The Manitoba authorities has appointed a brand new board of administrators for Manitoba Public Insurance coverage (MPI) in an effort to renew providers and return monetary accountability to the Crown company, Justice Minister Matt Wiebe, minister answerable for MPI, introduced right now.
“We’re appearing shortly to nominate a confirmed group of leaders devoted to setting a brand new route and preserving our public auto insurance coverage mannequin,” stated Wiebe. “There’s a clear want for oversight, accountability and a brand new relationship with workers, and I’m assured that this board has the expertise and talent to seek out that floor.”
MPI’s 1,700 workers have been on strike since Aug. 28 and an overhaul of the company’s know-how programs has almost tripled in value to just about $300 million, stated the minister. The group can be at present present process an exterior organizational overview, famous Wiebe.
The brand new board of administrators might be chaired by Carmen Nedohin, former chairperson of the Manitoba Liquor Management Fee and a former Manitoba Hydro board member. Nedohin might be supported by a number of former MPI workers in addition to labour and group leaders, and consultants in asset administration, data know-how and actuarial science.
The board’s prime precedence might be to resolve the present strike with an settlement that’s each honest to workers and accountable to Manitoba ratepayers, famous Wiebe.
“I’m excited to start out working with the board and wish to thank all members for accepting this accountability,” stated Wiebe. “This board will keep on prime of operations and supply the oversight required to return MPI to its as soon as nice standing as a frontrunner within the discipline offering Manitobans with inexpensive insurance coverage.”
New board members are:
- Carmen Nedohin (chair) – Winnipeg chapter president, Canadian Affiliation of Retired Individuals; lay bencher, Legislation Society of Manitoba; former chairperson, Manitoba Liquor Management Fee; former Manitoba Hydro board member.
- Gina McKay – president, Canadian Union of Public Staff (CUPE) Manitoba; CUPE regional vice-president for Manitoba; government vice-president of the Manitoba Federation of Labour; fairness vice-president – 2SLGBTQI+, Canadian Labour Congress; proud queer and Métis labour chief.
- Luke Johnston – vice-president and chief threat officer, Manitoba Blue Cross; former chief actuary and vice-president, product and threat administration at MPI.
- Sweet Wong – portfolio supervisor, worldwide methods, environmental, social and governance (ESG) and threat administration, Civil Service Superannuation Board of Manitoba.
- Fran Frederickson – former faculty trustee; former board member, Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries; former insurance coverage dealer; former MPI worker specializing in educational design.
- Marilyn McLaren – former president and CEO, Manitoba Public Insurance coverage; former board chair, United Means Winnipeg; former board chair, Harvest Manitoba.
- JD Devgan – MLA for McPhillips; former director of presidency and group engagement, College of Manitoba; former vice-president, Sikh Society of Manitoba.
- Diane Roussin (returning member) – devoted group chief working to guard the rights of Indigenous households; proud member of Skownan First Nation.
- Christian Dandeneau – co-founder and CEO of ID Fusion, an Indigenous-owned firm; member of the federal exterior advisory committee on regulatory competitiveness; happy with his francophone Métis heritage.
MPI administers the Drivers and Automobiles Act on behalf of the Manitoba authorities and offers driver licensing and car registration features beneath the act. Its main goal is to manage the fundamental obligatory, universally accessible auto insurance coverage program. MPI additionally affords non-obligatory expanded-benefits auto insurance coverage for all Manitobans and auto insurance coverage for fleets based mostly in Manitoba. This 12 months, its fiftieth 12 months in operation, MPI administered greater than 1.25 million insurance policies and dealt with greater than 260,000 claims.
