Moves (March 01, 2006)

Don Ungaro, past president of the Insurance Brokers Association of B.C., passed away at the age of 46 on Feb. 6, 2006 in a tragic swimming incident while on vacation in the Dominican Republic. Ungaro, an accomplished member of the industry, had recently sold his business – Ungaro and Sons Insurance Services, which he owned since 1998 – to HUB International Barton Insurance Brokers. Prior to purchasing Ungaro and Sons, he spent 10 years, from 1985-95, as comptroller at Whillis Harding Insurance Agencies. In addition, he was at one point the owner of Hoover Insurance. “Don was never afraid of work, he fought vigorously for broker issues and always did so with a sense of openness and fairness,” IBABC president Kevin McIntyre said. “His term as president saw many challenges that were surmounted with his quiet diplomacy and strong will.” Away from work, McIntyre said Ungaro was a committed family man who was deeply in love and dedicated to his childhood sweetheart and wife, Alison, and to their three children, all of whom followed their fathers footsteps and now work in the industry.

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David Williams is the new vice president, manager of Chubb Specialty Insurance, Canadian Zone. In his new position, Williams oversees the policy development, sales and marketing, as well as the underwriting activities for all of Chubb’s specialty insurance products across Canada. “David’s is a particularly important and challenging role,” Ellen Moore, president and CEO of Chubb Insurance Company of Canada says, explaining that Williams’s role at Chubb is integral because the Company’s Specialty Insurance practice offers a roster of extremely comprehensive, uniquely tailored insurance products. Williams began his career with Chubb in 1985 as an underwriter in Boston. In his 20-year career at Chubb, he has assumed a variety of underwriting and management positions throughout North America and Asia. Most recently, he was the underwriting zone manager for Chubb Specialty Insurance in the Northeast Zone, a position he held since 1998. During that time he increased the portfolio and successfully managed many challenges.

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Royal & SunAlliance recently launched WARP Data Bridging, a program the insurer hopes will help to make the processing of auto and property policies easier for Canadian brokers. Developed by Applied Systems, WARP Data Bridging automates much of the keying required to issue personal auto and property policies on WebBusiness ™, Royal & SunAlliance’s web-based policy transactional tool. The tool was named a finalist this year in both the Canadian Information Productivity Awards and A.M. Best’s E-Fusion awards. The addition of WARP Data Bridging is the latest in a series of initiatives known as the WebBusiness TM Simplicity Project, making it even easier for brokers to do business with Royal & SunAlliance. This investment in technology further demonstrates the insurer’s commitment to its broker partners. Brokers from all regions of the country who have been testing WARP Data Bridging during the pilot period confirmed it saves them a significant amount of time when issuing new policies. The new functionality is available to Royal & SunAlliance as well as Western Assurance brokers that are using the most recent version of The Agency Manager (TAM) broker management system.