DOROTHEA VANHERWAARDEN

Dorothea VanHerwaarden of Shaw Sabey & Associates is part of the Insurance Business Canada's Young Guns 2017.

DOROTHEA VANHERWAARDEN
http://www.shawsabey.com/
Manager, private client group/ producer services
SHAW SABEY & ASSOCIATES
Location:
British Columbia
Age: 30
Years in insurance: 7

A MasterChef and insurance professional, Dorothea VanHerwaarden has a plethora of accomplishments already under her belt at the age of 30. In addition to developing and launching Shaw Sabey & Associates’ private client group, which provides tailored, VIP service to high-networth clients, VanHerwaarden also more than doubled the group’s book of business within its first year. At the end of 2016, she expanded the department to provide personal lines service to the Shaw Sabey commercial sales team, and helped develop a unique service offering to help producers target and grow their personal lines business.

“The most rewarding aspect of my career thus far has been to watch an original idea become a successful department that provides substantial growth to the company,” she says. “Working with management who do not restrict personal growth/ideas, provide support and act as mentors is rarely heard of in today’s industry. The sky's the limit!”

In 2015 and 2016, Shaw Sabey recognized VanHerwaarden with its Entrepreneurial Award. This year, VanHerwaarden is part of the 2017 committee for Toast to the Coast, which brings together Vancouver's top professionals for an evening event featuring Oceanwise restaurants at the Vancouver Aquarium.

One of VanHerwaarden’s more unique resume marks is as a contestant on the fourth season of MasterChef Canada. A lover of cooking, she enjoys spending spare weekends and holidays travelling to different cities and countries to gather content for the launch of her food blog, Theasty.

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