Kenneth E. (Ken) McCrea, CA, FLMI
Ken McCrea was appointed President & Chief Executive Officer of The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company in May, 2007. He joined the Wawanesa organization in 1980 as its first internal auditor. After a couple of years, he came to focus on life insurance and held positions of increasing responsibility in Wawanesa Life (subsidiary of Wawanesa Mutual) including Comptroller, Treasurer and Vice President & Chief Operating Officer. In 2004, he returned to Wawanesa Mutual as Vice President & Chief Financial Officer and became President & CEO in 2007.
Ken graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1977 with a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) degree. He then went on to achieve his Chartered Accountant (CA) designation and later obtained fellowship in the Life Management Institute (FLMI).
Ken is currently a member of the Board of Directors of the Insurance Bureau of Canada and serves on a number of IBC committees including the role of chair of the National Auto Insurance Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors of the General Insurance Statistical Agency.
He and his wife Charlene are life-long residents of the city of Winnipeg. They have two adult children, a son and daughter (both married).
Established in 1896, Wawanesa is a Canadian mutual company conducting business throughout Canada and in the states of California and Oregon. Total assets exceed $5.7 billion while annual premiums exceed $2.2 billion.
