Murrick Head Office
Owners/Partners
FLOYD MURPHY, CFP, CLU CHFC, CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER, INVESTMENT FUNDS ADVISOR
Floyd Murphy entered the Life Insurance business in 1971, and is a founding member of The Nakamun Group. Initially based in Edmonton, he moved to Vancouver in 1974. He and his wife Gloria Murphy now own and operate several businesses in the Vancouver area, including Murrick Insurance Services Ltd.With an extensive background in the areas of Financial, Retirement and Estate Planning, Floyd offers a Comprehensive Planning Service. This service is of particular interest to the owners and key employees of private corporations, and to people at, or approaching, retirement.
Floyd attended Mabou Consolidated High School and Acadia University in Nova Scotia. When he received his Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) designation in 1978, he was awarded the John A. Tory medal for attaining the highest marks in Canada that year. Floyd was awarded his Chartered Financial Consultants (CHFC) designation in 1989 and CFP designation in 1996.
Floyd is Past President of the New Westminster Life Underwriters Association and Past President of the B.C. Mainland CLU Chapter. He served three terms as a trustee of the Canadian Institute of CLUs and CHFCs, and two terms as Chairman of the National Institute.
Floyd served on the National Board of the Canadian Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors for nine years, including one year as Chairman and CEO. He has chaired virtually every committee of the National Association, including Taxation and Legislation, Nominating, Education and Executive/Finance.
Floyd is recognized as one of the leading authorities in the area of comprehensive planning. During the last 35 years, he has spoken to hundreds of public and industry audiences from coast to coast. He has made presentations to such diverse groups as the Estate Planning Council of Southwestern Ontario, the Schools of Life Insurance Continuing Education at Banff, Whistler and Dalhousie University, and the National Association of Insurance Women’s Regional Conference in Portland, Oregon.
Floyd has been actively involved in the community. He is Past President of the Telespeakers Toastmasters Club, Past President of the Vancouver Estate Planning Council, and Past President of the Denman Place Mall Merchants Association. He has served as a board member of Canada Place Corporation, and is currently on the Board of the Vancouver Foundation.
GLORIA A. MURPHY
Gloria joined the Insurance Industry in 1971 and spent the next ten years in a variety of management roles with two of Vancouver’s largest Property & Casualty brokerage firms. In 1982 she joined her husband Floyd to establish Murrick Insurance Services Ltd. For the first five years they worked to grow the business and establish a customer base. They started buying books of business from other brokers who were either wrapping up their businesses or retiring. The first two acquisitions were in 1982 and 1987.Since that time other books of business were acquired and other locations added. Today the group of companies includes Murrick Insurance, Somerset Insurance, Alpine Insurance, Murrick Oakridge Insurance and Killarney Insurance.
In 1978 Gloria received the Associate of the Insurance Institute of Canada (AIIC) designation. The AIIC designation has been changed by the Insurance Institute of Canada to the Chartered Insurance Professional (CIP) designation.
Gloria has served on the board of the Insurance Brokers Association of British Columbia and the National Association of Insurance Women (International). She has also taught CAIB classes for the Insurance Brokers Association of British Columbia.
Managers
ANITA BENNETT, GENERAL MANAGER
Anita started her career in the insurance industry when she started working for Murrick Insurance in October, 1997. Anita was hired as the Office/Accounting/Payroll Administrator. Prior to working at Murrick Insurance, Anita was a Property Manager for approximately 10 years, which gave her a good background in public relations, collections, payroll, and accounting.When Anita joined Murrick in 1997, there were only two locations, Murrick Insurance and Somerset Insurance. Since then more locations have been added: Alpine Insurance in Langley, Murrick Oakridge Insurance at 41st and Cambie in Vancouver, Killarney Insurance at 60th and Victoria in Vancouver, and Murrick Insurance Services (Delta) Ltd., in Delta, BC. As the company has grown, Anita’s responsibilities have increased and her title has been changed to “General Manager.”
REBECCA RELKOV, FINANCIAL PLANNING MANAGER, Licensed Assistant
Rebecca has been the manager of the Financial Planning department at Murrick Insurance since the fall of 2004.Prior to joining the company, she received a diploma of technology in Financial Planning from BCIT.
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DANIELLE CAROLAN, BA, CRM, COMMERCIAL LINES MANAGER
Danielle joined Murrick Insurance in October 2008. She is a senior Commercial Marketing Broker & Account Executive on both Commercial and Personal Lines Insurance. She brought with her many years technical experience on all lines of coverage with a specialization in Executive Risk insurance. Danielle has held senior insurance positions across the country, from Montreal, to Toronto and now Vancouver which has provided her with a broad knowledge base and strong industry relationships.Account Executive
KELLY REYNOLDS
Kelly Reynolds joined Murrick Insurance Services Ltd., in June, 2008. Kelly has over 30 years experience in the Insurance Industry. Kelly has worked in various areas including Engineering, Surety, Marketing and as a Producer. She has a strong expertise in many specialized areas including retail, hospitality, high tech, manufacturing, real estate and mining. Also a range of other commercial areas and especially international operations and sales.Financial Planner
Rob Ng-A-Fook
A graduate from the University of Guelph with a BSc in Economics Robert moved to Vancouver in 1998 to take advantage of the wonderful lifestyle out West. Once here he concentrated his efforts in finding a career in the financial sector and found an opportunity in the mutual fund industry. As a Regional Sales Representative for AGF Funds it was his responsibility to keep financial planners abreast of their products to enable them to find solutions for their clients. Part of his responsibilities at AGF was to give financial seminars to investors so that they could properly understand the mutual fund world.After leaving AGF, Robert went into the health care industry where he learned the importance of being properly insured. Not having the funds in the event of sickness or death is not something someone should have to worry about. The consequence of not having a proper insurance plan is devastating.
Robert uses his mutual fund experience and insurance knowledge to attend to his client’s needs. Making sure that they have the proper plan in place is a responsibility that is integral to making sure there is peace of mind.
Your investments are the offensive side of the financial plan and your personal insurance is the defence side of the financial plan. Robert can make sure that they are performing properly together.
Commercial Insurance Brokers
Ewa Piaseczna
Administrative Assistants
Jeannie Houng-Lee
Debbie Hamilton
Laura Maddin
Maya Raderecht
Accounting
Tina Wright
Pia Lagos
