2022 Underwriters of the Year | Nouara Lanasri, Senior Casualty Specialist Underwriter, Liberty Mutual
October 3, 2022 Canadian Underwriter StaffNouara Lanasri joined Liberty Mutual five years ago in its commercial division in Montreal, where she has been delivering a fresh approach to finding win-win solutions for Quebec brokers. Her career began 15 years prior, at The Sovereign Insurance Company,…
2022 Underwriters of the Year | Padmaja Sharma, Senior Underwriting Specialist, Liberty Mutual Canada
October 3, 2022 Canadian Underwriter StaffPadmaja Sharma provides comprehensive risk solutions to mid-size and large Canadian organizations to support their growth, innovation and impact in Canada while helping to mitigate their risk. She began her career in India, then worked in Kuwait, before joining the…
2022 Underwriters of the Year | Mike Storrey, Commercial Property Underwriting Specialist, Economical
October 3, 2022 Canadian Underwriter StaffAfter his introduction to the industry during a brief period at a brokerage, Mike Storrey was intrigued by the company side of the business. A graduate of the Insurance Program at Fanshawe College in London, Ont., Mike applied for the…
2022 Underwriters of the Year | Mabel Lau, Senior Personal Lines Underwriter, Intact
October 3, 2022 Canadian Underwriter StaffMabel Lau joined Intact as an underwriter 14 years ago and loves that her role entails communicating with people, dealing with brokers and offering her best service and solutions to meet customers’ needs. Having been a broker for 10 years…
2022 Underwriters of the Year | France Bourgeois, Personal Lines Underwriter, Wawanesa
October 3, 2022 Canadian Underwriter StaffFrance Bourgeois joined Wawanesa in 2012 after working at a brokerage for 21 years. Fluently bilingual, a seasoned underwriter and a self-professed workaholic, she has a keen sense of the pressures brokers face and works hard to make life easier…
2022 Underwriters of the Year | Cristina Sorescu, Senior Personal Lines Underwriter, Northbridge
October 3, 2022 Canadian Underwriter StaffCristina Sorescu joined Northbridge in 2019 as senior personal lines underwriter, bringing 11 years of prior underwriting experience to her role. Throughout the years, Cristina sharpened her skills and developed a keen underwriting sense. Today, she consistently provides expert service…
2022 Underwriters of the Year | Cheryl Pope, Senior Surety Underwriter, Intact
October 3, 2022 Canadian Underwriter StaffCheryl Pope has been in the insurance industry for 34 years, starting as support staff fresh out of secondary school. She got her first taste of the surety industry almost 30 years ago as underwriting assistant for contract surety with…
2022 Underwriters of the Year | Cheryl Hebb, Underwriting Manager for Commercial Small Business, Northbridge Insurance
October 3, 2022 Canadian Underwriter StaffCheryl Hebb began her career at Northbridge as an underwriter for small business when Northbridge first brought in their small-business offering, just over six years ago. Since then, the small business team has grown and maintained that book of business…
2022 Underwriters of the Year | Andre Trottier, Commercial Regional Underwriting Specialist, Economical
October 3, 2022 Canadian Underwriter StaffAndre Trottier joined the industry 23 years ago and today prides himself on providing a variety of property casualty products and solutions that help his broker partners. In his current role at Economical (Definity), Andre works closely with his broker…
2022 Underwriters of the Year | Canita Lee, Senior Personal Lines Underwriter, Family Insurance
October 3, 2022 Canadian Underwriter StaffCanita Lee started her career in the insurance industry in 2000 as a broker. In 2003 and 2008, she acquired the designations of CAIB and CIP, respectively. Canita joined Family Insurance Solutions Inc. in 2008 as a personal lines underwriter…
2022 Underwriters of the Year | Holly Baldwin, Senior Personal Lines Underwriter, Wawanesa
October 3, 2022 Canadian Underwriter StaffHolly Baldwin joined Wawanesa in December 2005 as personal lines underwriter and was promoted to her current role in December 2015. For Holly, every day is an opportunity to collaborate with co-workers, share knowledge and find the best possible solutions…
2022 Underwriters of the Year | Wendy Rodriguez Suarez, Senior Underwriter, Aviva Canada
September 30, 2022 Canadian Underwriter StaffWendy Rodriguez Suarez joined Aviva Canada in December 2013 as Senior Underwriter, Commercial Lines. With 30 years of experience and a track record of driving profitable growth, Wendy is a seasoned technical property and casualty underwriting careerist. Says Wendy of being…