Gold Sponsor

ING Insurance

Canadians rely on ING Insurance to protect their homes, cars and businesses. We distribute our products through trusted advisors -- independent brokers across the country in major centres and local communities.

ING Insurance stands for:

Dependability. Our Claims Service Guarantee puts policyholders in contact with an insurance representative within 30 minutes of calling our emergency claims number. We ensure speedy and fair resolution of all claims.

Stability. We're part of ING Canada, the largest provider of home, auto & business insurance in Canada. We're also a part of ING Group – one of the world's top financial institutions serving more than 60 million private, corporate and institutional clients in over 50 countries.

Strength. At ING Canada, our insurance operations were awarded an A+ (Superior) financial-strength rating in 2007 by A.M. Best – the world's oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source.

Bronze Sponsors

About Aviva Canada
As one of the leading property and casualty insurance groups in Canada, Aviva provides home, automobile and business insurance to more than three million customers.

Our products and services are delivered through over 3,000 independent broker partners via our operating entities: Aviva Pilot; Aviva Traders; Aviva Elite; Aviva Scottish & York; Aviva Insurance Company of Canada; and S&Y Insurance Company.

Listening to our customers’ views and opinions is important and how we become better at what we do. Based on your feedback we’ve recently embarked on a mission to change insurance. Visit www.changeinsurance.ca to find out how.

Our first step in changing insurance was introducing our claims service satisfaction guarantee. To learn more about Aviva Canada and our claims service satisfaction guarantee visit www.avivacanada.com and www.ClaimsGuarantee.com.

The Edge Benefits design, distribute and administrate insurance plans that provide simplified solutions to the consumer.  The Edge Benefits Inc. introduced conditionally renewable disability plans into the Canadian insurance market in 1993, and since that time have led the industry with innovative solutions that provide affordable “lifestyle protection” for all Canadians.

Examples of the many features that make the plans unique in the marketplace are; providing loss of income coverage, for the self-employed, based on Gross Revenue; having a low price Quality Guarantee and providing a North America toll free number to assist clients in answering questions and acting as an intermediary with Insurers in the event of a claim.    All of The Edge plans, including disability, Guaranteed Issue Critical Illness, Final Expense Benefits and Accident coverage, follow a simplified issue processes. To visit their website go to www.edgebenefits.com

The Hallmark Insurance Group

Hallmark Insurance Group, located in North York, has three divisions: Corporate/Commercial Insurance, Personal Home & Auto Insurance and Financial Planning/Life Insurance, aw well as a premium finance company. We are a diverse risk-management organization with a transparent and inclusive management style. We value participation and do our work within self-managed, but well-supported teams. In our April 2008 internal survey, 88% of the staff group was “committed to the success of the organization”.

Hallmark uses a systematic approach to the risk management needs of corporate customers. Our strategy results in the delivery of industry-specific, value-added insurance services to reduce our clients’ Total Cost of Risk. This minimizes the overall risk that their company or association faces, while increasing their profitability and/or viability.

We use a person-to-person approach when looking at the unique needs of our home and auto insurance clients. This minimizes the risk to their assets, while maintaining the maximum in flexibility for planning their future and that of their loved ones.

We also provide a number of integrated services for individuals and families, including personal tax, financial planning, wealth management, individual life insurance (including Key Man) coverage, as well as Employee Life and Health Insurance Benefits and programs for Group Home & Auto coverage.

We subscribe to and practice our Core Values:

Respect and hold constant the value of all people         
Honesty, integrity, and ethics in all aspects of business
Accept full responsibility for our actions and performance
Embrace the power of team work
Exceed measurable standards of agreed performance
Maintain a transparent organizational culture

Our office is a multi-cultural environment, with an active schedule of fun activities developed by a staff social committee. Hallmark Insurance fosters an environment where brokers can have fun doing their best work. We also recognize the importance of a work-life balance and that we all have a life outside our insurance jobs. We believe in attracting and retaining the most talented people in the insurance industry in order to remain competitive.  To that end, Hallmark its compensation models on a regular basis.

Flexibility, trust, and empowerment define the employee-employer relationship at Hallmark Insurance Group. We offer staff time off for charitable work and provide flexible work schedules, including the ability to regularly telecommute, allow members of our customer service teams more control over their professional and personal lives.

We use technology to enable our team of insurance brokers to easily work from home or on the road, access real-time business information and collaborate with colleagues, corporate insurance customers or home & auto insurance customers at any time and in any place. This helps to create a flexible work environment for our teams where geographic location and set work hours become less important than responsiveness to clients.