Risk & Business Magazine Cooke Insurance Group Fall 2015 | Page 4

Meet Your Nova Scotia Commercial Brokers Georges Samara, CAIB [email protected] Georges moved to Canada from his native country Lebanon with his family to give his children the opportunities of this great country.  Georges is a genuine and friendly man and has been an integral part in the opening of our Halifax office.   Georges has over 25 years of technical and sales experience along with management skills, customer relations and business analysis. In addition to his expertise, Georges has completed the very prestigious CAIB course (Canadian Assoc. Insurance Broker) designation within one year.  Georges is currently working towards his CRM (Canadian Risk Management) designation and within the years to come is going to continue his studies towards the highly touted CPIB (Canadian Professional Insurance Broker).    RISK& BUSINESS MAGAZINE PUBLISHER EDITOR-IN-CHIEF GRAPHIC DESIGN CONTENT COORDINATOR Carle Publishing Inc. Andy Buyting John Christenson Stacey Cowperthwaite CONTRIBUTORS Andy Buyting Greg Crabtree John DiJulius III Danny Corriveau Eric Fry Verne Harnish Dave Kerpen Dr Brad Smart Neil Wadhwa ADVERTISING (National) ADVERTISING (Local) Keith Keane Jeff Cooke PHOTOGRAPHY All images sourced from Carle Publishing Inc. or Thinkstockphotos.ca unless otherwise identified. Georges’ passion is to spend quality time with his family, enjoys swimming and tennis. Georges is also fluent in two languages – English and Arabic.  Keith MacDonald, LLQP [email protected] A native of Cape Breton, Keith has developed strong client service skills in his background of working in the IT field. This previous experience has enabled Keith to analyze client issues, identify areas for improvement and design a plan to address those issues. Keith, a Commercial Insurance Broker for over 8 years, takes great pride in being able to meet and exceed the needs and expectations of his clients. In 2012, he successfully completed the course of study for the LLQP (Life License Qualification Program) to be able to offer unique and specialized Group Benefit solutions to his new and existing clients. Keith takes great pride in being from Cape Breton and volunteers extensively with his local minor baseball association as a coach and with a local food bank and non-profit housing association as a board member. Keith enjoys his time with his family, wife Lisa and is a proud father to his children Abigial, Isabelle and Noah. David MacDonald [email protected] Born and raised in Cape Breton, David began his career in the trucking and construction industry and as a result, has a keen understanding of the risks faced by these companies. This experience allows David to work on solutions customized to the individual client needs so that they can focus on their business.  David has worked in the insurance industry for the last 20 years and maintains his focus on ensuring client satisfaction. David achieved the internationally recognized Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation in 2009. This program is recognized as the benchmark  of insurance professionalism by the property casualty insurance industry as well as the insurance buying public. David takes great pride in being active in and giving back to his community. For the last 5 years, he has served on the Board of Directors of a local long term care facility for senior citizens. He is also a member of a local choir. 4 RISK & BUSINESS MAGAZINETM FALL 2015 125 Pownal Street, Charlottetown, PE C1A 3W4 Ph: 902-566-5666 • Fax: [phone] Parkland Drive, Unit 6A, Halifax, NS B3S 1P9 www.cooke.ca Cooke Insurance Risk & Business MagazineTM is published by Carle Publishing Inc. All content, copyright © 2015, Carle Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Risk & Business MagazineTM is a valued and recognized trademark of Carle Publishing Inc. This publication may not be reproduced, all or in part, without written consent from the publisher. Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of all content in this publication, however, the publisher nor Cooke Insurance Group will be held responsible for omissions or errors. Articles, reports and information contained herein reflect the views of the individuals who wrote or prepared them and do not necessarily represent the position of the publisher or Cooke Insurance. The material herein is intended for educational and informational purposes only. Nothing herein is to be considered the rendering of insurance advice for specific cases or circumstances. Communication of any legal information contained herein does not constitute an attorney-client relationship, nor convey legal advice or recommendation of any kind. Do not rely on information contained herein to replace consultation with qualified  brokers, attorneys or other professionals in your jurisdiction.” Please address all editorial and advertising in