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current and ongoing issues that we face
as an industry in a fun and engaging
session. !e audience was split into
groups and asked to brainstorm ideas
on ways that our association can better
communicate our issues and ideas with
MLAs. Some great ideas came out of
the discussion such as using social
media and inviting them to our events.
Alberta Executive Panel
!is panel was a great addition to our
conference! Executives from some of
Alberta’s largest insurance companies
answered questions from brokers on
topics that are impacting us and our
businesses right now. Questions
included “What initiatives are being
taken to promote e-business?” and
“How will your insurance company
handle the increased frequency of
catastrophic losses other than rate
increases?” !e panel was moderated
by IBAA past president Dean Bailey
who did a wonderful job of presenting
the questions to the panel while adding
some humour along the way! Our next
newsletter will include the executives’
answers to the questions asked during
the panel session as well as the remain-
ing questions that were not discussed.
Personal Excellence:
Achieving Your Full Potential
with Catriona Le May Doan
Catriona shared her insights on
achieving goals and her career highs and
lows. She inspired the audience to reach
further than anyone thought possible by
sharing her stories as an Olympic speed
skater. Her presentation delivered a
message of achieving your full potential
through passion, a winning attitude,
commitment and teamwork.
Western-!emed Tradeshow &
Hoedown
!e tradeshow was a great opportunity
for brokers and company representatives
to network with peers. In keeping with
our western theme, there were vintage
photo booths and photos on a bull.
We want to thank all of our company
representatives who helped make the
tradeshow a big success. Everyone had a
great time with the country line dancing
troop and the mechanical bull.
From November 16 to 17, IBAA held
its annual fall conference in Calgary.
!e conference was sponsored by the
Professional Young Insurance Brokers
and open to all member brokers and
industry partners. IBAA’s fall confer-
ence is one of two annual events (the
other is the annual IBAA convention in
May) where brokers can network with
each other and industry partners. !e
event also o+ers continuing education
credits through presentations by mo-
tivating public speakers and executives
from some of Alberta’s largest insurance
companies. Here are a few highlights
from the event.
FRIDAY
Politics 101 with Rikki McBride
IBAA’s director of operations gave us
an introduction into politics and how
we can get involved. She shared the
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SATURDAY
Political Relations: How to In$uence
Government with the Honourable
Kyle Fawcett
Our Saturday morning session gave us
many tips on the best ways to schedule
a meeting with our MLAs and how to
present our issues more e+ectively to
government o/cials. We thank Hon.
Kyle Fawcett, Associate Minister
of Finance and vice chair of the
Treasury Board, for being a part of
our conference and answering
questions on what a day in the life of
an MLA is like.
CAIB & CPIB Luncheon & Award
Graduates were presented with their
awards and Bipper pins by IBAA presi-
dent Scott Treasure. Congratulations to
all of the graduates!
We would like to thank everyone who
attended for making this another suc-
cessful conference and hope to see you
all next year where the event theme will
be Halloween.
To see all of the photos from the con-
ference please visit our Facebook Page
at www. facebook.com/PYIB. LIKE
our page to get updates for the 2013
conference to be hosted in Edmonton
on October 25 and 26.
PYIB Board of Directors
2012 CAIB & CPIB Graduates