Chris Sweeney

Chris Sweeney

Insurance Business Canada

Chris Sweeney

Managing Editor - Special Reports

22 years experience

Chris's specialty topics

insurtech broker and intermediary channel business growth strategies

Chris Sweeney is Managing Editor of Special Reports at Insurance Business Canada, leading the in-depth editorial projects that examine the trends, data, and market forces reshaping Canada's insurance industry. His special reports coverage spans the broker and intermediary channel, underwriting and risk management trends, insurtech and digital transformation, and the business growth strategies defining the most successful brokerages and insurance leaders across Canada.

Chris joined Key Media in 2022, bringing extensive experience leading editorial teams across print and digital at national newspapers and magazines in the UK. He has also reported internationally, including for newspapers in the Middle East, hosted podcasts, and is the author of two internationally published books.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I apply the same rigor and high editorial standards to every special report, ensuring we are delivering the best coverage we can across the insurance sector and bringing our readers inside the industry's success stories”

Also published by

The Sun · The Times · The Gulf News · The Daily Record · The Daily Express

Featured content from Chris

Global 5-Star Technology and Software Providers Best Insurance Carriers and Program Administrators in the USA The Best Insurance Professionals Under 40 in the USA | Rising Stars

Previous experience

  • News UK — Feature Writer
  • Reach — Journalist

Education

  • M.A in Economics, University of Glasgow
  • Post graduate diploma, Scottish Centre of Journalism Studies

Read the latest stories by Chris

IB TALK

Tariffs, resilience, and housing demand are the forces reshaping construction risk

Navacord's Robert Beeston breaks down how these pressures are colliding to change how construction risk gets priced and placed

How trucking risk is evolving in Canada – from cargo theft to driver training to broker liability

NFP's Randy Ramkissoon says one GPS tracker isn't enough anymore – thieves know where to look, and the claims are getting more severe

Canadian businesses know their nat cat exposure – they just don't know what it means

BFL Canada's Hector Plascencia says the gap between identifying a risk and actually understanding its business impact is where most organizations fall short

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