Lisa Arseneau – Vice President - Lisa began her career in the transportation industry in 1986, joining Central Ontario Appraisers Inc. Her responsibilities included the day to day operation from scheduling appraisals to handling total loss negotiations. She was involved with many industry professionals including adjusters, claims examiners, insurers and insureds. Lisa had 5 years behind her when she made the transition to the Insurance Company side of the industry. Markel Insurance Company of Canada (Northbridge Insurance) is one of Canada’s largest transportation insurers. While there, Lisa developed an extensive network of industry related contacts that are still a very important part of her business life today. Her duties included underwriting, claims and information technology which allowed her to obtain knowledge of just about every aspect of the transportation industry. In 1997 Lisa decided it was time to attack the industry from yet another angle and became an insurance broker. Lisa was hired by a large Ontario brokerage and was put in charge of creating a new Transportation Department. During the next two years, she was able to connect more directly with the transportation companies and continued to develop and maintain her industry contacts. Since then she has worked as an insurance broker solely in the trucking and transportation segment. Currently in her nineteenth year as a Broker, with H L Staebler Insurance Brokers, she is as passionate today as she was the first day she started. Lisa belongs to several trucking industry associations and is active in all of them, staying current on industry trends, etc. She specializes in safety & compliance areas such as mock audits, company structuring and analysis and is very instrumental in bringing the industry to her clients.

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October 26, 2017

It’s almost the end of October, another month gone and another month closer to the end of the year.  I enjoy this time of the year for many reasons.   Fall is my favorite season with all the leaves changing colors and big, warm sweaters to be worn!  It’s also a great time to reflect and plan, both at the same time.  It is especially my favorite time of year, this year, as I was able to take my Father to Ireland this past week.  My brother and I got together to celebrate our Dad’s 80th birthday and take him to his matriarchal homeland.

If you ever want to experience centuries of history, Ireland is the place to go.  It really has a way of setting one’s perspective regarding one’s place in the world.  Apart from the history, the people are truly amazing and fiercely proud of their country and heritage.  We met so many that were willing to share so many stories of how their country was formed and how they live in it today.

I also got to experience driving on the other side of the road, their roadways and not the least terrifying, their roundabouts!  We travelled 1,625 kilometers while circling the country.   As a transportation person, I was thoroughly enthralled with their well maintained highways and their absolute bravery in negotiating their small and winding rural roads.  We followed a tractor trailer on a 13 kilometer Regional Road that had me white knuckling it at times.  He maneuvered his rig with skill and precision that was not only amazing but inspiring.  I was grateful to be behind him many times.  Especially the times when on coming vehicles were not always trusted to be as good at driving as he was.  We were very disappointed when he turned off and went the other way and left us to negotiate the rest of the roads without his guidance.  Cabovers have always been my favorite type of tractor (visually), ever since I entered the transportation industry over thirty years ago.  Seeing bright shiny new ones was a real kick for me.

Now that we are home, it’s time to focus on tidying up the year and finishing off the things I set out to do last year at around this time.  Thankfully, there are only a few stragglers on my list and a bunch of new things that I want to accomplish this coming year.  Onward and upwards, as they say!

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Lisa Arseneau – Vice President - Lisa began her career in the transportation industry in 1986, joining Central Ontario Appraisers Inc. Her responsibilities included the day to day operation from scheduling appraisals to handling total loss negotiations. She was involved with many industry professionals including adjusters, claims examiners, insurers and insureds. Lisa had 5 years behind her when she made the transition to the Insurance Company side of the industry. Markel Insurance Company of Canada (Northbridge Insurance) is one of Canada’s largest transportation insurers. While there, Lisa developed an extensive network of industry related contacts that are still a very important part of her business life today. Her duties included underwriting, claims and information technology which allowed her to obtain knowledge of just about every aspect of the transportation industry. In 1997 Lisa decided it was time to attack the industry from yet another angle and became an insurance broker. Lisa was hired by a large Ontario brokerage and was put in charge of creating a new Transportation Department. During the next two years, she was able to connect more directly with the transportation companies and continued to develop and maintain her industry contacts. Since then she has worked as an insurance broker solely in the trucking and transportation segment. Currently in her nineteenth year as a Broker, with H L Staebler Insurance Brokers, she is as passionate today as she was the first day she started. Lisa belongs to several trucking industry associations and is active in all of them, staying current on industry trends, etc. She specializes in safety & compliance areas such as mock audits, company structuring and analysis and is very instrumental in bringing the industry to her clients.