CSIO appoints new board chairman, interim president

The Centre for the Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO) has appointed David Osmars as chairman of the board.
In addition, Keith Eva has been named interim president of CSIO.
Osmars is executive vice president and chief information officer of AXA Canada, where he is responsible for all of AXA Canada’s technology and Web business. A well-known figure in the P&C industry in Canada, he has more than 30 years of broad and diversified insurance experience.
Osmars joined AXA Canada in August 2001 as executive vice president of commercial lines underwriting. In February 2003, he was named executive vice president and chief information officer of AXA Canada.
Osmars joined the CSIO board in November 2010.
Keith Eva is retired from Royal & SunAlliance (RSA), where he held many positions over a 27-year career. For 15 years, he was vice president of management services and chief information officer of the Canadian organization.
Eva was a member of the EDP Auditors Association and is a past director of Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO). He was also a member of the Conference Board of Canada.
The board of directors is working with Mr. Eva to search for a new President of CSIO.
CSIO was founded in 1981 as an association of property and casualty insurance companies and their distributing brokerages. CSIO’s central mandate is to support industry standards enabling a competitive advantage for the independent broker distribution channel.