Robin Ingle

Robin Ingle

Robin Ingle in 2013
Born Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Residence Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canada
Alma mater University of Waterloo
Occupation CEO of the Ingle Group of Companies
Employer Ingle International, Intrepid 24/7, Novus Health, sisu production, Peak Contact, Imagine Financial
Home town Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Robin Ingle is a Canadian entrepreneur and a specialist in special risk insurance, travel security and healthcare who currently serves as the chairman and CEO of the Ingle Group of Companies. Ingle has been in the insurance industry for over 38 years. He is frequently consulted by the media and the insurance industry as an authority on travel insurance, global security and health care issues.[1][2]

Since 1994, Ingle has been recognized in the Canadian Who's Who, a biographical reference publication. He was included in the Canadian Who's Who 2012-2013 Print Edition.[3]

Personal life

Ingle was born in Toronto, Ontario to John Ingle and Muriel Ingle. His ancestral origins include Finnish and Canadian. His father, John, worked as a farmer and mine foreman in the nickel mines of Sudbury, Ontario while his mother, Muriel, came from a family of Finnish socialists who moved from Finland to Northern Ontario in the 1920s.[4]

Ingle attended the University of Waterloo, although he utilised distance education and never actually studied on campus. He studied computer science and the arts at other educational institutions, although he eventually left his studies to work full-time. Ingle opened his first business, a pizzeria, when he was 17 years of age.[5]

Career

Ingle grew up in the travel insurance industry. Following the end of World War II, immigrants new to Canada who were not financially established were denied policies by insurance companies.[6] Social healthcare coverage did not exist at the time.[7] In 1946, Ingle’s parents, John and Muriel Ingle, founded John Ingle Insurance which offered insurance for new immigrants to Canada, an idea inspired by the family’s immigrant background and an obvious consumer need.[8] Muriel Ingle was one of the first licensed insurance women in Ontario.[9]

In 1976, Ingle formally joined the family business. He became the President of Ingle Insurance in 1985 and purchased the business after four years as President. He ran the business until 1998, when the Ingle family’s interests in Ingle Health were sold to the investment arm of a Canadian financial institution.[10]

In 1975, Ingle founded See World Travel, a travel agency. In 1976, he founded Study Tours, a tour company that provided travel and course credits for students.[11] In 1987, Ingle founded Worldwide Security and Protection Corp., an international security and protective services firm.[12][13]

In 2001, Ingle founded Imagine Financial, a Canadian Managing General Insurance Agent (MGA).

In 2002, a settlement was received by Ingle and his family from the institution that purchased Ingle Health and the company once again resumed operations in Canada as Ingle,[14] now functioning as a managing general insurance underwriter (MGU) and managing general insurance agent (MGA).

In 2006, Ingle, now CEO of the Ingle Group of Companies, founded Novus Health, a Canadian health navigation, information, and health assessment provider.[15][16] In 2008, Ingle created Peak Contact, a technology development company to be included in the Group of Companies.[17] In 2011, Intrepid 24/7 was also launched by Ingle as an emergency travel and medical assistance service.[18] In 2013, sisu production was founded by Ingle and Jaana Hein as a media production company.[19]

Ingle’s companies have won several industry awards. In 2012, Ingle International was named ITIJ’s Insurer/Underwriter of the Year.[20] In 2014, Intrepid 24/7 received the Insurance Canada Technology Award in the Supplier category for their Travel Navigator app.[21] Ingle International has also been a frequent finalist for the Insurance Canada Technology Awards in the Distributor category.[22][23]

Ingle has worked with high-profile journalists such as Robert Young Pelton for security and travel consultations.[24] He is also frequently invited to travel to various international industry conventions and conferences as a guest speaker to share his experiences and insights.[25][26][27] He has expanded his companies to Europe and Latin America to open offices in Malta,[28] Chile, Mexico,[29] and Brazil.[30]

Ingle's major contributions to the insurance industry include the introduction of specialized products in travel insurance such high risk and snow bird insurance,[31] as well as designing a specialized distribution model of insurance products in banks and direct marketing to international students and travellers.[32]

References

  1. ↑ Newman, David. "About Ingle". Fiscal Agents. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  2. ↑ Pigg, Susan (31 January 2009). "Credit cards often don't have liability coverage". Newspaper. Toronto Star. Toronto Star.
  3. ↑ Charters, Susan (2012). Canadian Who's Who 2012 - 2013 (2012-2013 ed.). Orillia, Ontario: Third Sector Publishing. p. 573. ISBN 978-0-921173-30-4.
  4. ↑ Sanomat, Kanadan. "People are the most important asset of a good CEO". Finnish Canadian. Finnish Canadian. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "A Man of Experience". ITIJ. International Travel Insurance Journal. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Evolution of Our Health Care System". Health Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "MAKING MEDICARE: THE HISTORY OF HEALTH CARE IN CANADA, 1914-2007". History Museum. Canadian Museum of History. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Ingle Timeline". Ingle International. Ingle Group of Companies. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  9. ↑ Sanomat, Kanadan. "People are the most important asset of a good CEO". Finnish Canadian. Finnish Canadian. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  10. ↑ Boucher, Marie-Josée. "Ingle Life and Health Makes Way for Trent". The Insurance and Investment Journal. Insurance Journal. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  11. ↑ "Ingle Timeline". Ingle International. Ingle Group of Companies. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  12. ↑ Ramsay, Laura. "The CEO Special Report". Corpa. The Financial Post. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Globe and Mail: February 13, 1990". Corpa. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  14. ↑ Boucher, Marie-Josée. "Ingle Life and Health Makes Way for Trent". The Insurance and Investment Journal. Insurance Journal. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  15. ↑ "Manulife Financial signs health care product agreement with AccelMD". Newswire. CNW. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  16. ↑ "Novus Health(TM), WorldCare(TM) and AccelMD provide Manulife Financial critical illness insurance clients with Health Service Na". Bloomberg. Bloomberg. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  17. ↑ "ISP Educational Solutions™ and Peak Contact™ Form Strategic Partnership". Newswire. CNW. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  18. ↑ "The Ingle Group of Companies Launches Intrepid 24/7, the Only End-to-End Travel Assistance Solution in the Market". Newswire. CNW. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  19. ↑ "Robin Ingle and Jaana Hein Form Creative Partnership to Launch Film Production Company". NewsWire. CNE. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  20. ↑ "Award Winners 2012 - Barcelona". ITIJ. ITIJ. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  21. ↑ "2014 Insurance-Canada.ca Technology Awards". Insurance-Canada. IC. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  22. ↑ "2012 Insurance-Canada.ca Technology Awards". Insurance-Canada. IC. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  23. ↑ "2013 ICTA Finalists & Nominees". Insurance-Canada. IC. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  24. ↑ Young Pelton, Robert. "Robert Young Pelton's World: The Kidnap Course". National Geographic. National Geographic. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  25. ↑ "ITIC Nassau Americas 2014" (PDF). ITIC. International Travel & Health Insurance Conference. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  26. ↑ "Past Seminars". Canadian Group Insurance Brokers. CGIB. Retrieved 22 August 2014.
  27. ↑ "Taking Flight - Getting to know and understand how to service today's travel insurance consumer" (PDF). RSA Broker. RSA. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  28. ↑ "Doing Business in Europe: A New Era for Canada" (PDF). Canada-Europe. CB Promotions. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  29. ↑ "The Ingle Group of Companies Announces its Expansion into Latin America". Newswire. CNW. Retrieved 25 August 2014.
  30. ↑ "Ingle International Opens a New Office in São Paulo, Brazil". Newswire. CNW. Retrieved 20 August 2014.
  31. ↑ Boltz, Sophie. "Snowbirds Turn to Specialized Advisor for Travel Insurance". Insurance Journal. The Insurance and Investment Journal. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
  32. ↑ "Canadian Company Capabilities". Industry Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 21 August 2014.
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