Wawanesa furthers commitment to brokers with new training platform

Winnipeg, Manitoba, January 4, 2021 – The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company (Wawanesa) is pleased to introduce a new digital educational platform to help their valued broker partners sell and service Wawanesa’s products and services with their customers. With the official launch on January 7, 2021, the new platform will be available to all Wawanesa broker partners and their team members, and assist everyone in meeting the expectations of the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators in the distribution of insurance to Canadians.

“The advice and expertise of independent insurance brokers has never been more important,” said Wawanesa’s Vice President of Broker Distribution, Graham Haigh. “With our previous broker training program, Wawanesa delivered nearly 350 training sessions to over 20,000 brokers. With our new program, we are building on our commitment to brokers and empowering them with better digital training tools to provide excellent service to our mutual policyholders.”

The Broker Continuing Education platform represents the next generation of Wawanesa’s broker training, with access to training on-demand, including instant self-serve access to multiple courses, ongoing new additions, and the flexibility of logging in from a computer or a mobile device.

Haigh added, “By designing training programs that put brokers first, or working with brokers to improve the digital services we offer policyholders, Wawanesa is all-in on brokers and proud to work together to continuously improve the customer experience.”

About Wawanesa

The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, founded in 1896, is Canada’s largest mutual insurer, with $3.9 billion in annual revenue and assets of $10.5 billion. Wawanesa Mutual, with executive offices in Winnipeg, is the parent company of Wawanesa General, which offers property and casualty insurance in California and Oregon; Wawanesa Life, which provides life insurance products and services throughout Canada; and Western Financial Group, which distributes personal and business insurance across Western Canada. With more than 5,700 employees, Wawanesa proudly serves more than two million policyholders in Canada and the United States. Wawanesa actively gives back to organizations that strengthen communities where it operates, donating well above internationally recognized benchmarks for excellence in corporate philanthropy. Learn more at wawanesa.com

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For more information:

Brad Hartle
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
Phone: 1-844-946-6282
media@wawanesa.com