Robert Harder Profile

Robert Harder ARM

PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS

• ARM – Associate in Risk Management, Insurance Institute of America, Canisius College, Buffalo
• CRIS – Construction Risk & Insurance Specialist conferred by International Risk Management Institute

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

• Director, Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario
• Member, Board of Governors, Insurance Institute of Ontario
• Education Chairman, Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario
• Author and Technical Editor, Canadian Accredited Insurance Broker Program – CAIB
• Community College Insurance Instructor
• Instructor, School of Insurance, Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario
• Author and publisher of insurance newsletters
• Insurance Brokers Association of Canada – Authored advanced insurance broker examinations.
• Co-author and contributor to the Broker Skills Report, commissioned by the RIBO – Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario
• RIBO – Broker examination resource
• Exam author and marker for various insurance broker programs and licensing examinations.
• Licensed previously as an insurance agent, and then broker, for over 25 years.
• Owned and managed an insurance brokerage for over 20 years.
• Previously licensed as a Life Insurance Agent in Ontario
• Professor, Niagara College, Bachelor of Applied Business Program – Risk Management
• President – Risk Management Consultants of Ontario.
• President-Elect, Society of Risk Management Consultant, U.S.
• Canadian Federation of Independent Business – Mr. Harder is the insurance “Ask a Resource”, member service at CFIB, the largest lobby group for independently owned businesses in Canada

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS        

• Risk Management Consultants of Ontario (self-regulatory body)
• Society of Risk Management Consultants, U. S.
• ORIMS – Ontario Risk and Insurance Management Society

COMPETENCIES

• Risk manager and insurance consultant with extensive experience in a variety of industries including manufacturing, transportation, hospitality, mining, and real estate.
• Management of the placement of insurance programs, setting specifications and coverage terms and conditions.
• RFP Management
• Extensive knowledge of insurance marketplace.
• Out-sourced risk manager, focusing on global companies.
• Insurance Audits
• Litigation support as expert witness with respect to coverage disputes and broker conduct.
• Insurance consultant to lending institutions with respect to borrower insurance requirements.

PUBLICATIONS

• Personal Protection”; newsletter
• “Insurance & Risk Management”; newsletter
• St. Catharines Standard; newspaper
• Canadian Underwriter; magazine
• Business Niagara; magazine

OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Speaker at the (HFTP) Hospitality and Finance Technology Professionals Conference.
• Speaker at the (AMICCUS-C) Association of Managers in Canadian Colleges and University Student Centres Conference.
• Speaker at (SMRC) Society of Risk Management Consultants Conference.
• Seminar Presenter, Insurance Institute of Ontario (IIO).