Headquarters:
55 York Street, Suite 400, Toronto ON, M5J 1R7
Year founded:
2014
Number of employees:
20
Phone:
647 792 3934
Email:
admin@trinityunderwriting.ca
Website:
http://trinityunderwriting.ca
LinkedIn:
ca.linkedin.com/company/trinity-underwriting-managers
“We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions”
Erica Kofie, QBE
TRINITY UNDERWRITING
Michael McLachlan
President
Sarah Suschkov
Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer
Tiziana Seabrook
Assistant Vice President, Sports
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Michael McLachlan, president of Trinity Underwriting, has over 40 years of experience in the Canadian insurance industry on all sides of the business, including broking, reinsurance, primary insurers, and MGAs. The market relationships he has built ensure that Trinity is able to provide consistent, stable products and services, always with a view to the long term. In his role, Michael leads a group of strong underwriters who can rise to the challenge of providing clients with the reliable insurance coverage to ensure that their assets are protected.
President
Michael McLachlan
Sarah Suschkov, VP and CUO, manages the underwriting and profitability of Trinity’s specialty and financial lines books. She is Trinity’s sixth employee, joining as a production underwriter focused on life sciences, and has been with the company for six years. Her goal is to help the firm’s broker partners with placing specialty risks through profitable and sustainable underwriting. In accordance with Trinity’s vision, Sarah strives for underwriting excellence and constant learning in the company’s various niches. She loves outdoor adventures, neat science facts (especially related to neuroscience or space), animals, and a game of Jeopardy.
Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer
Sarah Suschkov
Tiziana Seabrook is the AVP for Trinity Underwriting’s sports and recreation division. She brings with her 20 years of experience in property and casualty underwriting. Tiziana has spent the past eight years of her career specializing in the sports and recreation sector. She is responsible for the company’s strategic growth and has played a key role over the past three years in the launch and growth of its sports division. She is a strong believer that excellent customer service and an understanding of the importance of sport brings success to Trinity.
Assistant Vice President, Sports
Tiziana Seabrook
“We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions”
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George Zhu
Chief Financial Officer
George Zhu is the CFO of Trinity Underwriting. He is an experienced finance leader with over 15 years in the Toronto insurance industry. He had led many accounting and finance teams for top insurance brokers, as well as the second largest Lloyd’s syndicate and a number of MGAs. He has been applying his engineering mindset, finance knowledge and underwriting experience to help support rapid business growth. His strengths are in the systematic overhaul, improvement and broad-scale business process optimization for finance reporting, accounting systems, auditing, regulatory, tax compliance and operations. George is a dedicated professional who holds CIP, CPA, CGA and FCCA (UK) designations.
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George Zhu
Stacy Walton
People Experience and Operations Manager
Stacy Walton is the people experience and operations manager at Trinity Underwriting. She brings over seven years of leadership and human resources experience to her role. Her primary focus is on putting employees first by continuously improving engagement, development, and retention. She also works closely with Trinity’s president to prioritize business strategies and manage various operations and administrative responsibilities. She is a strong believer that employees should always be a company’s top priority, and anything is possible if people are engaged in an organization’s activities.
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Stacy Walton
Founded in 2014, Trinity Underwriting’s goal is to be one of the leading MGAs in Canada. Only our clients can judge if we are succeeding in that goal or not. To accomplish it, we have to meet your needs, not ours.
Michael McLachlan, Trinity’s president, has over 40 years of experience in the Canadian Insurance industry, on all sides of the business, including broking, reinsurance, primary insurers, and MGAs. The market relationships he has built ensure that Trinity can provide consistent, stable products and services, always with a view to the long term. Trinity has a group of energetic and technically strong underwriters who understand the challenges brokers face in their quest to provide their clients with broad, reliable coverage. Trinity is majority owned by Canadian investors, with a small supporting investment from one of the largest reinsurers in the world. This enables the company to provide nimble and flexible insurance solutions, with the backing of huge financial resources.
The most important aspects of any relationship are trust and integrity. It has been said that it takes a lifetime to build a reputation and only a moment to lose it. Trinity is aware of that and we want our clients to feel completely safe entrusting us with the protection of their clients’ assets.
“We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations”
Erica Kofie, QBE
Kin Lee-Yow
Chief Information Officer
Catherine Sieniewicz
AVP of Travel and Retail
Rhonda English
Chief Marketing Officer
Evelyn Peng
Chief Risk Officer
Kin Lee-Yow’s combination of banking, payment, retail, e-commerce, and insurance technology experience has enabled him to contribute to the success and leadership positions in three large organizations in Canada, culminating in his current role as the CIO of CM Club Group. Kin is a graduate of Computer Science and Information Systems from the University of Waterloo. He also holds a Kellogg-Schulich master’s degree in Business Administration from the Schulich School of Business at York University and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.
Chief Information Officer
Kin Lee-Yow
With decades of experience, Catherine Sieniewicz has always been devoted to growing within the travel and retail industry. Catherine became director of retail and travel at CCG in May 2019. In February 2020, she was promoted to AVP of travel and retail where she continues to guide all her decisions by what she has learned in member, associate, and business experience.
AVP of Travel and Retail
Catherine Sieniewicz
Rhonda English is a CPA, CMA and obtained her Honors Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and her MBA from the Ivey Business School at the University of Western Ontario. Rhonda joined CM Club Group as vice president of insurance, then took the role of vice president corporate marketing, overseeing business insights & analytics and the acquisition and retention of the CM lines of business. In 2016, she was named chief marketing officer, taking on additional responsibility for travel and membership product, digital, and the government & community relations advocacy team.
Chief Marketing Officer
Rhonda English
Evelyn Peng started at CCG in 2017 as director of risk management and now serves as the chief risk officer for the organization. She has a Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology and a Master’s in Accounting from the University of Waterloo. She has extensive experience with enterprise risk management, specializing in operational risk management, and financial risk management. Evelyn is a Chartered Accountant and a Financial Risk Manager.
Chief Risk Officer
Evelyn Peng
Evelyn Peng started at CCG in 2017 as director of risk management and now serves as the chief risk officer for the organization. She has a Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology and a Master’s in Accounting from the University of Waterloo. She has extensive experience with enterprise risk management, specializing in operational risk management, and financial risk management. Evelyn is a Chartered Accountant and a Financial Risk Manager.
Chief Risk Officer
Evelyn Peng
Evelyn Peng started at CCG in 2017 as director of risk management and now serves as the chief risk officer for the organization. She has a Bachelor of Science in Biotechnology and a Master’s in Accounting from the University of Waterloo. She has extensive experience with enterprise risk management, specializing in operational risk management, and financial risk management. Evelyn is a Chartered Accountant and a Financial Risk Manager.
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Evelyn Peng
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
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Karen Bannister, CM
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Dave Longbottom
Chief Technology Officer
Alex Ventura
Head of Marketing
Damian Palovick
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Mark Bernacki
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Ryan Armijo
Chief Operating Officer, Underwriting Division
Bob Petrilli
President, Underwriting Division
“Despite the challenging claims environment, QBE’s coverage and risk appetite have remained consistent. Brokers and customers know and understand our risk appetite and the cover we offer, providing them with certainty for the future,” says Erica Kofie, head of cyber proposition. “We put our customers at the centre of our business, responding to brokers in a proactive and timely manner and working with the customer to understand their unique risk profile and tailor appropriate solutions.”
Kofie adds, “Through 2022, QBE successfully delivered significant growth in the cyber sector, reflecting the depth and strength of our team. We continue to see cyber as a key opportunity and will be further developing customer-centric solutions across various geographies and segments in line with our growth aspirations.”
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Earlene Huntley joined CAA in 2014 as director, tax and was promoted to AVP, tax in 2016, and to her current role as group chief financial officer of CAA Club Group in February 2017. In her role, she is responsible for all aspects of finance. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies where she earned her BSc. Accounting (Hons) and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom.
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Earlene Huntley joined CAA in 2014 as director, tax and was promoted to AVP, tax in 2016, and to her current role as group chief financial officer of CAA Club Group in February 2017. In her role, she is responsible for all aspects of finance. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies where she earned her BSc. Accounting (Hons) and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom.
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Earlene Huntley
Melissa Abramowitz has been practicing corporate and commercial law for over 20 years, with an emphasis on the financial services industry. She joined CAA Club Group in 2014, and currently serves as the General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Privacy Officer of CCG and its affiliated companies. At CCG, Melissa provides strategic legal advice on a broad range of matters including corporate governance, licensing, distribution, marketing and advertising, commercial contracts and regulatory compliance. She holds a Bachelor of Civil Law (B.CL) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from McGill University and a Certificate in Regulatory Compliance for Financial Institutions from Osgoode.
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Privacy Officer
Melissa Abramowitz
Melissa Abramowitz
General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Privacy Officer
Earlene Huntley
Group Chief Financial Officer
Earlene Huntley joined CAA in 2014 as director, tax and was promoted to AVP, tax in 2016, and to her current role as group chief financial officer of CAA Club Group in February 2017. In her role, she is responsible for all aspects of finance. She is a graduate of the University of the West Indies where she earned her BSc. Accounting (Hons) and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in the United Kingdom.
Group Chief Financial Officer
Earlene Huntley
Melissa Abramowitz has been practicing corporate and commercial law for over 20 years, with an emphasis on the financial services industry. She joined CAA Club Group in 2014, and currently serves as the General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Privacy Officer of CCG and its affiliated companies. At CCG, Melissa provides strategic legal advice on a broad range of matters including corporate governance, licensing, distribution, marketing and advertising, commercial contracts and regulatory compliance. She holds a Bachelor of Civil Law (B.CL) and Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from McGill University and a Certificate in Regulatory Compliance for Financial Institutions from Osgoode.
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