IBAS

Get ready to hit the links for the 2019 IBAS Golf Tournament — one of the premier annual networking opportunities for broker members and insurance industry partners. The event will be held on Tuesday, June 18, at The Legends Golf Club in Warman. Lunch gets underway at 12 p.m., followed by a shotgun start at 1 p.m.

This year, participants can take advantage of a free shuttle service departing from and returning to the Sheraton Cavalier Hotel in Saskatoon; however, pre-registration is required. Don’t wait to reserve your spot, as space is limited. Click here for more information or click here to register.

For the second straight year, the Saskatchewan Summit of Young Insurance Professionals was a smash hit, attracting a capacity crowd of roughly 140 brokers, insurance company representatives, adjusters, and other industry stakeholders.

Co-hosted by IBAS, the YBN, and the Saskatchewan Pond of Blue Goose International, the April 4 event featured a best-in-class line-up of speakers, including Saskatchewan Roughriders President & CEO Craig Reynolds; Jolene Watson, president, Clarity Coaching & Development; SGI Auto Fund EVP & COO Penny McCune; Nuera Insurance Founder Braden Bosch; Loren Gardiner, vice president of specialty solutions with Intact Insurance; as well as Celyeste Power, vice president with the Insurance Bureau of Canada.

The event also raised close to $1,000 for the Canadian Red Cross Imagine No Bullying Campaign. A special thanks to our Presenting Partners: Wawanesa Insurance and SGI CANADA, as well as to our other Event Partners: Intact Insurance, Saskatchewan Mutual Insurance, Red River Mutual, Midwest Claims Services, and Lydale Construction.

The second annual Insurance Broker Day at the Legislature was held Tuesday, March 5, in Regina.

This is one of IBAS’s most important advocacy initiatives of the year, featuring a full day of meetings with elected officials, top bureaucrats, and regulatory executives.

The delegation — which consisted of the IBAS board of directors, as well as representatives from the Saskatchewan Young Brokers Network and Insurance Bureau of Canada — led discussions with the Premier’s office, the Minister Responsible for SGI, the Minister of Government Relations (and Minister Responsible for PDAP), the Minister of Justice and Attorney General, the Caucus Policy Committee on Crown & Central Agencies, the Ministry of Finance, the General Insurance Council of Saskatchewan, as well as the Official Opposition.