Photo credit: SGI CANADAStarting as an underwriting administrator, Shi advanced through various roles, joining the Alberta Personal Lines team before earning his current title as Underwriter II earlier this year. “I feel incredibly honoured and grateful,” he says of the recognition by A-Kan Insurance, a member of the Canadian Broker Network, Canada’s largest network of independent brokers. “It’s sometimes challenging to ensure all brokers stay on the same page when rules or rates change. The program is exclusive to CBN in partnership with Canadian Underwriter magazine. The categories allow for each of our member firms, at their option, to select one commercial lines underwriter winner and one personal lines underwriter winner from a primary market, as well as a commercial underwriter from an MGA.