Risk & Business Magazine Knight Archer Insurance Magazine Fall 2017 | Page 25

ABOUT KNIGHT ARCHER About Knight Archer BY: CATHIE MCDONALD, CAIB, VP BRANCH OPERATIONS NORTH SK K night Archer is an insurance firm that was established on values that ensure class-leading service to the communities we provide in. Our mission is to “make life easier” for our clients. We do this by providing our staff with continuing education programs, working hand-in-hand with leading insurance companies, and embracing a culture of giving back to the community. Knight Archer has as its mission to rapidly grow in order to serve our clients better. Our customers now have access to our team in over ten communities and fifteen locations. With branches throughout Saskatoon, Regina, Humboldt, Pense, Craven, Yorkton, Lumsden, Lake Lenore, Muenster, and Manitoba, we can provide services regardless of geographical location. This continuous growth has provided us with the largest personal insurance portfolio in Saskatchewan. Cathie McDonald has been with the Knight Archer for more than sixteen years. She started out with the organization in 2001 in Regina as a Personal Lines Broker who also assisted in the Motor Licensing and Billing departments. In 2011, Cathie was promoted to Knight Archer Personal Lines Team Leader, training upwards of twenty- five brokers at any given time. She soon accepted another promotion in 2014 to move and manage the Saskatoon Branch at 2002B 8th Street East Saskatoon, SK. She was promoted-again, this time to her current position of vice president of the North SK Branches where she will oversee the operations of all of Knight Archer’s branches in Northern Saskatchewan. Knight Archer takes pride in being able to provide clients with a wide range of services that suit individual needs. Currently, we are able to offer personal line products, including automotive, home, health, travel, seasonal, rental home, life, commercial business insurance and much more. We work with a multitude of insurance markets such as SGI Canada, SMI, Wawanesa, My Mutual, Peace Hills, Red River, Blue Cross, GMS, and TuGo, not to mention the numerous other miscellaneous markets we deal with. We are able to provide speciality market products for coverage on vacant houses, room and board, ATVs, watercrafts, and other sporting vehicles. We provide notary public services and service in multiple languages. And our professionals can speak over twenty-one languages, so we are readily able to serve clients from all over the world. This wide variety of insurance offerings and services ensures that all of your needs will be taken care of quickly and easily in one place. Knight Archer is a family-owned business that provides a wonderful place to work with many career opportunities. We value our employees and strive to provide a safe and harassment-free environment in which to work. And we have multiple team leaders to help train and lead our staff in all areas of the organisation, helping with growth, team leadership, and career advancement. + 25