Moves & Views

1 Marsh has appointed Bertil Olsson [1] as its North American energy practice leader, bringing the Canadian energy hub under his leadership to meet the demands of oil and gas companies for more seamless risk expertise and solutions. Having led the U.S. energy mining and power practice from Houston since 2008, Olsson now also has responsibility and oversight for Marsh’s growing and expanding Canadian energy operations. U.S. and Canadian energy companies face similar risk profiles, he says. “With closer coordination between our Canadian and U.S. energy hubs, Marsh will be in a better position to stay abreast of the ever-changing energy landscape and offer more seamless, world-class risk solutions to our North American clients, many of which have cross-border operations.”

Olsson “will be bringing greater connectivity across North America and enable clients in Canada and the U.S. to benefit from this closer coordination,” says Andrew George, Marsh’s global energy practice leader.

2 Paul Taylor [2] is the new chair of the board of directors for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC), a position that has been vacant since Nancy McKinstry resigned in January. The appointment for Taylor, president of TransAlta USA, will be 12 to 18 months. His public sector career includes serving as: chief of staff to British Columbia’s premier; B.C.’s deputy minister of finance; secretary of B.C.’s Treasury Board; and president and CEO of the ICBC. He has also served on boards, including NaiKun Wind Energy Group, B.C. Automobile Dealers Association, TransAlta Power Ltd., the Conference Board of Canada and the World Wildlife Fund – Canada.

3 John Belyea is the new CEO of Moore-McLean Insurance Group Ltd., an independent insurance broker in Ontario. Belyea joins the company’s executive team and will be responsible for leading the personal and commercial service teams, and the finance and administration departments. Over his 23-year career, Belyea has held numerous leadership positions in the insurance brokerage industry, including as founding partner of Easyway Insurance Brokers and senior partner at Creighton & Company Insurance Brokers. Upon the company’s sale in 2007, he formed Belyea Consulting Group Ltd. Between 2007 and his appointment at Moore-McLean, Belyea worked with dozens of organizations across Canada on projects such as mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning and process improvement initiatives.

 4 Glenn Gibson [4] will be the CEO of a consulting practice that Crawford & Company is building in Canada. Most recently executive vice president for global strategy, projects and development, Gibson’s new role will include further developing Crawford’s Canadian consulting practice in the areas of technical loss adjusting, arbitrations, strategic planning and enterprise risk management. “Glenn has a unique skill set that combines technical knowledge with skills in strategic planning and enterprise risk management,” Jeffrey Bowman, president and CEO of Crawford, says in a statement. Gibson began his four decades in insurance at Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, helped build Adjusters Canada and held a number of executive positions at Crawford, including CEO of Crawford Canada and CEO of the Americas. Last year, the Chartered Insurance Professionals’ (CIP) Society in Canada recognized him with the 2011 Established Leadership Award. Also at Crawford, Barbara White has been promoted to branch manager of Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc.’s Thunder Bay, Ontario office. White joined Crawford in 1997 and has held numerous supervisory positions in its growing accident benefits product line.

 5 Gaetano Geretto [5] began his new duties July 2 as senior director of insurance risk management and strategy in the regulation sector of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI).

Before joining OSFI in 2008, Geretto was the founder and president of Pelecanus Strategic Advisory Services, a consulting firm providing strategy development and stakeholder and risk management services to senior leadership teams in the life insurance/reinsurance sectors in Canada, the United States and the European Union. Before 2008, he had amassed considerable experience in numerous senior leadership roles. These included president and CEO of the North American operations of Revios Reinsurance, a similar position in the life reinsurance operations of the Gerling Global Re group, and executive and senior management positions with Sun life of Canada, Transamerica and Prudential (U.K.), as well as pension consulting experience with Towers Perrin.

6 Michel Caron [6] has been named the new vice president of sales for Canada at Audatex Canada. Caron will have direct responsibility for business development across the country, helping to advance the company’s reach and better penetrate both the insurance and collision repair sales markets. Caron has been with Audatex Canada for eight years, the last five of which he has led sales in the company’s collision repair services (CRS) division “with significant growth year-over-year,” notes Anthony Giagnacovo, managing director for Audatex Canada.

7 Pranab Pandey [7] has been appointed as the Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO)’s new manager of standards and business process improvements. Pandey will work closely with CSIO members to deliver leading-edge standards and solutions that will improve the competitiveness of the broker channel. Pandey has more than five years of specialized experience in service-oriented architectures, electronic data interchange and real-time data integration. Most recently he served at TATA Consultancy Services. He holds a MBA from Queen’s University, a Bachelor degree in engineering from the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology in India, and certifications in project management and customer relations management.

8 Caroline Schweppe [8] has joined ClearRisk Inc.’s leadership team as vice president of business development in Ontario. Schweppe has 20 years of experience as a marketing and business development executive, with more than 10 years working with IT start-ups within the Canadian and U.S. financial services industry. Her former industry positions include president of Carosch Inc., a sole proprietorship started in 2003; a director with CGI; assistant vice president of marketing and business development for IAO Automated Information Services; and account executive with Marsh McLennan Insurance Brokers. “Caroline brings with her an impressive track record of success in the insurance and financial services industry that will help ClearRisk grow significantly,” Craig Rowe, CEO of the company, says in a statement. ClearRisk is a provider of web-based software solutions to the North American insurance industry.

9 Waclaw Kuza [9] has joined Cunningham Lindsey as a marine surveyor and adjuster. As a master mariner, Kuza brings to his new role more than 20 years of domestic and international experience with various types and sizes of ships and cargo. That experience includes seven years on an ocean-going vessel, two years as a staff adjuster and two years as director of compliance and operations. “Both Kuza and the other Canadian team members offer both marine surveying and marine adjusting services, and are part of a global marine specialty group that assist customers here at home and abroad,” says Joel McQuilkin, director of specialty services, transportation fleet services for Cunningham Lindsey. Kuza will work from the Canadian head office in Mississauga, Ontario.