Headquarters:
5500 North Service Rd Suite 806 Burlington Ontario L7L 6W6
Year founded:
2019
Number of employees:
23
Phone:
289 812 5004
Email:
tony@msins.ca
Website:
msins.ca
LinkedIn:
ca.linkedin.com/company/modern-specialty-insurance
"We are constantly living by our core values: integrity, impact and teamwork"
Julie Giraldi,
CAAT Pension Plan
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Anthony Passarelli
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Vesna Fable
Chief Underwriting Officer
Rodney Spurrell
Managing Director
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With over 35 years in the property/casualty insurance business, Anthony Passarelli started as an underwriter and grew gradually into a variety of roles where his responsibilities became broader while working for major insurers. His management experience includes leading regional operations with major insurers for over eight years as a managing executive with two different insurance brokers in the GTA. Before being appointed president of Modern Specialty Insurance, he was general manager of an MGA that specializes in energy. Passarelli brings that variety of functional experiences, learning to lead people and developing working relationships, covering almost all aspects of an insurance to his current position. He is excited and motivated to move Modern Specialty Insurance forward as a leading MGA in Canada.
President
Anthony Passarelli
Vesna Fable joined Unique Risks in 2020 as chief underwriting officer, responsible for underwriting standards, training, direction, and broker relationships across Canada. She has over 20 years of experience in the insurance industry and has worked with large national insurers and MGAs. She has extensive underwriting experience, with specialties in commercial property and casualty. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Toronto.
Chief Underwriting Officer
Vesna Fable
Rodney Spurrell joined Unique Risks in 2021 as managing director, responsible for programs and business development. He has over 27 years of experience in the insurance industry and has held many senior roles with MGAs and large national insurers. He has extensive underwriting experience in umbrella, environmental and professional lines. Spurrell obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and Business from the University of Newfoundland (Memorial).
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Rodney Spurrell
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Roula Jabra
Finance Manager
Roula Jabra joined Unique Risks in 2020 as finance manager, responsible for overseeing all of the company’s financial duties. She has over 12 years of finance experience in the insurance industry and various other companies. She obtained her Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Notre Dame University in Lebanon.
Finance Manager
Roula Jabra
Damian Palovick
Senior Vice President of Underwriting
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Damian Palovick is a senior vice president of underwriting in the North American P&C Programs Unit. He is responsible for the profitable performance and growth of the property and specialty portfolios, strategic planning, and team management.
Damian has 30 years of industry experience in all lines of underwriting with three national carriers. He has spent most of his career in delegated authority program management and is skilled in portfolio and relationship management for large books of business. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Psychology from Swarthmore College, as well as a CPCU designation.
Senior Vice President of Underwriting
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Damian Palovick
In 2019, Modern Specialty Insurance was created to offer niche products to meet the demands of the insurance marketplace in Canada. The company is an independent Canadian-owned MGA with program-specific opportunities targeting the transportation and niche habitational insurance sectors. MSI has since grown into a strong insurance wholesaler that is delivering exceptional service and individualized packages that support its broker partners nationwide.
The team of insurance professionals at MSI is a diverse group in every way, which is the major strength and cornerstone of the company’s success. Through MSI’s close relationships with its broker partners, the company has created leading-edge programs to provide further value to brokers and their clients. Going forward, the company will continue to identify new programs that support brokers and the needs of their clients. MSI loves to get feedback from its partners and improve upon an already more than exceptional wholesaler.
“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
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
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
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
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
Sonia Ahuja
Chief Operating Officer
Sanjay Mehta
EVP and Chief Market Officer
John Laurie
Chief Partnership Officer
Anthony Dippolito
Chief Wellness Officer
Alex Ventura has a wealth of experience and passion for martech across the financial services sector – including B2B and B2C – with a focus on delivering exemplary omnichannel experiences. Alex is responsible for driving brands in the digital age with strategies that evoke a brand’s personality and corresponding values. Mapping customer journeys encompassing systematic and programmatic technologies has been key to his successful strategies.
Head of Marketing
Alex Ventura
With a superior understanding of web design and architecture, Dave Longbottom has been pivotal in orchestrating the development of new technologies, which are aligned with business objectives, and pioneering industry-leading solutions. Dave’s tenacity to push the status quo has led to the development of innovative solutions encompassing the latest emerging technological trends and cyber security frameworks.
Chief Technology Officer
Dave Longbottom
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
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Damian Palovick
Senior Vice President of Underwriting
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Dr. Mary Lavoie
Head of Risk Management and Senior Vice President
AXA XL – Delegated Authority Programs, North America
Mark Bernacki
Chief Underwriting Officer
Ryan Armijo
Chief Operating Officer, Underwriting Division
Bob Petrilli
President, Underwriting Division