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AM Best Managing Director Joins “What’s on Dec?” Podcast to Discuss Canada’s Property/Casualty Segment

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best Managing Director Greg Williams appears as the featured guest in the current episode of Canadian Underwriter’s “What’s on Dec?” podcast to provide an outlook for Canada’s property/casualty (P/C) insurance sector.

During the episode, Williams discusses some of the key risks affecting Canada’s P/C market, including record catastrophe losses, the potential for regulation of managing general agents, evolving issues around artificial intelligence and pressures from auto theft.

This episode of the “What’s on Dec?” podcast is hosted by Alyssa DiSabatino, who covers the property/casualty industry for Canadian Underwriter. To listen to the interview with Williams, please visit the podcast’s episode page.

AM Best will host an insurance market briefing on the state of Canada’s insurance industry at the Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel on Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. During the complimentary half-day event, AM Best analysts will deliver market insights and present overviews of Canada’s main insurance sectors, including discussion of emerging trends such as catastrophe losses, climate risk mitigation, cyber and artificial intelligence, and updates around the IFRS 17 accounting practices.

To learn more about AM Best’s Canada Insurance Market Briefing - Toronto, please go to AM Best’s Canada Insurance Market Briefing - Toronto.

AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.

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