The Lawrie Insurance Group, a privately-owned, multi-disciplined insurance brokerage, specializing in commercial and personal insurance, employee benefits and group retirement solutions, has today announced its next generation of leadership.
As of January 01, 2020, Bob Lawrie (pictured) will take on the role of CEO and David Leadbetter will become president. Current CEO and founder, Dan Lawrie, will serve as chair over the next couple of years while company leadership transitions to the next generation.
“Dan has been an incredible mentor both in the leadership of the company and within our community. As his business partner it has been an honour to work with him over the past 30 years as we have grown the company into one of the largest and most trusted insurance brokers in Canada,” said Bob Lawrie, incoming CEO.
“With the talent of our team of over 100 dedicated professionals and through fierce broker independence, we’re strategically focused and well-positioned to achieve long-term exponential growth domestically and internationally through our multi-disciplined, holistic approach in working with clients.”
Leadbetter (pictured below), who joined the brokerage in 2017, also expressed excitement about his new role. He said: “Our combination of caring for employees, clients and insurers makes for a complete circle of security. I pledge to maintain the company’s high level of stewardship and to expand it as we go forward, ensuring the high standards established by Dan Lawrie since 1982 and build upon them in a way that will ensure the strength of the brokerage in the years ahead.”
The Lawrie Insurance Group has a long history of community involvement. In 2007 the firm donated $125,000 toward Mohawk College’s new Centre of Excellence in Insurance and Financial Services. As a supporter of the arts, Dan Lawrie also established the Dan Lawrie Family Foundation in 2013, with the aim of increasing public accessibility to visual arts. As chair of the brokerage, Dan Lawrie will continue to support several ongoing, company and community projects.
He said: “As chair, I look forward to working closely with Bob Lawrie, CEO and David Leadbetter, president over the next couple of years to ensure the continuance of the vision of the Lawrie Insurance Group to remain in the top 5% of independent brokers in Canada and to be the most trusted multi-disciplined insurance and risk management firm in the region.”
