Since 2013, Andrew has led a Team at Berkley that is dedicated to building the best Specialty Insurer in the country. In the past five years the Team has grown the business by two and half times its size and improved the company combined ratio by forty points. Berkley empowers deep industry experts with full authority and autonomy to create better outcomes for customers.
Prior to joining Berkley Andrew spent nearly fifteen years at Chubb Insurance. His last role there was SVP of Commercial and Specialty Insurance. He was also a member of the Canadian Board of Directors.
Andrew started his insurance career in Vancouver as part of the management training program for Guardian Insurance. He had the opportunity, while at Guardian, to work in four branches across the country.
In 2016 with the support of ten other industry leaders, Andrew founded the Leadership Learning Circle which is a leadership development accelerator program for high potential leaders from across the Specialty Insurance industry.
Andrew is an avid sports enthusiast and coach. He has had the privilege of representing Canada at the World Championships in two sports.
Andrew lives in Toronto with his wife and two children.