Headquarters:
Kincardine, ON, Canada
Year founded:
2018
Number of employees:
115
Phone:
1 877 679 4332
Email:
info@npxinnovation.ca
Website:
npxinnovation.ca
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/npxinnovation
“PFR at Markel is making important structural changes to support more defined product differentiation between professional liability and management liability”
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Bharath Nangia
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Margaret McBeath
Director, People and Culture/
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Gregg Stewart
Chief Financial Officer/Director of Engineering
Leadership
Bharath Nangia is the president and chief innovation catalyst of NPX, a nuclear innovation start-up company that is working to make nuclear energy even more sustainable, safer, affordable, and faster. Bharath has a master’s degree in nuclear engineering and over 10 years of experience in the nuclear power generation industry, with focused leadership experience at Bruce Power and OPG sites in the areas of nuclear refurbishment; environmental qualification; engineering change control; execution of engineering, procurement and construction projects; outages; and project management. He has worked in many roles within the industry, from engineering for Bruce 1 & 2 Restart and vice president of nuclear projects, to founder of NPX. He is a passionate advocate for nuclear power and other forms of renewable energy.
Chief Innovation Catalyst
Bharath Nangia
Margaret McBeath is a co-founder and director, company strategy/people and culture, at NPX. She started her career in human resources and in the nuclear industry in 2009 and has progressed as an entrepreneur, industry leader, and HR executive. Margaret has worked in all areas of HR and has led innovative HR programs and initiatives focused on talent development, training, DE&I, organizational development, and employee health and well-being.
In 2015, her work on new graduate training and development programs was recognized by the Canadian HR Awards. Her company at the time, Amec Foster Wheeler, won the The University of Waterloo Award for Next Generation Employment Innovation. She was selected as HR Leader of the Year in 2021.
Director, People and Culture/Company Strategy
Margaret McBeath
Gregg Stewart has 20 years of experience in research, engineering and project delivery, including 15 years in the nuclear industry. Key projects in the nuclear industry include management and execution of design engineering, large-scale EPC and EPCM projects, execution of integrity and fitness-for-service analysis and assessments in support of safe operation of CANDU power plants, and project management of multi-disciplinary analysis and engineering projects.
A licensed professional engineer in Ontario, he led the on-site operations for a major engineering vendor at Bruce Power’s facility, and was responsible for executing design engineering, field engineering, safety, operations and refurbishment initiatives. Previous roles included a secondment to Bruce Power as project manager for large (>$100 million) EPC/EPCM projects for Bruce A Restart.
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Gregg Stewart
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Steve Fernandes
Director of Projects
Margaret McBeath
Director, People and Culture/Company Strategy
Bharath Nangia
Chief Innovation Catalyst
Leadership
Headquarters:
Kincardine, ON, Canada
Year founded:
2018
Number of employees:
115
Phone:
1 877 679 4332
Email:
info@npxinnovation.ca
Website:
npxinnovation.ca
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/npxinnovation
Bharath Nangia is the president and chief innovation catalyst of NPX, a nuclear innovation start-up company that is working to make nuclear energy even more sustainable, safer, affordable, and faster. Bharath has a master’s degree in nuclear engineering and over 10 years of experience in the nuclear power generation industry, with focused leadership experience at Bruce Power and OPG sites in the areas of nuclear refurbishment; environmental qualification; engineering change control; execution of engineering, procurement and construction projects; outages; and project management. He has worked in many roles within the industry, from engineering for Bruce 1 & 2 Restart and vice president of nuclear projects, to founder of NPX. He is a passionate advocate for nuclear power and other forms of renewable energy.
Chief Innovation Catalyst
Bharath Nangia
Margaret McBeath is a co-founder and director, company strategy/people and culture, at NPX. She started her career in human resources and in the nuclear industry in 2009 and has progressed as an entrepreneur, industry leader, and HR executive. Margaret has worked in all areas of HR and has led innovative HR programs and initiatives focused on talent development, training, DE&I, organizational development, and employee health and well-being.
In 2015, her work on new graduate training and development programs was recognized by the Canadian HR Awards. Her company at the time, Amec Foster Wheeler, won the The University of Waterloo Award for Next Generation Employment Innovation. She was selected as HR Leader of the Year in 2021.
Director, People and Culture/Company Strategy
Margaret McBeath
Over the past 11 years, Steve has led and supported engineering, construction, and commissioning projects on major refurbishment campaigns, including the Bruce MCR, Bruce A U1 & 2 Restart, and Darlington refurbishment projects. Steve has managed projects integral to the Darlington Retube and Feeder Replacement (RFR) program, including critical path projects as part of the Darlington U2 RFR execution team. He currently manages the Bruce MCR U3 Innovation Program and has led the development of opportunities that save Bruce MCR U3 approximately $120 million over the execution phase. Steve holds a Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute and has education in lean process improvement.
Director of Projects
Steve Fernandes
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For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
“PFR at Markel is making important structural changes to support more defined product differentiation between professional liability and management liability”
Christopher Kelen,
Markel Canada
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Guy Bisaillon
Lawyer and Mediator
Margaret McBeath
Director, People and Culture/Company Strategy
Bharath Nangia
Chief Innovation Catalyst
Leadership
Headquarters:
Kincardine, ON, Canada
Year founded:
2018
Number of employees:
115
Phone:
1 877 679 4332
Email:
info@npxinnovation.ca
Website:
npxinnovation.ca
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/company/
npxinnovation
SPECIAL REPORT
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Bio
Bharath Nangia is the president and chief innovation catalyst of NPX, a nuclear innovation start-up company that is working to make nuclear energy even more sustainable, safer, affordable, and faster. Bharath has a master’s degree in nuclear engineering and over 10 years of experience in the nuclear power generation industry, with focused leadership experience at Bruce Power and OPG sites in the areas of nuclear refurbishment; environmental qualification; engineering change control; execution of engineering, procurement and construction projects; outages; and project management. He has worked in many roles within the industry, from engineering for Bruce 1 & 2 Restart and vice president of nuclear projects, to founder of NPX. He is a passionate advocate for nuclear power and other forms of renewable energy.
Chief Innovation Catalyst
Bharath Nangia
Margaret McBeath is a co-founder and director, company strategy/people and culture, at NPX. She started her career in human resources and in the nuclear industry in 2009 and has progressed as an entrepreneur, industry leader, and HR executive. Margaret has worked in all areas of HR and has led innovative HR programs and initiatives focused on talent development, training, DE&I, organizational development, and employee health
and well-being.
In 2015, her work on new graduate training and development programs was recognized by the Canadian HR Awards. Her company at the time, Amec Foster Wheeler, won the The University of Waterloo Award for Next Generation Employment Innovation. She was selected as HR Leader of the Year in 2021.
Director, People and Culture/Company Strategy
Margaret McBeath
Over the past 11 years, Steve has led and supported engineering, construction, and commissioning projects on major refurbishment campaigns, including the Bruce MCR, Bruce A U1 & 2 Restart, and Darlington refurbishment projects. Steve has managed projects integral to the Darlington Retube and Feeder Replacement (RFR) program, including critical path projects as part of the Darlington U2 RFR execution team. He currently manages the Bruce MCR U3 Innovation Program and has led the development of opportunities that save Bruce MCR U3 approximately $120 million over the execution phase. Steve holds a Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute and has education in lean process improvement.
Director of Projects
Steve Fernandes
For the second year running, Shielded Insurance Brokers has claimed the number-one spot among IB’s Top Brokerages. In 2020, it was record-setting growth that drove the company’s impressive success. This year, says managing director Stuart Brady, the key ingredient behind the win is the Shielded culture. Brady is proud of the shared vision for constant improvement across all aspects of the business. “We are thrilled to take out the win again, and it’s hats off to the team for their hard work over the past year,” he says.
Steve Fernandes
Director of Projects
Over the past 11 years, Steve has led and supported engineering, construction, and commissioning projects on major refurbishment campaigns, including the Bruce MCR, Bruce A U1 & 2 Restart, and Darlington refurbishment projects. Steve has managed projects integral to the Darlington Retube and Feeder Replacement (RFR) program, including critical path projects as part of the Darlington U2 RFR execution team. He currently manages the Bruce MCR U3 Innovation Program and has led the development of opportunities that save Bruce MCR U3 approximately $120 million over the execution phase. Steve holds a Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute and has education in lean process improvement.
Director of Projects
Steve Fernandes
Gregg Stewart
Chief Financial Officer/
Director of Engineering
Gregg Stewart has 20 years of experience in research, engineering and project delivery, including 15 years in the nuclear industry. Key projects in the nuclear industry include management and execution of design engineering, large-scale EPC and EPCM projects, execution of integrity and fitness-for-service analysis and assessments in support of safe operation of CANDU power plants, and project management of multi-disciplinary analysis and engineering projects.
A licensed professional engineer in Ontario, he led the on-site operations for a major engineering vendor at Bruce Power’s facility, and was responsible for executing design engineering, field engineering, safety, operations and refurbishment initiatives. Previous roles included a secondment to Bruce Power as project manager for large (>$100 million) EPC/EPCM projects for Bruce A Restart.
Chief Financial Officer/Director of Engineering
Gregg Stewart
Gregg Stewart
Chief Financial Officer/
Director of Engineering
Gregg Stewart has 20 years of experience in research, engineering and project delivery, including 15 years in the nuclear industry. Key projects in the nuclear industry include management and execution of design engineering, large-scale EPC and EPCM projects, execution of integrity and fitness-for-service analysis and assessments in support of safe operation of CANDU power plants, and project management of multi-disciplinary analysis and engineering projects.
A licensed professional engineer in Ontario, he led the on-site operations for a major engineering vendor at Bruce Power’s facility, and was responsible for executing design engineering, field engineering, safety, operations and refurbishment initiatives. Previous roles included a secondment to Bruce Power as project manager for large (>$100 million) EPC/EPCM projects for Bruce A Restart.
Chief Financial Officer/Director of Engineering
Gregg Stewart
Guy Bisaillon
Lawyer and Mediator
Guy Bisaillon, a partner at Dunton Rainville, practices primarily real estate law, banking law, insolvency law and construction law, serving a clientele composed of financial institutions and small to medium-sized businesses. He is also an accredited mediator working in alternative conflict resolution.
Lawyer and Mediator
Guy Bisaillon
Guy Bisaillon
Lawyer and Mediator
Guy Bisaillon, a partner at Dunton Rainville, practices primarily real estate law, banking law, insolvency law and construction law, serving a clientele composed of financial institutions and small to medium-sized businesses. He is also an accredited mediator working in alternative conflict resolution.
Lawyer and Mediator
Guy Bisaillon
Steve Fernandes
Director of Projects
Guy Bisaillon, a partner at Dunton Rainville, practices primarily real estate law, banking law, insolvency law and construction law, serving a clientele composed of financial institutions and small to medium-sized businesses. He is also an accredited mediator working in alternative
conflict resolution.
Lawyer and Mediator
Guy Bisaillon
Nuclear Promise X (NPX) is on a mission to combat the climate crisis through clean energy innovation. The company strives to make clean forms of energy more cost effective, accelerating innovation in the nuclear industry, and to create a diverse and highly creative team that can solve big challenges in the energy industry.
The foundation of NPX culture is its core values of making innovation happen, being customer obsessed, caring for each other, and giving back to its community. The team consists of innovation catalysts who are socially conscious, focused on innovation, and wholeheartedly committed to supporting their community in meaningful ways.
NPX is strongly committed to diversity, inclusion, and equity. The company takes an actively antiracist stance and creates a strong sense of belonging
for people from all backgrounds and perspectives.
Chris McDonald
AVP,
Professional Liability
Paul Mayer
Executive Vice President,
Investment Sales
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Chris McDonald joined Markel Canada in October 2018 as a senior underwriter, bringing over 15 years of underwriting experience to his role. Since then, he has progressed to his current role of AVP, professional liability, managing a national team and providing council and mentorship to the entire PFR team. Chris has a deep and technical understanding of professional and management liability and has both underwritten and helped develop products in emerging industries, including cyber and fintech.
Prior to his role at Markel, Chris had a lengthy career with Encon (now Victor) where his roles progressed from underwriting to managing various divisions within their professional and management risks department. He brings an incredible skillset to his role and is well-versed in underwriting complex risks. A team player, Chris is generous with helping develop his team and brings positivity to all of his endeavors both internally and with Markel’s national broker networks. His certifications include RIBO, CRM and RPLU.
AVP, Professional Liability
Chris McDonald
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President, Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Chris McDonald
AVP,
Professional Liability
Sarah M Stewart
Associate Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Paul Mayer
Executive
Vice President, Investment Sales
Chris McDonald joined Markel Canada in October 2018 as a senior underwriter, bringing over 15 years of underwriting experience to his role. Since then, he has progressed to his current role of AVP, professional liability, managing a national team and providing council and mentorship to the entire PFR team. Chris has a deep and technical understanding of professional and management liability and has both underwritten and helped develop products in emerging industries, including cyber and fintech.
Prior to his role at Markel, Chris had a lengthy career with Encon (now Victor) where his roles progressed from underwriting to managing various divisions within their professional and management risks department. He brings an incredible skillset to his role and is well-versed in underwriting complex risks. A team player, Chris is generous with helping develop his team and brings positivity to all of his endeavors both internally and with Markel’s national broker networks. His certifications include RIBO, CRM and RPLU.
AVP, Professional Liability
Chris McDonald
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French, and German, and has an understanding of Spanish.
Executive Vice President, Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at
The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation of the company’s internal customer service department.
Associate Vice President, Leasing and
Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
Chris McDonald
AVP,
Professional Liability
Karen Bannister, CM
Vice President, Marketing
Paul Mayer
Executive
Vice President, Investment Sales
Sarah M Stewart
Associate
Vice President, Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Chris McDonald joined Markel Canada in October 2018 as a senior underwriter, bringing over 15 years of underwriting experience to his role. Since then, he has progressed to his current role of AVP, professional liability, managing a national team and providing council and mentorship to the entire PFR team. Chris has a deep and technical understanding of professional and management liability and has both underwritten and helped develop products in emerging industries, including cyber and fintech.
Prior to his role at Markel, Chris had a lengthy career with Encon (now Victor) where his roles progressed from underwriting to managing various divisions within their professional and management risks department. He brings an incredible skillset to his role and is well-versed in underwriting complex risks. A team player, Chris is generous with helping develop his team and brings positivity to all of his endeavors both internally and with Markel’s national broker networks. His certifications include RIBO, CRM and RPLU.
AVP, Professional Liability
Chris McDonald
Paul Mayer has over 20 years of sales and marketing experience at the vice president level. He is a graduate of Queen’s University and has an MBA from IESE Business School in Spain. He speaks English, French,
and German, and has an understanding
of Spanish.
Executive Vice President,
Investment Sales
Paul Mayer
Karen Bannister has over 20 years of marketing expertise and has a Chartered Marketer designation from the Canadian Marketing Association. She is a strategic marketing leader with a career record of success in developing and executing effective marketing strategies, growing revenue, and overseeing multi-talented teams. She also holds five certifications for marketing and brand management.
Karen has successfully completed the
Mini-MBA, Essentials of Management program at Schulich School of Business, and most recently completed the Communications and Leadership Program at The Ivey Academy.
Vice President, Marketing
Karen Bannister, CM
Sarah M Stewart has more than 15 years
of strategic leasing and customer care experience in residential property management. She is responsible for overseeing all aspects of Centurion’s national leasing platforms, residential
lead generation, and overall customer experience excellence through operation
of the company’s internal customer
service department.
Associate Vice President,
Leasing and Call Centre Operations
Sarah M Stewart
“By remaining agile and on top of the market, we are building trusting and benevolent relationships with our amazing broker force”
Christopher Kelen,
Markel Canada
“By remaining agile and on
top of the market, we are building trusting and benevolent relationships with our amazing broker force”
Christopher Kelen,
Markel Canada
Markel Canada is a leading P&C insurer that operates as a syndicate of Lloyd’s. The company is a leader in liability, with developing specialty sectors and user-friendly online business solutions. Markel’s three Canadian offices house market-leading underwriters who work with clients to offer optimal risk management solutions, while their dedicated claims team ensures each claim is handled promptly, professionally and fairly. Their parent company, Markel International, is a subsidiary of Markel Corporation, a US-based holding company for insurance and investment operations around the world.
Professional and financial risks (PFR) is a significant business area for Markel both in Canada and across their global operations. PFR in Canada covers their extensive professional liability and management liability appetite, and also includes their Cyber 360, fintech and financial institutions products.
What distinguishes the PFR team from the competition? “At Markel Canada, we have seen a surplus of sustainable growth in our PFR department, and it’s due to a few different factors,” says Christopher Kelen, vice president of PFR. “Firstly, our product suite; historically, Markel’s MGA-based roots placed us as a specialty market with the ability to write a lot of very niche risks. Although this is still true, our team has done a lot of work to help redefine our appetite and rolled out clearer products and underwriting practices to help establish who we are in the PFR landscape.”
An example of this is their fintech product. As one of the only providers, Markel was able to position itself as a leader in the field. Other offerings and examples include providing an internal Canadian claims team, offering the Markel Connect product that delivers online solutions for small business E&O and D&O, as well as the ability to deploy excess limit capacity on the D&O
and E&O towers of some of Canada’s
larger companies.
“By remaining agile and
on top of the market, we are building trusting and benevolent relationships with our amazing
broker force”
Christopher Kelen,
Markel Canada
Furthermore, growth has empowered the PFR team to acquire some of the best and brightest underwriting talent in Canada.
Kelen heads the PFR team and has underwriting representation and authority across all provinces and territories. With domestic capacity and claims handling being one of the strongest benefits of choosing to bind business with Markel Canada, they’re equally backed and supported by Markel International, their professional indemnity team, and have access to knowledge and resources from experts in the PFR landscape. This allows Markel Canada to seamlessly integrate and enhance new products, policyholder services and underwriting practices into their offering with confidence. This enables Markel Canada’s brokers and clients to feel informed, protected and supported from the moment they approach them for a quote.
What’s in the near future for the Markel
PFR team? “PFR at Markel is making important structural changes to support more defined product differentiation between professional liability and management liability,” Kelen says.
“Part of this change includes underwriters and leadership dedicated to professional liability, which includes fintech, tech E&O and cyber, as well as a similar structure dedicated to management liability and financial institutions.”