Leadership Team

Chief Officers

Bob Fitzgerald

Chief Executive Officer

T: 416-860-0599

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Ken Hansen, CA

Chief Financial Officer

T: 780-930-5302

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Mike Ackroyd

Chief Information Officer

T: 780-930-5333

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Erin Poirier

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

T: 905-771-5591

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Executive Contacts

Paul Gilbody

President, ClaimsPro

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ClaimsPro Expands Geographic Reach in U.S. with the Acquisition of CJ Hester

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Nixon & Company Rebrands as ClaimsPro

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ClaimsPro/IndemniPro Appoints Robert Lepine District Manager, Western Quebec

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ClaimsPro Catastrophic Response Teams Mobilized in Atlantic Canada to Support Those Affected by Hurricane Dorian

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ClaimsPro Announces Cyber Claims Specialized Team for Immediate Response to Cyber Losses

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ClaimsPro Expands in Southern Alberta with Addition of Lloyd Stiles Rossier, Special Risk Loss Adjusting

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ClaimsPro Enhances Specialty Risk Division Ontario with the Executive Insurance Expert, John Seyler

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ClaimsPro Strengthens its Alberta Presence with the Acquisition of New West Adjusters

Mar 5, 2019

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ClaimsPro Appoints Alana Collins to Director of Insurer Management Services

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ClaimsPro Welcomes Melissa Joynt to the Ontario team

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ClaimsPro Enhances Transportation, Equipment, and Cargo Claims Services with Trucking Safety and Risk Management Expert

Feb 19, 2019

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ClaimsPro Strengthens its British Columbia Presence with the Acquisition of Associated Independent Adjusters

Feb 4, 2019

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ClaimsPro Announces Jeff Stinson to Manage Peterborough Office

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ClaimsPro Enhances Transportation, Equipment and Cargo Claims Services with Theft Investigation Specialist

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SCM Continues U.S. Expansion with the Acquisition of Affirmative Risk Management

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ClaimsPro Continues to Add Capacity to Support Eastern Canada’s Windstorms Recovery

May 10, 2018

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ClaimsPro Brings in Additional Support to Address Eastern Canadian Windstorms

May 7, 2018

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ClaimsPro Appoints Chantal Rhodenizer as Director of Insurer Management Services

May 2, 2018

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ClaimsPro Launches Online Enrollment Tool for Independent CAT Adjusters

Apr 18, 2018

ClaimsPro is pleased to announce the launch of a convenient online enrollment tool for independent

ClaimsPro Expands Marine Services Leadership Team with Master Mariner and Chartered Professional Accountant

Apr 4, 2018

Captain John Hosty joins as National Director, Marine Services and Patricia Foster joins as Directo

ClaimsPro/IndemniPro Strengthens its Quebec Coverage with the Acquisition of Dubuc, Lessard et Associés and Steve Foster Expertises Inc.

Mar 12, 2018

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ClaimsPro Appoints Hussein Visram to Director, Business Development for National Corporate and Broker Accounts

Mar 2, 2018

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ClaimsPro Appoints Kumar Sivakumaran to Vice President, National Operations

Feb 21, 2018

ClaimsPro, Canada’s leading provider of independent claims adjusting services, today announced the

ClaimsPro/IndemniPro’s Specialty Risk Division’s Complex Commercial Industrial (CCI) Unit Enhances Quebec Leadership Team

Jan 3, 2018

ClaimsPro/IndemniPro, Canada’s largest independent adjusting company is pleased to announce its enh

IndemniPro Announces Quebec Leadership Changes

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IndemniPro, Canada’s leading provider of independent claims adjusting services, today announced org

ClaimsPro/IndemniPro Announces Retirement of Malcolm C. Ross

Sep 21, 2017

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SCM Insurance Services Announces Strategic Investment from Warburg Pincus

Aug 31, 2017

SCM Insurance Services (“SCM” or the “Company”), Canada’s largest independent, privately owned insu

ClaimsPro Deploys CAT Team in Response to British Columbia Wildfires

Jul 12, 2017

ClaimsPro has mobilized resources across British Columbia to support its clients affected by the on

SCM Expands into the United States with the Acquisition of Nixon & Company, Inc.

May 3, 2017

SCM Insurance Services, Canada’s largest independent, privately-owned insurance services provider,

ClaimsPro’s Appoints Drew Knox to Lead Transportation, Equipment & Cargo Division

Apr 27, 2017

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ClaimsPro / IndemniPro Appoints Suzie Godmer to Lead Atlantic Region

Apr 26, 2017

ClaimsPro/IndemniPro, Canada’s leading provider of independent claims adjusting services, announced

ClaimsPro’s Appoints Paul Féron to Senior Vice President, Manitoba & Ontario

Apr 25, 2017

ClaimsPro, Canada’s leading provider of independent claims adjusting services, announced today that

Cira Health Solutions Welcomes Francois Provost

Apr 4, 2017

Cira Health Solutions is pleased to announce the appointment of Francois Provost as Account Executi

Blue Schindler Named Senior Vice President of IPG

Mar 15, 2017

SCM International Programs Group LP (IPG), an SCM Insurance Services company and Canada’s leading p

Len Copp Appointed President of Xpera Risk Mitigation & Investigation

Jan 11, 2017

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ClaimsPro/IndemniPro Strengthens its Quebec Coverage with the Acquisition of Les Réclamations du Nord-Ouest

Dec 22, 2016

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SCM Wins Best Industry Service Provider at 2016 Insurance Business Canada Awards

Dec 5, 2016

SCM Insurance Services was pleased to attend the first annual Insurance Business Awards, and honour

SCM Appoints Scott Goodreau as U.S. COO to Drive Market Expansion

Sep 7, 2016

SCM Insurance Services, Canada’s largest independent, privately-owned insurance services provider,

SCM Insurance Services Reopens Fort McMurray and Raises Over $32,000 For Red Cross

Jul 18, 2016

SCM Insurance Services, the parent company of ClaimsPro, is pleased to announce that it has reopene

SCM Insurance Services appoints Lorri Frederick as new President of ClaimsPro

Jul 7, 2016

ClaimsPro, an SCM company and Canada’s leading provider of independent adjusting services, today an

SCM Insurance Services announces Ross Betteridge as new Chief Operating Officer

Jul 7, 2016

SCM Insurance Services is proud to announce that Ross Betteridge has been promoted to the newly cre

New State-Of-The-Art Medical Assessment Location in Markham Gives Clients More Options

Jun 8, 2016

SCM Health Solutions is pleased to announce that it has opened a new assessment location in Markham

SCM Health Solutions’ Medical Director Dr. Avi Orner Appointed President of Canadian Society of Medical Evaluators

Jun 2, 2016

SCM Health Solutions, a market leader in Independent Medical Examinations and Occupational Health S

ClaimsPro Delivers CAT Services Powered by Opta Analytics in Support of Fort McMurray Wildfires

May 10, 2016

ClaimsPro, Canada’s largest adjusting and claims management company, has teamed up with Opta, SCM I

SCM’s Companies Deploy Significant Resources for Services to Fort McMurray

May 5, 2016

SCM Insurance Services has mobilized resources across all of its seven companies to support our cli

ClaimsPro Temporarily Relocates its Fort McMurray Branch Office

May 4, 2016

ClaimsPro remains very concerned as we continue to learn about the ongoing crisis in Fort McMurray

Opta expands their innovations with the launch of Inspection Score

Mar 31, 2016

Opta Information Intelligence expands their innovations with the launch of Inspection Score to the

ClaimsPro Announces London Market Service, Organizational Realignment in Atlantic Region

Mar 31, 2016

ClaimsPro, Canada’s leading provider of independent claims adjusting services, announced today that

Fred Plant, ClaimsPro’s Senior Vice President, Atlantic Region, named new President of CIAA

Aug 25, 2015

ClaimsPro, Canada’s largest independent claims adjuster, announced today that Fred Plant, ClaimsPro

ClaimsPro joins the Canadian Independent Adjusters’ Association

Jul 22, 2015

ClaimsPro, Canada’s largest independent adjusting and claims management company, announced today th

ClaimsPro Strengthens its Atlantic Canada Coverage with the Acquisition of Plant Hope Adjusters

May 27, 2015

ClaimsPro today announced that it has acquired the leading Atlantic Canada adjusting service, Plant

SCM appoints Ross Betteridge as new President to lead ClaimsPro

Apr 29, 2015

ClaimsPro, an SCM company and Canada’s leading provider of independent adjusting services, today an

Opta: Data is King-Predictive Analytics in today’s P&C industry

Mar 23, 2015

Opta’s Peril Score™ has allowed market leaders to successfully employ predictive analytics to bette

SCM Insurance Services Appoints New CEO to Drive Further Innovation and Growth

Jan 20, 2015

SCM Insurance Services, Canada’s largest independent, privately owned insurance services provider,

SCM Insurance Services Acquires Granite Divisions to Become a Leading Force in the Canadian Insurance Services Industry

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SCM Insurance Services (“SCM”) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the propert