CEO Panel

Excitement overload!!

We have been working diligently in the background and wish to share with you our CEO forum details for our Atlantic Brokers Convention this fall, in Saint John, NB.  Moderating the AIBC CEO Panel this year on October 10, is Keynote speaker Justin Kingsley.  Justin will leverage current data on next-gen brokers, insurers, and customers to ask CEOs about the future of their businesses and facilitate a debate-style Q&A.  Insurers will be asked questions specific to their market on the topics of:

  • Business changes
  • Strategic objectives for the future
  • Market Challenges
  • Market trends
  • Broker Distribution Networks
  • Regulations
  • Consolidations
  • Resourcing

Recommended for: All insurance brokers.

Panelists > Economical Insurance; Tom Reikman, Senior Vice-President, and Chief Distribution Officer

Economical Insurance; Tom Reikman, Senior Vice-President, and Chief Distribution Officer

posted on Jul 24

Tom Reikman

As Senior Vice-President and Chief Distribution Officer for Economical Insurance, Tom oversees national broker distribution and marketing for the group of companies servicing the broker channel under the Definity banner, including retail, group, special risk, farm and pet insurance business under the Economical, Family and Petline brands.

Tom has more than 30 years of senior leadership experience in the property and casualty industry — including commercial underwriting, personal and group underwriting, marketing, and broker management with companies such as Aviva, Pilot, Axa, and Wellington. Tom worked previously for Economical in senior roles between 1995 and 2006.

Tom has an MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University, as well as an Honours Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Western Ontario. Tom also holds his Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation. Tom is a former member and President of the Executive Council at the Insurance Institute of Ontario and is also the former Chair of the Board for Family Insurance Solutions in British Columbia.

Tom is very focused on his family. He and his wife have been married 34 years and he has two amazing children (and an amazing daughter-in-law) and just recently was blessed with his second grandchild. Tom loves completing home renovations and has done over 75% of the work in his home. He says nothing feels better than swinging a hammer after a long day of meetings!