On the Scene

FirstOnSite has expanded its Ontario managementteam with three new appointments.
Steve Gregg is now district manager of the GTA.
Jim Mandeville is now branch manager of Toronto East.
Len Perdic has accepted the title of project manager in Hamilton.

Kernaghan Adjusters’ held its Senior Management Team annual meeting in Bellingham at the Chrysalis Inn & Spa at the Pier in March.
George Noroian from Giant Leap Management was brought in to coach and mentor the senior management group to help the company continue building on the team. In attendance were: Patti Kernaghan, Steve Pitkanen, Blair McGregor, Marja Welton, Russ Fitzgerald, Grant Rerie, John Hall, Raymond Smith, Phil Harris.

Ontario Region CIAA President Richard Swierczynski along with CIAA executive members Kelly Stevens, Georgiana Chen and Spencer Bailey were out and about enjoying a day out golfing at another successful golf tournament hosted by the OIAA at Deer Creek Golf & Banquet Facility on June 10/11 with all benevolent proceeds going to the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada foundation.

Kernaghan Adjusters hosted a cocktail party on Jun 14 at the Expressionz Cafe in Edmonton. Expressionz Cafe is an entrepreneurial non-profit organization that supports community and the arts. Their venue houses artistic and creative endeavors and is an excellent setting for performances, presentations, rehearsals, workshops, meetings and warm gatherings. The party included the talented musicians of U22 Productions and their founder, Rhea March.

Grant King, the Canadian Independent Adjusters’ Association’s Nova Scotia region president, and Karen DeCoste, the Canadian Insurance Claims Managers’ Association’s Nova Scotia region president, present Dianne Swinamer of Feed Nova Scotia and David McKeage of Brigadoon Children’s Camp Society each with a donation of $5,000.

Grant King, CIAA’s Nova Scotia region president, Luc Aucoin, CIAA’s New Brunswick & Prince Edward Island region president, Mary Charman, CIAA president, and Marcel Pitcher, CIAA’s Newfoundland & Labrador region president, at the CIAA/CICMA Joint Conference on June 22 in Digby, N.S.

Grant King, CIAA’s Nova Scotia region president, presents Mary Charman, CIAA president, with a gift on behalf of the Nova Scotia region chapter during the CIAA/CICMA Joint Conference on June 22 in Digby. N.S.

Jan Lindsay is the tenth recipient of the Lee Samis Award of Excellence. Lindsay was presented the award at the Canadian Defence Lawyers (CDL) Annual Meeting – Pirates of the Defence Bar – on Jun 22 in Toronto. The award is named for the founding president of CDL to recognize exceptional contributions and/or achievements by members of CDL:
• to the legal professional in general; or
• to jurisprudence in Canada on the law of insurance; or
• to law or development of the law of insurance in Canada; or
• a significant law-related benefit to the CDL and/or the insurance industry.