders to find solutions to problems with road design, traffic flaws, and of course safety. Catherine Brown, VP of Marketing & Social Responsibility explains Aviva's next cause and how they are tackling an issue that is has so many layers to manage before change happens.   Please rate, review and follow the podcast! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ashish Bhargava, Vice President of Fraud and Analytics for Aviva Canada, joined John Oakley to discuss.

Aviva Canada did an investigation and uncovered that fraud is pervasive at Ontario's auto body shops. They discovered that some workers are deliberately damaging vehicles, invoicing for phantom repairs and billing for towing that didn't happen. Lorraine Sommerfeld, Auto Writer with Post Media, Motherlode column in theHamilton Spec and Host of the Lemon Aid Car Show on RogersTV

Gordon Rasbach, Aviva Canada's vice president of fraud management joined Kelly to go over the investigation

This week on the SyrupCast, Igor Bonifacic, Rose Behar and Patrick O'Rourke are joined once again by Tom Emrich, founder of We Are Wearables and partner at Super Ventures, to talk about the recent iPhone 8 leaks. Last week, major leaks about the much anticipated iPhone 8 surfaced thanks to Apple's release of HomePod firmware. Contained within the software update were references that gave away some of the secret sauce about updates to the soon-to-come iPhone. Among the biggest spoilers: face unlock using BiometricKit, no more home button, a wrap-around display design, and a tap-to-wake function. In other smart device news, Fitbit seems to be leaning into the smart watch market. The team discusses what this might look like and wonders, does the world need another smartwatch? Tune in to hear the SyrupCast team's thoughts.   Today’s podcast is brought to you by Aviva Canada, a leading property and casualty insurance group providing home, automobile, leisure/lifestyle and business insurance to 2.9 million customers.  Severe weather and natural disasters are on the rise, and Aviva’s Plan & Protect app will help your family prepare for earthquakes, severe wind, winter storms, wildfires, and floods. It tells you what to do before, during and after these events, stores your insurance info and works without Wi-Fi. Download it free from the App Store or Google Play, and Aviva will donate $5 to the Canadian Red Cross.

Aviva Canada endorses a new provincial study which concludes that lawyers – not their insurance clients – are the primary beneficiaries cashing in on contingency fee arrangements.

Wayne Ross of Aviva Canada says most Canadian home burglaries occur when people are not home.

Know how to protect your home against thieves while you’re out of town.

Know how to protect your home against thieves while you’re out of town.

Home insurance made easy with tips on what to look for when buying a home and how to reduce your home insurance premium.

Home insurance made easy with tips on what to look for when buying a home and how to reduce your home insurance premium.

Is your home at flood risk? Know how to prevent a flood and protect your home.

Is your home at flood risk? Know how to prevent a flood and protect your home.