Staff Bios
Mark Hall, CAIB, CIP, Manager
Mark started his insurance career over 25 years ago when he went to work at ‘Fireman’s Fund insurance company’. After a few years, he decided to switch careers to work his way up in the banking industry. After working in banking for over a decade, Mark missed the insurance industry so much, that he left the bank to work at Newcombe Insurance Agencies Ltd., and 16 years later, he’s still hard at work serving clients diligently.
Harriet zheng , Insurance Advisor
Harriet has over 8 years experience having worked in different insurance agencies throughout the Vancouver area. She joined "Newcombe Insurance Agencies" in June 2006. Harriet has a general insurance level 2 license.
She enjoys helping clients with her insurance knowledge and experience, she feels fulfilled when she can provide customers with the information they require. Harriet speaks English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Yolanda Li , Insurance Advisor
Yolanda started in the Insurance industry aprox 2 years ago as an Insurance Agency clerk. She found the insurance field to be very interesting and enjoyed helping people. She decided that she wanted to make Insurance her career, so she studied and received her Insurance license. Yolanda joined Newcombe Insurance September 2006. Everyday she meets an assortment of different people who ask so many different questions and have a variety of concerns. Although these issues are very challenging at times, it makes her job so much more satisfying and interesting. In the near future she would like to obtain her level 2 license. Yolanda looks forward to helping with any insurance question, no matter how challenging it may seem to be.
Gloria Murphy, cip, Owner/Partner
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, Newcombe 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.
Floyd Murphy, CFP, CLU CHFC, Certified FInancial Planner, Owner/Partner
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.
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 25 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 is the 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 Vancouver Special Olympics.