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“No matter how many clients I have, I make sure to call each one personally every quarter. It’s a chance to not only update them on their portfolio, but also check on how they’re doing personally”
Kelvin Rampersad,
Carte Wealth Management
Lorne McDougall has always known he would work in Insurance. Being named after the founder of McDougall Insurance – Lorne McDougall, who started the firm back in 1946 – made working in insurance feel inevitable. But the path he took was quite different.
The elder Lorne suffered from debilitating spinal scoliosis that left him stooped and sometimes mocked by others. He had no mentors, and he helped his clients through sheer force of will. The younger Lorne is an athlete, who at his peak had Olympic aspirations when he rowed for Western University. Mentored by his father, Ross McDougall, the chief executive of McDougall Insurance, Lorne graduated at the top of his class in Western’s dual law and business program, before rising up the ranks in the same family business. He now serves as the company’s vice president of operations and corporate development.
“I know what my grandfather did to put myself and McDougall Insurance in the position we are in now,” says Lorne. “And my goal is to work every bit as hard as he did to improve myself, McDougall Insurance, and the entire industry.”
Lorne’s background also includes experience writing code for computer programs and building websites. And although an insurance-selling, computer-programming tax lawyer may seem like an odd combo, Lorne sees it as his greatest attribute.
“I feel like real value can come from combining different specialties. I live for win-wins, where I can make things better for everyone – whether it’s in M&A or operations, and to do that you’ve got to understand the industry, the law, the technology, and the numbers behind it. I’ve got the knowledge to do just that.”
199 Front Street, Belleville ON, K8N 5A6
6139667001 ext. 1286
lmcdougall@mcdougallinsurance.com
linkedin.com/in/lornemcdougal
mcdougallinsurance.com
Lorne McDougall
Vice President of Corporate Development
and Operations
McDougall Insurance Brokers
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“I strongly believe in working smarter, not harder. I think it’s one of the keys to living a great life, and I want to share that with as many people as possible”
Kelvin Rampersad,
Carte Wealth Management
2011–2016
2017
2019
2022
2023
2011: Received IBAO Award of Excellence - Top Student Award and Ontario Card Funding (Quest for Gold - Ontario Athlete Assistance Program)
2012: Received Academic All-Canadian Award
2016: Graduated with gold medal from Western University’s combined Law and Business program
and received AB Siskin Award
2011–
2016
Left Deloitte Tax Law LLP to join the family business as an account executive and qualified for McDougall Insurance’s “Elite” sales program
2017
Promoted to head McDougall Insurance’s IT, managed and co-ordinated McDougall Insurance’s COVID-19 response
2019
Promoted to vice president of corporate development and IT, and helped lead McDougall Insurance’s M&A activities
2022
Added operations to his portfolio as vice president, and leads McDougall Insurance through a successful change in its broker management system
2023
Suncorp Bank’s turnaround times are the lowest they have ever been. The lender becomes Australia’s first certified carbon neutral bank for both its operation and transaction services
Aug 2022
Milestones
Aug 2022
Milestones
Sept 2021
Feb 2022
Apr 2022
Jul 2022
Aug
2022
Suncorp Bank introduces Solar Home Bonus offer for customers who are choosing renewable energy for their homes
Sept 2021
Month-on-month market share growth commences
Feb 2022
Suncorp Bank wins the Canstar award for most outstanding value in investment loans
Apr 2022
Suncorp Bank wins Money Magazine’s Bank of the Year and Business Bank of the Year awards for the fifth year in a row
Jul 2022
Suncorp Bank’s turnaround times are the lowest they have ever been. The lender becomes Australia’s first certified carbon neutral bank for both its operation and transaction services
Aug 2022
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