Amanda Dean – Vice-President for Ontario and Atlantic at the Insurance Bureau of Canada
Amanda Dean is known for her consensus-building leadership and strategic stakeholder engagement. As Vice-President for Insurance Bureau of Canada’s Ontario and Atlantic regions, she advocates and is responsible for eliciting positive change and sound public policy on key priorities for the provinces’ private home, auto and business insurance sector.
With experience in both private and public sectors, I have a strong sense of how both worlds work and can effectively interact. My current role is with a national trade association that has an advocacy focus. In this and in other roles that I have held, I have earned extensive experience in the management and practices of various public relations endeavours.
Amanda also directs stakeholder and member initiatives and represents member companies’ concerns while collaborating with all orders of government on shared and strategic industry objectives such as sustainable auto insurance, balanced regulation and adaptation to severe weather.
Before joining IBC, Amanda worked closely with the Deputy Premier of Nova Scotia (and former minister responsible for Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal) and the Minister of National Defence. Her responsibilities included communications, issues management and intergovernmental relations.
I lead IBC’s Atlantic government relations strategy by continuing to build and enhance the excellent relations already established with key elected officials and senior public servants.
Part of that is working to develop and implement an effective advocacy strategy for the property and casualty insurance industry, with the goal to achieve key industry policy priorities including coordinating consumer outreach programs on injury prevention and working on adaptation to severe weather initiatives.
Amanda holds a bachelor’s degree in public relations from Mount Saint Vincent University (MSVU), a master’s degree in business administration from Saint Mary’s University and a Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation. She is Past Board Chair of Mount Saint Vincent University’s Board of Governors and a member of the Board for the Nova Scotia Liquor Corporation (NSLC). An avid community leader, Amanda has volunteered with Symphony Nova Scotia, has served on the YWCA Halifax Board of Directors, the board of directors of Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR), and has lectured on government relations at MSVU.
