Rod Bolivar

freelance news writer

18 years experience21,082 Total views on Insurance Business Canada in 2025

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Rod's specialty topics

property insurance commercial insurance risk management

Rod Bolivar is a journalist and communications professional writing across insurance, mortgage, employee benefits, and workplace safety. His bylines appear in Key Media titles such as Insurance Business, Benefits and Pensions Monitor, Mortgage Professional, and Wealth Professional.

He brings more than 18 years of experience across broadcast journalism, public relations, and institutional communications. His broadcast career spans television, radio, and digital platforms.

Rod holds a bachelor's degree in mass communication and a master's degree in Government Management. He also completed a Certificate in Strategic Marketing for Competitive Advantage from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I cover insurance by focusing on the issues that matter to insurers, brokers, and policyholders, from market trends and regulation to emerging risks. I aim to deliver clear, accurate reporting that gives readers useful context and helps them understand how industry developments affect the people and businesses they serve”

Awards and recognition

Investigative Story of the Year for Digital (Winner), Globe Media Excellence Awards 2022, Philippines
Gandingan Award for Best Development-Oriented News Story (Winner), UPLB Gandingan Multi-Media Awards 2017, Philippines
News Reporter of the Year for Radio (Mindanao Finalist), Globe Media Excellence Awards 2022, Philippines
Reporter of the Year for TV (Mindanao Finalist), Globe Media Excellence Awards 2019, Philippines
Environmental Story of the Year for TV (Mindanao Finalist), Globe Media Excellence Awards 2019, Philippines
Reporter of the Year, Iligan City Youth Choice Awards 2018, Philippines

Also published by

ABS-CBN · Wealth Professional · Mortgage Professional · Benefits and Pensions Monitor · Canadian Occupational Safety

Featured content from Rod

Wawanesa routes new wildfire risk tool to homeowners through brokers Canadian advisors three times more fearful of AI than US peers Record losses challenge Canada's insurance market – AM Best

Previous experience

ABS-CBN Corporation — news correspondent, broadcast journalist
Mindanao Development Authority — public relations writer

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communication, Siliman University (Philippines)
Certificate in Strategic Marketing for Competitive Advantage, The Wharton School, (Institute of Executive Education – Online), University of Pennsylvania, USA

Read the latest stories by Rod

HDI International has given a strategist the CFO chair

Weldi's background is M&A, investor relations and communications, not conventional finance. That choice signals something about the next phase of HDI International's development

Alberta's crop insurance market is still catching up - and a single storm can undo a quiet season

AFSC's rate cycle has not closed on a one-in-80-year drought four years on, hail losses still concentrate in single supercells rather than spreading across a period, and private capacity just changed hands. The case for reviewing whether AFSC alone is still the right structure has not been stronger

Flood coverage gap puts pressure on Canada's broker channel

94% of Canadian homes can now access overland flood insurance. External water for close to a quarter of all home insurance claims. The gap between those two numbers sits on the broker's desk

Bald Range fire traps B.C. brokers against closing coverage window

Once an evacuation alert goes out, new and increased coverage stops. The Bald Range fire closed that window for the Okanagan this week - and nearly 6% of Canadian buildings sit in zones where brokers need to be having this conversation before the next alert