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Simon Frigon Hurricane Earl has Atlantic Canada braced

Environment Canada says there's a 50-50 chance that Hurricane Earl will make landfall at Nova Scotia on Saturday.

Speaking to reporters in Dartmouth on Wednesday, Environment Canada officials said the most likely storm track has

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Added by Simon Frigon on September 2, 2010 at 8:40am — No Comments

Marc Raymond Reversing the Trend - Fuel Oil Releases

Pollution losses resulting from failed Aboveground Storage Tanks (ASTs) have continued to increase over the years and so has the cost of mitigation efforts. Traditional inspections are based on exterior visual observations. While this method suffices in determining code compliance of the system, it is not adequate in assessing the integrity o

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Added by Marc Raymond on August 27, 2010 at 11:09am — No Comments

Loic Jeanjean Your input needed: Financial Website Benchmark Survey

This week marks the launch of Advisor Websites’ Financial Website Benchmark Survey.

Whether you are an established financial advisor or oversee online marketing initiatives for a financial planning firm, we invite you to share your valuable insights in our 3rd annual financial websites marketing survey.


Click here to take the survey now. It will require 3 to 5 minutes to complete d

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Added by Loic Jeanjean on August 10, 2010 at 1:44pm — No Comments

Loic Jeanjean Study: LinkedIn usage amongst financial advisors

I have been writing more and more articles on social media, and more specifically on LinkedIn over the past few months following our readers and clients request. During our last LinkedIn’s webinar, I was surprised to see that about half of our attendees were not really active on LinkedIn nor were they using some of the most advanced features designed to grow their personal brand.

As a result, I invited our readership to answer 11 questions on how they are currently using LinkedIn. I was… Continue

Added by Loic Jeanjean on August 4, 2010 at 3:38pm — No Comments

John Kalogiannides Disaster Restoration for Wood/Upholstered Furniture

Hi Everyone!

I just wanted to introduce our company to the insurance industry if you have not already done work with us. We are Carrocel Restorations (http://www.carrocel.com), a furniture restoration company in Markham, that specializes in disaster restoration for wood furniture and upholstered pieces. Damaged from water, sewage backup, burglary, vandalism, fire, etc. is our expertise when it comes to dining tables, chairs, living room
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Added by John Kalogiannides on August 4, 2010 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

David Langan What's all the fuss about Cuba?

That's a question that I get a lot as we approach the end of summer and clients start asking their brokers about winter travel insurance needs.

Cuba is a popular travel destination for Canadians, and the introduction of a new law that makes travel insurance mandatory has caused quite the stir.

Check out the discussion topic in the "Who Cares About Travel Insurance?" group titled: Medical Insurance Required for Cuba.

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Added by David Langan on July 28, 2010 at 12:00pm — 1 Comment

Loic Jeanjean Grow Your Online Presence with Twitter Lists

If you’re already using Twitter to reach out to your target audience, establish yourself as an expert, and see what your competition is doing, then you’re headed in a positive direction with your business.

Weeding through all the “noise” can be difficult, however, and many Financial Advisors are turning to the handy “list” feature to give them a much-needed boost in the quantity (and quality) of those they follow on Twitter.

Here are 4 steps to making this featur… Continue

Added by Loic Jeanjean on July 27, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Craig Rowe What do you do when you have a client with an incident and claims frequency issue? A ClearRisk Webinar for Insurance Brokers

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Added by Craig Rowe on July 23, 2010 at 1:35pm — No Comments

Zak Mir Incident Analysis Tool - ZurichCanada.com

Incident Analysis Tool
Do you want to understand your total risk exposure?
Zurich's Incident Analysis Tool will provide a holistic view of your trends.
Zurich now offers at no charge access to a single analysis module that will assist you in identifying the root causes of incidents. Designed specifically for the needs of transportation companies in North America, the software helps identify trends by tracking specific details such as:

Losses
Time of Day
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Added by Zak Mir on July 22, 2010 at 11:28am — No Comments

Michael Phillippo The Insurance Advisor

Hello to all. I recently launched a blog - aptly titled 'The Insurance Advisor'.

You can subscribe by rss, and leave remarks to posts. If you have something you would like to share with this community I would welcome the input.

Check it out here: http://theinsuranceadvisor.ca/blog/

Cheers,

Michael Phillippo

mike@theinsuranceadivsor.ca

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Added by Michael Phillippo on July 16, 2010 at 11:48am — 1 Comment

Loic Jeanjean Archive your social media history with Arkovi

I have just attended a personal online demonstration of Arkovi’s latest platform. My first impression is that their technology has been built to help advisors archive and monitor everything that is happening on their Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Blog and other social sites. This can prove really helpful for companies that need to provide a history of their soc

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Added by Loic Jeanjean on July 12, 2010 at 6:10pm — No Comments

Kimberley Jeffries Looking for An Opportunity to unlock your potential?

When you join the ClaimsPro team, you’re joining a thriving and expanding network of innovators and trailblazers at Canada’s largest independent adjusting company. Our state-of-the-art online claims system, iAdjust, is a timesaving solution that allows your team, your clients, and the insurance company to easily track a claim. This streamlined claims process helps independent adjusters maximize their potential We take pride in our ability to deliver the high

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Added by Kimberley Jeffries on July 12, 2010 at 10:30am — No Comments

Tomio Morohashi Strata Building (Real Estate) Subscription policies

We get quote inquiries time to time on Condo Building policies but cannot beat all B, C, C's subscription policies with regular markets. Does anybody want to set up subscription policies with us?

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Added by Tomio Morohashi on July 10, 2010 at 6:12pm — No Comments

Diane Branston Job Searching in BC

Since they say it's not what you know but who you know, I am testing the theory.

I am relocating to Kelowna (I recently got engaged and my fiance resides there), and so need to find a job for when I move there.

Unfortunately my company does not have an office there, or this would be easier.

So if you know of someone who needs an assistant, gopher, or all round girl Friday, please have them get in touch with me and/or an introduction would be apprec

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Added by Diane Branston on July 9, 2010 at 4:42pm — 2 Comments

Loic Jeanjean Six Tips for Financial Advisors to improve their Email marketing campaigns

Recently, I shared a great chart about effective e-mail marketing techniques which shows that how effective an e-mail marketing campaign could be. E-mail marketing is still one of the most affordable marketing methods in online world. A well planned e-mail marketing campaign can easily produce quick results for you without spending a lot of money. So, now the question that arises is how you c

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Added by Loic Jeanjean on July 2, 2010 at 1:54pm — No Comments

David Langan I Got Hurt at the G20... Am I Covered?

That's a good question... join the group "Who Cares About Travel Insurance" and find out the answer. Continue

Added by David Langan on June 28, 2010 at 9:34am — No Comments

Zak Mir 30 Tips for Emergency Preparedness - Tips to Prepare for a Hurricane/Tornado/Twister

Make an Emergency Kit

Here are 30 tips to help you and your family become better prepared for an emergency.

Preparedness Tip #

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Added by Zak Mir on June 25, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Craig Rowe ClearRisk 2.0 Launched Today!

Today ClearRisk Inc is proud to announce the launch of version 2.0 of its

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Added by Craig Rowe on June 16, 2010 at 2:54pm — 2 Comments

Loic Jeanjean Most effective marketing techniques for financial advisors

Two months ago, we asked professionals of the financial services industry to go through a survey about marketing and advertising
techniques. Over 600 advisors, financial planners and managers of
financial/investment firms rated their most successful marketing tools,
and shared their usage on social media.

We’ve broken down each question in a separate chart to provide as much information as possible:


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Added by Loic Jeanjean on June 11, 2010 at 5:32pm — No Comments

Heather Roberts Win a TV and learn about drunk driving!

http://turnerstips.ca/win-a-big-screen-tv-take-a-quiz

Win a TV, Wifi iPad, Playstation3 or Camcorders. This is the real thing! The Alberta Government is sponsoring a contest for people between the ages of 18-24. You need to enter between May 1st 2010 and June 13, 2010. This is a site called No fun being dead.

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Added by Heather Roberts on May 12, 2010 at 11:25pm — No Comments

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