Business History
 Member of B.C. Institute of Chartered Accountants since 1976.
Employed by Revenue Canada Taxations as a fraud investigator for tax evasion for 8 years.
Employed by Price Waterhouse Chartered Accountants for three years in Special Services Division advising small to medium sized clients.
In 1980 Renate purchased a property & casualty insurance brokerage from her parents. As a brokerage business owner her primary focus was on was business development and client servicing. In this new role, she was a guest speaker on numerous occasions at clients’ annual general meetings.
In 2000 Renate sold her insurance brokerage to a commercial insurance broker and remained with the acquiring firm for two years to service clients throughout BC.
In 2003 Renate purchased a 50% interest in AMAC Consultants Inc. (“AMAC”). Renate and her partner in AMAC, John McArthur, incorporated M&A Realty Inc. (“M&A”) in 2005. She is a licensed salesperson for M&A.
In 2006 Renate was recognized by her peers when the Institute of Chartered Accountants of BC awarded her with the Community Service Award.
Renate has written and taught licensing seminar courses for the Insurance Brokers Association of B.C. on the following subjects:
- Risk Management for Personal Lines
- Insurance for the Fun of It
- Personal Lines Coverage Comparisons
- Preparing Your Brokerage for Privacy Act Compliance
- Loss Reduction Strategies for Brokerages and Their Clients
- Brokerage Succession Planning
- Handling Special Residential Risks
- Understanding Financial Statements for Determining Business Interruption Coverage
- Advanced Business Interruption Insurance
- Professional Liability – Who Needs It & Who Writes It
- Handling Special Residential Risks – High Net Worth Clients
- Home Based Business – Personal and Commercial Lines Solutions
- Advanced Personal Lines
Volunteer History
Served at the Institute of Chartered Accountant on various committees, Public Relations, Advertising and Members In Industry, Government and Education. She also assisted low income seniors by preparing their tax returns at senior centers.
Elected and served as a director of Edelweiss Credit Union for 13 years including chair of the board for two years. Edelweiss later merged and is now Prospera Credit Union.
Was appointed to a special review committee and assisted the Minister of Finance in reviewing the Westcoast/First Pacific Credit Unions’ problem and the Credit Union Deposit Insurance Corporations management of the affairs of these credit unions by proposing a merger of the two entities. The merged credit union became Coast Capital Credit Union in 1988.
Served as a director of the CUMIS Group of Companies, Burlington, Ontario, for four years and attended international joint board meetings with CUNA Mutual in Madison Wisconsin, U.S.A.
Was a director of the Travel Assurance Board of B.C. for eight years.
Recently sat on a review committee for the travel industry.
Served as a director of the Insurance Brokers Association of British Columbia for six years and was on the executive for five years and is a past president of that association.
Was a director of the national board of the Insurance Brokers Association of Canada and chaired the national Broker Identity Program.
Appointed to the audit committee of the Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board in 2001 and have now served for seven years.
Started and chaired an annual charity golf tournament for Big Sisters of the Lower Mainland. The tournament raised approximately $370,000.00 for the Charity. Renate is currently an Honorary Member of Big Sisters.
Director of Parkinson’s Society of B.C. and served for one year on its charity golf committee.
Community and Industry Involvement
Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia |
Member Public Relations Committee
Member Industry, Government Education
Volunteer Preparing Income Tax Returns for Low Income Seniors |
1976-Present
1980-1982
1990-1996
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| Greater Vancouver Real Estate Board |
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| Audit Committee |
2001-Present |
| Insurance Brokers Association of British Columbia |
Director representing Area 4, Vancouver, two 2-year terms
Director representing Area 4, Vancouver, one 2-year term
Treasurer of Finance Committee, Vancouver area
2nd Vice President, member of Audit, Finance and Political Action Committees, Chair of Membership Committee
1st Vice President, member of Audit, Finance and Political Action Committees, Co-chair of Membership Committee
President
Chair of the Board, Chair of Nominating Committee, B.C.’s voting delegate on the IBAC Board
Chair of IBAC’s Broker Identity Program Committee
Member of Presidents’ Committee
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1986-1990
1996-1998
1997-1998
1998-1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2001-2002
2002-Present |
| Insurance Brokers Association of Canada |
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Director
Chair Communications Committee |
1998-2000
1989-1990 |
| CUMIS Group of Companies, Burlington, Ontario |
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Director
Chair Board Governance |
1986-1990
1989-1990 |
| Edelweiss Credit Union (now Prospera) |
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Chair Board of Directors
President
Executive Committee Board of Directors
Director |
1984-1985
1983-1984
1982-1984
1976-1982 |
| Minister of Finance Special Commission to review two Credit Unions in Victoria, BC |
1987-1988
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| Travel Assurance Board of British Columbia |
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Director
Advisory Review Committee |
1982-1991
1995 |
| YWCA |
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| Chair of “Touching Lives, Building Futures” Professionals Campaign |
1995
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| Big Sisters of the Lower Mainland |
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Honorary Member
Founder and Chair for ten years of the Annual Charity Golf Tournament |
1998-Present
1996-2006 |
| Parkinson’s Society of British Columbia |
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Member of Charity Golf Committee
Director |
2006-2007
2007-Present |
Awards
Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia Community Achievement Award in 2006
Club Memberships
Vancouver Club, Jericho Tennis Club, Beachgrove Golf & Country Club and Shaughnessy Golf Club.
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