Manal Ali

Manal Ali

Manal Syeda Ali is a senior content specialist for KM International  (Key Media) with a focus on investing and portfolio management content for InvestmentNews, Wealth Professional and the Benefits and Pensions Monitor titles, while also contributing to Insurance Business. 

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. 

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Insurance’s future depends on who comes next

Insurance’s future depends on who comes next

Data points to a significant insurance talent shortfall ahead. ALKEME’s Barton explains why firms must move beyond awareness and commit to long-term development strategies

When growth is built, not assembled

When growth is built, not assembled

Why ALKEME treats growth as an operating imperative, using integration, innovation, and selectivity to sustain long-term scale

The small claims squeeze

The small claims squeeze

With more claims and less time, the industry must decide if accuracy, scalability and 24-hour turnaround can coexist in a high-frequency future

Meeting demand in a constrained market: How Victor Insurance handles wood-frame builders risk

Meeting demand in a constrained market: How Victor Insurance handles wood-frame builders risk

How thoughtful underwriting, realistic capacity, and builder-specific insight can keep custom home projects insurable

Where construction risk begins and ends is changing fast

Where construction risk begins and ends is changing fast

Victor weighs in: Emerging liabilities, and changing claims patterns are reshaping the exposures brokers and underwriters must anticipate

Beyond the portal: Building a safety net for new agents

Beyond the portal: Building a safety net for new agents

As AI and aggregators reshape insurance, Victor doubles down on mentorship, carrier access, and hands-on broker support

Rewriting the risk map

Rewriting the risk map

Victor Insurance's Jeff Benson on why brokers are rethinking risk management as wildfires outpace conventional underwriting tools

Small restaurants, big risks: The coverage gaps that could shut them down

Small restaurants, big risks: The coverage gaps that could shut them down

From kitchen fires to cyberattacks, independent restaurants face mounting risks - but many remain underinsured. Experts at Victor Insurance explain how brokers can help

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How brokers can ride the next wave of MGA growth

Agility, tech, and niche expertise will be differentiators, says TMPAA head

Beyond insurance: Rethinking risk for high net worth families

In 2026, protection for affluent families is less about buying more coverage and more about building resilience

Championing women in construction risk

Behind the Marsh program aiming to redefine leadership and equity in a traditionally male-dominated sector

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