Industry Spotlight

2023 Underwriters of the Year | Linda Tétreault, Commercial Mid-market Underwriting Specialist, Aviva

Linda Tétreault began her insurance career in the early ’90s with Missisquoi Insurance and later worked as a broker for a year while expanding her expertise and working on her FPAA designation. She held a senior underwriter position at RSA for 18 years before joining Aviva in 2016, where she today specializes in underwriting construction […]

By Canadian Broker Network | November 1, 2023

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2023 Underwriters of the Year | Greg Steinbach, Senior Commercial Lines Underwriter, Intact

Greg Steinbach’s insurance career began in 2016 with the Insurance program at Mohawk College in Hamilton, Ont. Through this program, he secured his first role in the broker channel via a co-op placement. Shortly after, Steinbach started his underwriting journey, holding various positions since and completing his CRM and CIP designations. He joined Intact in […]

By Canadian Broker Network | October 31, 2023

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2023 Underwriters of the Year | Katherine Stanley-Paul, Commercial Lines Underwriter, Intact

Katherine (Katie) Stanley-Paul began her insurance career at Intact in the summer of 2022 in the Commercial Lines Underwriter Academy, a fast-paced underwriter development program. She currently works on a Toronto-based mid-market commercial lines team and will be graduating into the role of UWII in December. She is working toward her CIP designation.   “I enjoy […]

By Canadian Broker Network | October 30, 2023

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2023 Underwriters of the Year | Jimmy Sota, Senior Underwriter, Personal Risk Services, Chubb

With two decades of diverse underwriting experience, Jimmy Sota takes pride in collaborating with brokers on creative solutions and excellent service delivery that benefit insurance customers. A chemical engineering graduate from the University of Toronto, Sota began his insurance career with a part-time insurance job that turned into a full-time passion. Prior to joining Chubb […]

By Canadian Broker Network | October 27, 2023

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