Headquarters:
3077 New Street, Suite 301, Burlington, ON L7N 1M6
Year founded:
2020
Number of employees:
36
Phone:
289 806 4056
Email:
info@theaim.ca
Website:
theaim.ca
LinkedIn:
ca.linkedin.com/company/avon-insurance-management-inc
“We offer complete end-to-end no-code digital claims. Unlike other options, it can be configured fast, implemented even faster, and can digitally wrap around legacy platforms to plug the gaps no longer suitable in the post-COVID world”
Paul Stanley,
360Globalnet
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Dan Avon
President
Manjinder Singh
Director of Life
Jay MacDonald
Vice President, Operations
Leadership
A graduate of the Mohawk Insurance Program, Dan Avon has excelled during his 20 years in the industry. In 2017, he was included in Canadian Underwriter’s “Top 10 under 40” list. He worked his way up through various roles during his career mostly in personal insurance. Dan is a former owner of one of the area’s larger insurance brokerages, where he created specialty programs and has been an advisor and ear to the insurance tech community. When the opportunity to start his own brokerage presented itself, there was no turning back and AIM was launched in January 2020.
Dan and his wife, Jennifer, have four young sons named Jakob, Kai, Knox and Finn, who keep them busy with their baseball and sports activities.
President
Dan Avon
From being a doctor in India, Manjinder Singh started his career as a financial advisor in 1999 in Canada. He established AACE Financial Services in 2007 and became a managing partner at Financial Horizons Group in the Peel region. He has recruited more than 500 advisors and extended his business to other provinces. He has advisors not only in Ontario but also in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He started ACCE Financial Solution in 2009 and expanded the business to property and casualty insurance. He further expanded his business and started an independent managing general agency under the name of Max Financial in 2018. He has recruited almost 300 advisors through Max Financial, bringing the total number of his recruits to more than 800 advisors. So far, he has also developed more than 30 associate general agencies and provided financial services solutions to thousands of clients in Canada.
Director of Life
Manjinder Singh
A graduate of the Insurance Program at Mohawk College, Jay MacDonald has a strong background in operations and personal lines, having worked at Direct Protect, RBC and Aviva, and being one of the founding partners of InRoads Insurance Brokers. Over his 25+ year career in insurance, Jay has developed strong knowledge of operations from all sides of the business, which enables him to help staff reach their maximum potential.
He is married to Michelle MacDonald. If he could choose, he would pursue his dream of becoming a professional gamer.
Vice President, Operations
Jay MacDonald
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“We offer complete end-to-end no-code digital claims. Unlike other options, it can be configured fast, implemented even faster, and can digitally wrap around legacy platforms to plug the gaps no longer suitable in the post-COVID world”
Paul Stanley,
360Globalnet
“Now, we have much more frequent recognition awards because we want to celebrate people staying at CAAT and recognize the contributions that they bring to the organization”
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
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AIM INSURANCE
Andrew Hale
Vice President, Sales
Manjinder Singh
Director of Life
Dan Avon
President
Leadership
Headquarters:
3077 New Street, Suite 301, Burlington, ON L7N 1M6
Year founded:
2020
Number of employees:
36
Phone:
289 806 4056
Email:
info@theaim.ca
Website:
theaim.ca
LinkedIn:
ca.linkedin.com/company/avon-insurance-management-inc
A graduate of the Mohawk Insurance Program, Dan Avon has excelled during his 20 years in the industry. In 2017, he was included in Canadian Underwriter’s “Top 10 under 40” list. He worked his way up through various roles during his career mostly in personal insurance. Dan is a former owner of one of the area’s larger insurance brokerages, where he created specialty programs and has been an advisor and ear to the insurance tech community. When the opportunity to start his own brokerage presented itself, there was no turning back and AIM was launched in January 2020.
Dan and his wife, Jennifer, have four young sons named Jakob, Kai, Knox and Finn, who keep them busy with their baseball and sports activities.
President
Dan Avon
From being a doctor in India, Manjinder Singh started his career as a financial advisor in 1999 in Canada. He established AACE Financial Services in 2007 and became a managing partner at Financial Horizons Group in the Peel region. He has recruited more than 500 advisors and extended his business to other provinces. He has advisors not only in Ontario but also in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He started ACCE Financial Solution in 2009 and expanded the business to property and casualty insurance. He further expanded his business and started an independent managing general agency under the name of Max Financial in 2018. He has recruited almost 300 advisors through Max Financial, bringing the total number of his recruits to more than 800 advisors. So far, he has also developed more than 30 associate general agencies and provided financial services solutions to thousands of clients in Canada.
Director of Life
Manjinder Singh
Andrew Hale has been in the insurance industry since 2001, holding various senior underwriting roles with insurers. Business development helped pave his way to a startup brokerage in 2011. He enjoys building relationships with clients and industry partners, as well as seeing the difference in what the team does at AIM.
Outside of the office, his children and their activities keep him busy. Their family spends time around water in the summer.
Vice President, Sales
Andrew Hale
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For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
“Now, we have much more frequent recognition awards because we want to celebrate people staying at CAAT and recognize the contributions that they bring to the organization”
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
“Our tech contributes to a more efficient future where, for example, live steaming video with customers to investigate damage was once a gimmick. It’s now the norm – unless a physical visit is absolutely necessary”
Paul Stanley,
360Globalnet
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AIM INSURANCE
Cindy Martel
Vice President,
Finance
Manjinder Singh
Director of Life
Dan Avon
President
Leadership
Headquarters:
3077 New Street, Suite 301, Burlington, ON L7N 1M6
Year founded:
2020
Number of employees:
36
Phone:
289 806 4056
Email:
info@theaim.ca
Website:
theaim.ca
LinkedIn:
ca.linkedin.com/company/avon-insurance-management-inc
SPECIAL REPORT
Home
Bio
A graduate of the Mohawk Insurance Program, Dan Avon has excelled during his 20 years in the industry. In 2017, he was included in Canadian Underwriter’s “Top 10 under 40” list. He worked his way up through various roles during his career mostly in personal insurance. Dan is a former owner of one of the area’s larger insurance brokerages, where he created specialty programs and has been an advisor and ear to the insurance tech community. When the opportunity to start his own brokerage presented itself, there was no turning back and AIM was launched in January 2020.
Dan and his wife, Jennifer, have four young sons named Jakob, Kai, Knox and Finn, who keep them busy with their baseball and sports activities.
President
Dan Avon
From being a doctor in India, Manjinder Singh started his career as a financial advisor in 1999 in Canada. He established AACE Financial Services in 2007 and became a managing partner at Financial Horizons Group in the Peel region. He has recruited more than 500 advisors and extended his business to other provinces. He has advisors not only in Ontario but also in Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan. He started ACCE Financial Solution in 2009 and expanded the business to property and casualty insurance. He further expanded his business and started an independent managing general agency under the name of Max Financial in 2018. He has recruited almost 300 advisors through Max Financial, bringing the total number of his recruits to more than 800 advisors. So far, he has also developed more than 30 associate general agencies and provided financial services solutions to thousands of clients in Canada.
Director of Life
Manjinder Singh
Andrew Hale has been in the insurance industry since 2001, holding various senior underwriting roles with insurers. Business development helped pave his way to a startup brokerage in 2011. He enjoys building relationships with clients and industry partners, as well as seeing the difference in what the team does at AIM.
Outside of the office, his children and their activities keep him busy. Their family spends time around water in the summer.
Vice President, Sales
Andrew Hale
For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
Andrew Hale
Vice President, Sales
Andrew Hale has been in the insurance industry since 2001, holding various senior underwriting roles with insurers. Business development helped pave his way to a startup brokerage in 2011. He enjoys building relationships with clients and industry partners, as well as seeing the difference in what the team does at AIM.
Outside of the office, his children and their activities keep him busy. Their family spends time around water in the summer.
Vice President, Sales
Andrew Hale
Jay MacDonald
Vice President, Operations
A graduate of the Insurance Program at Mohawk College, Jay MacDonald has a strong background in operations and personal lines, having worked at Direct Protect, RBC and Aviva, and being one of the founding partners of InRoads Insurance Brokers. Over his 25+ year career in insurance, Jay has developed strong knowledge of operations from all sides of the business, which enables him to help staff reach their maximum potential.
He is married to Michelle MacDonald. If he could choose, he would pursue his dream of becoming a professional gamer.
Vice President, Operations
Jay MacDonald
Jay MacDonald
Vice President, Operations
A graduate of the Insurance Program at Mohawk College, Jay MacDonald has a strong background in operations and personal lines, having worked at Direct Protect, RBC and Aviva, and being one of the founding partners of InRoads Insurance Brokers. Over his 25+ year career in insurance, Jay has developed strong knowledge of operations from all sides of the business, which enables him to help staff reach their maximum potential.
He is married to Michelle MacDonald. If he could choose, he would pursue his dream of becoming a professional gamer.
Vice President, Operations
Jay MacDonald
Cindy Martel
Vice President, Finance
Cindy Martel earned her CMA (CPA) designation in 1995, and gained extensive experience while working in the private sector, fulfilling various leadership roles in the areas of finance and human resources. She joined the Fillmore Construction team in 2014 as controller and progressed into her current role as VP of finance in 2021.
Vice President, Finance
Cindy Martel
Cindy Martel
Vice President,
Finance
Cindy Martel earned her CMA (CPA) designation in 1995, and gained extensive experience while working in the private sector, fulfilling various leadership roles in the areas of finance and human resources. She joined the Fillmore Construction team in 2014 as controller and progressed into her current role as VP of finance in 2021.
Vice President, Finance
Cindy Martel
Andrew Hale
Vice President, Sales
Cindy Martel earned her CMA (CPA) designation in 1995, and gained extensive experience while working in the private sector, fulfilling various leadership roles in the areas of finance and human resources. She joined the Fillmore Construction team in 2014 as controller and progressed into her current role as VP of finance in 2021.
Vice President, Finance
Cindy Martel
AIM Insurance (Avon Insurance Management) launched in January 2020, just months before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The company provides full-scale insurance products and solutions for personal and business insurance along with life and group benefits. In two years, AIM quickly expanded and now operates from six offices in Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia.
The company believes that key to its success is its grassroots feel and accessibility to clients by focusing on their needs and delivering exceptional customer service. The team at AIM Insurance feels fortunate to be able to operate and succeed during challenging times and fulfill its aim of making insurance simple.
“Now, we have much more frequent recognition awards because we want to celebrate people staying at CAAT and recognize the contributions that they bring to the organization”
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
Brent Fillmore
Founder
Cody Woolf
Director, Health, Safety and Environment
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Fillmore Construction was founded by Brent Fillmore in 1991. He was looking to start his own small construction business and the opportunity presented itself with many repeat client relationships. Through lessons learned from 13 years of managing projects, developing business and holding various VP roles with his previous employer, Brent formulated his own approach to running his company. He knew that the key to success was based on relationships and bringing repeated value to them. He was dedicated to the idea that one does not need hundreds of clients and instead must focus on ensuring that a smaller pool of clients was given the best service possible. With over 40 years of construction management experience Brent has remarkable expertise in nearly every facet of the construction industry.
Founder
Brent Fillmore
Cody Woolf joined the Fillmore team in 2011 and holds the title director of health, safety and environment. He is a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP). He also has extensive safety experience and background in criminal justice, which provides a depth of experience for the implementation of Fillmore Construction’s health and safety program. Cody is responsible for creating a positive and safe work environment and strives to promote safety as not only a policy but a lifestyle. He has initiated and implements a range of health, safety and environmental features that have been of critical importance to the overall safety objectives, operations, and profitability of Fillmore Construction. The results of his impact are evident in the positive statistical results and policies that have been developed since he joined the company and the emphasis on safety program development.
Director, Health, Safety and Environment
Cody Woolf
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Brent Fillmore
Cody Woolf
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Cody Woolf
Director, Health, Safety and Environment
Fillmore Construction was founded by Brent Fillmore in 1991. He was looking to start his own small construction business and the opportunity presented itself with many repeat client relationships. Through lessons learned from 13 years of managing projects, developing business and holding various VP roles with his previous employer, Brent formulated his own approach to running his company. He knew that the key to success was based on relationships and bringing repeated value to them. He was dedicated to the idea that one does not need hundreds of clients and instead must focus on ensuring that a smaller pool of clients was given the best service possible. With over 40 years of construction management experience Brent has remarkable expertise in nearly every facet of the construction industry.
Founder
Brent Fillmore
Cody Woolf joined the Fillmore team in 2011 and holds the title director of health, safety and environment. He is a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP). He also has extensive safety experience and background in criminal justice, which provides a depth of experience for the implementation of Fillmore Construction’s health and safety program. Cody is responsible for creating a positive and safe work environment and strives to promote safety as not only a policy but a lifestyle. He has initiated and implements a range of health, safety and environmental features that have been of critical importance to the overall safety objectives, operations, and profitability of Fillmore Construction. The results of his impact are evident in the positive statistical results and policies that have been developed since he joined the company and the emphasis on safety program development.
Director, Health, Safety and Environment
Cody Woolf
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich
School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at
The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and
Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Brent Fillmore
Founder
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Cody Woolf
Director, Health,
Safety and Environment
Sarah M Stewart
Associate
Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Fillmore Construction was founded by Brent Fillmore in 1991. He was looking to start his own small construction business and the opportunity presented itself with many repeat client relationships. Through lessons learned from 13 years of managing projects, developing business and holding various VP roles with his previous employer, Brent formulated his own approach to running his company. He knew that the key to success was based on relationships and bringing repeated value to them. He was dedicated to the idea that one does not need hundreds of clients and instead must focus on ensuring that a smaller pool of clients was given the best service possible. With over 40 years of construction management experience Brent has remarkable expertise in nearly every facet of the construction industry.
Founder
Brent Fillmore
Cody Woolf joined the Fillmore team in 2011 and holds the title director of health, safety and environment. He is a Canadian Registered Safety Professional (CRSP). He also has extensive safety experience and background in criminal justice, which provides a depth of experience for the implementation of Fillmore Construction’s health and safety program. Cody is responsible for creating a positive and safe work environment and strives to promote safety as not only a policy but a lifestyle. He has initiated and implements a range of health, safety and environmental features that have been of critical importance to the overall safety objectives, operations, and profitability of Fillmore Construction. The results of his impact are evident in the positive statistical results and policies that have been developed since he joined the company and the emphasis on safety program development.
Director, Health, Safety and Environment
Cody Woolf
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the
Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
“Our tech contributes to a more efficient future where, for example, live steaming video with customers to investigate damage was once a gimmick. It’s now the norm – unless a physical visit is absolutely necessary”
Paul Stanley,
360Globalnet
“Our tech contributes to a more efficient future where, for example, live steaming video with customers to investigate damage was once a gimmick. It’s now the norm – unless a physical visit is absolutely necessary”
Paul Stanley,
360Globalnet
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, digital adoption from insurers was slow and organic, and often experimental in nature. Certain aspects of operations were seeing digital solutions being introduced, but businesses fundamentally remained manual despite customers’ increasing demand for digital engagement.
However, the pandemic was a catalyst for adoption overnight. Instantly, insurers needed no-touch claims and struggled with physical site visits due to lockdowns. Besides, customers only wanted digital services, but insurers simply weren’t ready for digitalisation.
This is where 360Gobalnet’s no-code technology is so transformative. 360Globalnet introduces a new era of insurance claims management by digitising the entire claims lifecycle from first notice of loss to settlement. Policyholders are provided with a frictionless customer experience in line with the rest of their contemporary consumer lives. Supply chain orchestration and automation slash the operational cost of claims management.
“We offer complete end-to-end no-code digital claims,” says Paul Stanley, CEO of 360Globalnet. “Unlike other options, it can be configured fast, implemented even faster, and can digitally wrap around legacy platforms to plug the gaps no longer suitable in the post-COVID world. As such, whilst in lockdown, demand for 360Globalnet technology massively
ramped up.”
Overnight, the company was able to help multiple global insurers go digital, rescue BI insurers from drowning, and reinvigorate legacy systems no longer fit for the future. Volumes were scaled and new customers were deployed without a hitch, and demand for end-to-end no-code digital claims continues to accelerate. By meeting this challenge, 360Gobalnet proved the power of no-code technology, delivering speed and efficiency where hard-coded solutions would fail – and it has enabled the company to adapt quickly in the same way it does their clients.
“We’ve done all this with sustainability in mind, too,” says Stanley. “Our tech contributes to a more efficient future where, for example, live steaming video with customers to investigate damage was once a gimmick. It’s now the norm – unless a physical visit is absolutely necessary. Our video technology has saved over 250,000 driven miles in the last 12 months.”
“We offer complete end-to-end no-code digital claims. Unlike other options, it can be configured fast, implemented even faster, and can digitally wrap around legacy platforms to plug the gaps no longer suitable in the post-COVID world”
Paul Stanley,
360Globalnet
LinkedIn:
ca.linkedin.com/company/avon-insurance-management-inc
Website:
theaim.ca
Email:
info@theaim.ca
Phone:
289 806 4056
Number of employees:
36
Year founded:
2020
Headquarters:
3077 New Street, Suite 301, Burlington, ON L7N 1M6