Summit Search Group has been retained by the Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association (CLIA) on the recruitment of a Chief Executive Officer. Founded in 1988 as a direct response to an unstable professional liability insurance market, CLIA is a not-for-profit reciprocal insurance exchange established by and for Canada’s provincial and territorial law societies. As a reciprocal exchange, CLIA operates on a fundamentally different model than a traditional insurer: surplus revenue generated beyond claims and operating costs accumulates in individual subscriber equity accounts rather than flowing to shareholders. An annual operating budget is created and approved by the Board of Directors for administrative expenses, new program development and loss prevention initiatives. This is the “reciprocal advantage,” and it is central to CLIA’s value proposition.

CLIA’s subscribers are the law societies of nine provinces and territories across Cana...