Peter Burns formally becomes IBAO president on Jan. 1, 2011

Peter M. Burns will formally become the president of the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) on Jan.1, 2011.He was officially inducted during the IBAO Convention in October. Burns is currently the president of Burns, Demeyere & Associates in Tillsonburg, Ontario. He began his insurance career in 1991 at a small insurance and financial services brokerage in Tillsonburg. He served on the board of directors for the Oxford County Insurance Brokers Association for 10 years, of which five were spent as president. He was elected to the IBAO board of directors in 2005.