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OPTIMUM RE INSURANCE COMPANY 
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The aggressive yet sensible development over the past decades has set the pace for the future. Focusing on the businesses it knows best, the Optimum Group has assembled a team of professionals poised to open new markets around the world.
Our expanded focus to serve the medium to large size company market demonstrates our commitment to new markets and profitable growth for Optimum Re and provided much needed capacity for the industry.
Corporate
Serge Goulet
, FSA, FCIA, MAAA
President and Chief Operating Officer
Phone: (514) 288-1900
Sébastien Blondeau
, FSA, MAAA
Executive Vice President and Chief Actuary
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30953
Yves Leclerc
, ISP
Senior Vice President, Operations
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30952
Pricing
Jonathan Racine
, ASA
Director, Pricing
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30969
Elizabeth Faber
Actuarial Analyst
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30971
Administration
Melanie Singletary
, FLMI, ARA
Vice President, Administration
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30916
Dalia Khoury
, B.A.A.
Assistant Vice-President, Administrative Operations
Phone: (214) 528-2020
Sharon Miller
Director, Systems
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30918
Claims
Monica Clink
, FLMI, FLHC, ARA
Assistant Vice President, Claims
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30945
Iraida R. Labra
Intermediate Claims Analyst
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30948
Deb Field
Senior Claims Analyst
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30949
Cynthia Redic
, ACS, FLHC
Claims Analyst
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30946
Client Services
Kim Knowles
Administrative Support Coordinator
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30921
Corporate Accounting
Theresa Kasko
, CPA
Director, Financial Reporting
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30977
Amy Flaherty
Staff Accountant
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30978
Steven Ross
Accounting Assistant/Compliance Administrator
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30980
Corporate Valuation
Martin Bernard
Director
Phone: (514) 288-5870, Ext. 197
Marketing & Development
Gord Gibbins
, FSA, FCIA, BSC
Senior Vice President, Development
Phone: (613) 476-0219
Cell: (613) 242-9913
Fax: (613) 476-2408
Cell: (613) 242-9913
Fax: (613) 476-2408
Gary Bedwell
, FALU, FLMI
Vice President, Western & Southern Regions
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30987
John A. Cook
, HIA
Vice President Marketing, Northern & Caribbean Regions
Phone: (416) 358-7768
Fax: (905) 666-0774
Fax: (905) 666-0774
Sheila Matheson
, FLMI
Vice President, Critical Illness Insurance
Phone: (905) 655-8800
Cell: (905) 767-5259
Cell: (905) 767-5259
Research & Development
Jean-Marc Fix
, FSA, MAAA
Vice President, Research & Development
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30981
Abdelnour Khoury
, MD
Director, Research & Development
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30982
Risk Management & Specialty Risks
Marie-Andrée Gagné
, ASA, MAAA
Director, Risk Management
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30970
Rémi Houle
, FCA, FCIA, MAAA
Senior Advisor
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30984
Margaret Murphy
, FLMI, ARA, PCS, AIAA, AIRC, HIA
Director, Quality Control
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30985
Treaty
Glenn Beuschel
, ACS
Director
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30973
Nicole Garner
, FLMI, ARA, PCS, AIAA, AIRC
Treaty Analyst
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30974
Underwriting
Anastasia Ammon
, FLMI, AALU, ACS
Vice President, Underwriting and Chief Critical Illness Underwriter
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30957
Curt Fenton
Director, Underwriting
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30966
Jill Thompson
, AALU, FLMI, ACS & HIA
Senior Underwriter
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30960
Stephane Lacoursiere
Senior Underwriting Consultant
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30959
Amy Rider
, AALU & FLMI
Senior Underwriting Consultant
Phone: (214) 528-2020
Nan Tracy
, RN
Senior Underwriting Consultant
Phone: (978) 443-0713
Beatrice Mendoza
Supervisor, Underwriting Support
Phone: (214) 528-2020, Ext. 30964
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