BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER OF THE YEAR WINNER Julia Fischer, Intact Insurance
FINALISTS Darrell Keezer, Anderson McTague & Associates
Frank Piluso, Aon Julie Visser, Rogers Insurance and Sharp Insurance
Lindsay Donelson, FirstOnSite Restoration
Melanie Pon, South Western Group Michael Kewley, Berkley Canada Richard McKenzie, Garriock Insurance Steve Thorogood, Intact Insurance
“I feel like I put my heart and soul into my job, and this is me reaping my rewards. This is very, very exciting”
FROM WINDSOR to Ottawa, Niagara Falls to Sudbury, Intact
Insurance’s Julia Fischer makes sure all bases are covered for her brokers. “Relationship-building is at the heart of everything I do,” she says. When meeting with a brokerage, Fischer takes time to engage other members of the team after meeting the principal. She is also responsible for integrating insights from analytics reports with information received from broker distribution in order to better advise principals. “I believe the more I know, the more I can help my brokers,” Fischer says. Thus, she always works to involve herself in the development of new initiatives, participating in working groups to test and review new products, such as the recently rolled out mobile application for Intact Insurance’s telematics program. Fischer supports 80 brokers, who account for $200 million of gross written premium, and has completed numerous face-to-face training sessions and coordinated many appreciation events. Her efforts definitely paid off when her branch was the only one to consistently meet or exceed monthly expectations set throughout 2016, even in the face of significant changes in operations, including auto reform and other profitability restrictions.
JULIA FISCHER Intact Insurance
Julia Fischer Intact Insurance
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