Manal Ali

Manal Ali

Insurance Business Canada

Manal Ali

Senior Sponsored Content Writer

14,844 Total views across Insurance Business in 2025

Manal's specialty topics

Investing and portfolio management content Group benefits and disability claims Retirement planning and annuities Claims industry workforce

Manal Ali is a Senior Sponsored Content Writer for Key Media with a focus on investing and portfolio management content for InvestmentNews, Wealth Professional and the Benefits and Pensions Monitor titles.

She holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics and Business from the University of Waterloo. After a brief stint in the finance industry, Manal transitioned to financial journalism at Canadian DIY-investing publications Advice for Investors and Investor's Digest.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I look at how plan sponsors and asset managers approach risk and long-term positioning. My goal is to make that decision-making clear for the professionals who work in and around this industry.”

Also published by

InvestmentNews · Wealth Professional · Benefits and Pensions Monitor · Human Resources Director

Featured content from Manal

How early support and decision quality are redefining disability claims Building the future: Strengthening Canada's claims workforce Securing the future: the rise of annuities in retirement planning

Previous experience

  • Advice for Investors — Financial Journalist
  • Investor's Digest — Financial Journalist

Education

  • Bachelor's degree, Economics and Business, University of Waterloo

Read the latest stories by Manal

How early support and decision quality are redefining disability claims

How early support and decision quality are redefining disability claims

How Co-operators’ Jen Robertson sees claimant engagement, decision quality, and early intervention becoming the new measures of disability claims success

Building the future: Strengthening Canada's claims workforce

Building the future: Strengthening Canada's claims workforce

Retirements are accelerating, complexity is rising, and fewer young professionals are entering the field. What will it take to rebuild the next generation of adjusters?

Securing the future: the rise of annuities in retirement planning

Securing the future: the rise of annuities in retirement planning

Desjardins leads with responsible annuities, Philippe-Olivier Dumas, Head of Product Development addressing longevity, gender disparities, and ESG concerns in retirement solutions

IB TALK

Insurance shouldn't be just one item on a multi-unit developer's to-do list, Westland's Cusano says

From assumption gaps to workforce shortages, Valerie Cusano breaks down why risk management needs to be built into multi-unit construction from day one, not bolted on when problems arise

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

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