On The Scene

Regional Spotlight: Ontario

Regional president: Richard Swierczynski, AZ Claims Services Inc., president, phone: 905-825-0027, fax: 905-825-5543
First vice president and chair of sick & vigil committee: Teresa Mitchell; Crawford Global Technical Services, senior adjuster, phone: 705-728-5597, fax: 705-728-2167
Treasurer and chair of convention committee: Dorothy Lowry, Crawford & Company (Canada), senior accident benefits adjuster, phone: 705-728-5597, fax: 705-728-2167
Secretary: Steve Del Greco, Crawford & Company (Canada), branch manager, Toronto West, phone: 416-620-7700, fax: 416-620-7511
Director of northern region: David Marshall, Crawford & Company (Canada), branch manager, phone: 705-942-1300, Fax: 705-942-3060
Director of central region: Scott Clements, Pinnacle Adjusters Group, president, phone: 416-362-0800, fax: 416-362-1608
Chair of education committee: Kelly Stevens, Crawford & Company (Canada), assistant branch manager, phone: 416-620-7700, fax: 416-620-7511
Chair of licensing committee: Edgar J. Lethbridge, Lethbridge Adjusting Ltd., president, phone: 905-275-4904, fax: 905-275-4909
Director of eastern region: Pat O’Shaughnessy, PCA Adjusters Ltd., senior adjuster, 613-962-9556, fax: 613-962-9596
Director of western region: Spencer Baily, McLarens Canada, branch manager, phone: 519-858-8888, fax: 519-858-2588
Chair of membership: Maria Joshua, McLarens Canada, branch manager, accident benefits. phone: 905-740-0034, fax: 905-671-1889
Chair of editorial committee and chair of industry liaison committee: Georgiana Chen, ProFormance Adjusting Solutions Inc., account executive, phone: 905-420-3111, fax: 905-420-3118.

On the Scene

Canpro Global Services Inc. and King-Reed & Associates LP have amalgamated to create the largest full-service risk mitigation and investigation company in Canada.
Canpro Global Services Inc., headquartered in Vancouver, has 11 offices throughout Western Canada. With more than 300 employees, it produces risk mitigation services through its five subsidiaries – investigations, HR services, risk solutions, training resources and labour risk management.
King-Reed & Associates LP is an investigations firm headquartered in Toronto with a staff of more than 170. Since 1984, King-Reed has served the corporate, legal, insurance and financial markets, providing investigations in the areas of fraud, intellectual property, due diligence, surveillance, pre-employment screening, intelligence gathering services and threat risk assessments.
The new organization, Canpro King-Reed LP, will have combined annual revenues in excess of $40 million.
Client sectors include government, corporate, financial, legal, extractive and insurance industries. Client services include investigations, security and risk consulting, pre-employment screening, occupational health and safety and labour risk management.
The combined firm will deliver uniform reporting and methodology and a single point of contact for national coverage. Clients will now have access to expanded technology, geographic coverage, resources and industry specialists across Canada and in some international locations.
The merger is the result of the private equity investment in both firms by Granite Global Solutions.
“Granite Global Solutions is proud to have facilitated bringing together these two great Canadian success stories that complement each other perfectly and can seamlessly continue to grow and develop in new and existing markets.” said Murray Wallace, president and CEO of Granite Global Solutions.

Raymond Smith joined Kernaghan Adjusters’ Toronto branch as the vice president of marketing and as an executive adjuster.
He has more than 45 years of experience in the insurance industry with valuable knowledge in bodily injury claims, property claims, tort losses, errors & omissions, environmental claims and large liability losses.

Grant King, president of the Canadian Independent Adjusters’ Association’s Nova Scotia region, presents Gilberte Theriault of the Insurance Women’s Association of Nova Scotia with a $500 donation to Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade.

FirstOnSite Restoration has expanded its presence in Quebec and Alberta. The emergency restoration company opened a branch in Quebec City, which will be lead by Daniel Jean, a 25-year veteran in the construction and restoration industry.
“FirstOnSite has already been active in the province with several jobs in the last year, including recently rebuilding parts of Bishop’s University after serious flooding,” said Bruce Derraugh, FirstOnSite’s chief operating officer. “We’ve also already responded to jobs in Quebec City, including Laval University after a fire and after a devastating fire at the Complexe de la Capitale.”
In the West, FirstOnSite launched a branch in Medicine Hat, Alberta – an area facing a high flood risk, a FirstOnSite release says.
Jamie Mackie will lead the team in the new locale as territory manager.

The Canadian Independent Adjusters’ Association’s Nova Scotia Region hosted an education session in Dartmouth on May 5, 2011. The seminar focused on the bodily injury cap regulatory changes.

The Nova Scotia Canadian Independent Adjusters’ Association/ Canadian Insurance Claims Managers’ Association will host a joint seminar at Digby Pines in Digby, N.S. June 22 to June 24.

Greg Merrithew, first vice president of the Canadian Independent Adjusters’ Association presents a prize to Mark Kemaldean of Western Financial Group during the Insurance Brokers Association of Alberta’s 2011 Convention.

The Canadian Independent Adjusters’ Association’s Ontario Region hosted an education seminar on May 13, 2011. The seminar looked at accident benefits and bodily injury claims.

The National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters (NAIIA) held its 74th Annual Conference, at the Grand Marriott Resort Golf Club & Spa, in Point Clear (Mobile), Al from May 8-11, 2011. Pat Battle, executive director, Mary Charman, president, and Fred Plant, past president, attended the event on behalf of the Canadian Independent Adjusters’ Association (CIAA).