RSA appoints new national leader for small to medium business lines

Julie Pingree joins RSA as Vice President, Commercial Insurance

Toronto – July 11, 2013 – Leading property & casualty insurer RSA is pleased to announce the appointment of Julie Pingree to Vice President, Commercial Insurance.

Reporting to Donna Ince, Senior Vice President, Personal and Commercial Insurance, Julie’s mandate will be to grow RSA’s small to medium commercial book profitably, while enhancing the company’s broker service model and evolving ePolicy, RSA’s electronic trading platform.

Julie joins RSA from Northbridge Insurance where she was Senior Vice President Corporate Underwriting, having held that position since 2011.  Julie started her career in insurance with RSA in 1987, progressing to the role of Underwriting Manager, Western Assurance over the following 10 years. She then joined Intact Insurance, where she held progressively senior positions to become Commercial Lines Vice President from 2007 to 2011.

In addition, Julie has partnered with the Insurance Institute and is a member of the organizing committee of the annual CIP Symposium. She also sits on the IIC National Council.

Julie holds a BA from the University of Toronto and is a Chartered Insurance Professional. 

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About RSA

With a 300 year heritage, RSA is one of the world’s leading multinational quoted insurance groups. RSA has major operations in the UK, Scandinavia, Canada, Ireland, Asia and the Middle East, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe and has the capability to write business in around 150 countries. Focusing on general insurance, RSA has around 23,000 employees and, in 2012, its net written premiums were £8.4 billion.

About RSA Canada

RSA Canada includes Roins Financial Services Limited, Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, Quebec Assurance Company, Johnson Inc., Western Assurance Company, Ascentus Insurance Ltd., Canadian Northern Shield Insurance Company, RSA Travel Insurance Inc./Assurance Voyage RSA inc., L’Union Canadienne, Compagnie d’assurances,  and is part of the RSA group of companies headed by RSA Insurance Group plc. RSA Canada employs approximately 4,200 people and is represented by a large network of brokers across the country. In 2012, the Canadian Group wrote $2.8bn in direct premiums with assets exceeding $7.6 billion. RSA is a trade name of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada. “RSA” and the RSA logo are trademarks used under license from RSA Insurance Group plc.

• For more information contact:
• Andrea Herman
• Broker Communications Consultant, RSA Canada
• andrea.herman@rsagroup.ca

• Direct:   647-776-9245  | Cell:   416-450-4133

• http://www.rsagroup.ca