Alister Campbell

Senior Fellow

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Education

MA, London School of Economics

BA, University of Toronto

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Summary

Alister Campbell was named as CEO of the Property and Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation (PACICC) in February of 2019.  He is a 40-year insurance industry veteran and has previously served as CEO of two leading Canadian insurers.  Over the course of his career, he has held senior executive positions in a range of capacities within the property-casualty, life and travel insurance industries including general management, marketing, brokerage distribution strategy, investor relations and digital commerce. 

Alister has previously served the Canadian P&C industry as Chair of the Board of Directors of PACICC and as Deputy Chair of the Board of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC). He is former Chair of the International Forum of Insurance Guarantee Schemes and continues to serve on its Management Committee.  He was a founding Board Member of the Global Institute in Financial Services and served on that Board for 9 years.  Alister also serves on several Boards – he is Chair of Sagicor Bermuda Re Limited and a Board Member of Bahamas-based Family Guardian Insurance Company and CRU USA. 

Alister holds a BA (Hons.) from the University of Toronto, a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and an MBA (Finance) from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.   He lives in Calgary.

Latest Publications by Author

The High Price of Prudence – Benchmarking Canada’s Property and Casualty Industry (Second Edition)

Alister Campbell

The Price of Protection: Benchmarking Canada’s Property & Casualty Industry Against its Global Peers

Alister Campbell, Farah Omran

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