As the President and Co-Founder of HMA, Barry is very definitely the visionary and Chief-Idea-Guy of the organization. Leveraging his 30+ years of experience in the insurance industry, Barry has built key relationships that serve to position HMA as a valuable partner to premium plan carriers and strategic partners. Barry has also led the design and development of proprietary benefits products to address unique market needs.
Certifications, Education & Related Organizations
-Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU)
-Registered Insurance Broker of Ontario (RIBO)
What are your hobbies and/or interests?
-Family, entertaining, camping and spending time at the cottage.
-Volunteering and community with the foundation being in Rotary.
-Passion for travelling to places with history, manmade or natural.
What do you think is the most important HMA Core Value?
Having to choose one, it would to be integrity. Integrity requires a person to make the right choices using morals and principles.The outcome of a decision made with integrity should provide consideration of caring, loyalty and respect.
Greatest Accomplishment
-For what part I am allowed to take credit, it would be the raising of my children. Both have turned out to be people that I am very proud of.
-Professionally it is what HMA has become, a leader in employee benefits consulting and product innovation.
-Personally, it would be the balance in my life, although sometimes it’s juggling many balls. Sharing time with my family, my spouse, children and grandchildren, while fitting in many great times with friends.
-Community wise it would be my volunteer work with Rotary being the foundation as a charter member of the Rotary Club of Whitby-Sunrise since 1988.
-Receiving recognition by being awarded the "Paul Harris Fellow" from my Rotary family and the "Peter Perry Aware" in 2003 for Whitby's Outstanding Citizen from the Whitby Chamber of Commerce.
