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Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association – Chief Executive Officer

  • Category : Job Posting
  • Title/Position : Chief Executive Officer
  • Offered by (Organization) : Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association
  • Posting End Date : 2026-08-31

Description :

About the Organization

Summit Search Group has been retained by the Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association (CLIA) on the recruitment of a Chief Executive Officer. Founded in 1988 as a direct response to an unstable professional liability insurance market, CLIA is a not-for-profit reciprocal insurance exchange established by and for Canada’s provincial and territorial law societies. As a reciprocal exchange, CLIA operates on a fundamentally different model than a traditional insurer: surplus revenue generated beyond claims and operating costs accumulates in individual subscriber equity accounts rather than flowing to shareholders. An annual operating budget is created and approved by the Board of Directors for administrative expenses, new program development and loss prevention initiatives. This is the “reciprocal advantage,” and it is central to CLIA’s value proposition.

CLIA’s subscribers are the law societies of nine provinces and territories across Canada, with the lawyers regulated by those societies representing the actual insured individuals. CLIA issues a master policy to each member society, sets standard limits and policy terms, and administers claims exceeding individual society deductibles. The product suite includes a core mandatory professional liability program, a voluntary excess program offering coverage up to $35M above the mandatory limit, a cyber insurance program, and a compensation fund. CLIA also provides claims management services to subscribers and maintains a dedicated loss prevention function.

Headquartered in Regina, Saskatchewan, CLIA operates with a small, highly capable team and an annual operating budget of approximately $3 million.

The Opportunity

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For more information or to submit your resume, please reach out to Matt Erhard at Summit Search Group, [email protected].