O2 Insurance receives Lloyd’s Broker status

We are pleased to announce that O2 Insurance Services Inc. has been granted “Lloyd’s Broker” status in Canada.  O2’s head office will be located in Vancouver, British Columbia with operations and services extending across the country.  Our goal is to provide Canadian retail brokers with cost effective access to the Lloyd’s market, provide tailored solutions to complex risks and outside the box underwriting solutions.

Lloyds Canada’s President Sean Murphy states:  We are pleased to grant O2 Lloyd’s broker status and look forward to the opportunities to partner in developing specialist risk management solutions for the Canadian market in the future.  We wish O2 all the best in building their business with the Lloyd’s market.”

O2 is honoured to receive this appointment and we are equally excited to announce the appointment of Karen McGee as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer.  Karen comes to us with over twenty years of experience from both the broker and MGA side of the business.  With her vast experience and relationships in the industry Karen looks forward to building a team of diverse underwriters, employing technologies to better serve our retail broker needs as well as partnering with them to provide alternative solutions to their risk placement and program needs.