PYIB Perspective
Lex is Next A Q&A with PYIB’s 2021-2022 President Lex Engel
What’s your elevator pitch? I’m really excited for this year. Over the past year, and under Dirk’s amazing leadership, we overcame challenges that we never expected or could have predicted. As such, we have new events that have worked into our schedule that are going to help us have options for all our membership. I look forward to seeing our province reopen and being able to have inperson events, getting back into schools and meeting with students to promote the insurance broker profession to the younger generation. As “teamwork makes the dream work,” if anyone has event ideas please 10 The Alberta Broker Àugust-September 2021
feel free to reach out to anyone on our board or myself. Our emails are listed on our website, and we are also on social media via Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
How did you get into insurance brokering? I became a broker after taking an aptitude test. I was looking for a career that offered a bit more work/ life balance, allowed me to stay in Central Alberta while remaining challenging and a bit different every day. After I did some research, I felt like brokering would be a good fit, applied for a job and some amazing
brokers took a chance on me. The rest, as they say, is history.
What are three things you love about your job and why? I love that not every day is the same, working with amazing people (brokers, clients and underwriters) and that I am always learning something new.
What is one thing about your job you’d happily ditch tomorrow if you could? Getting up in the mornings. I am absolutely not a morning person. I realize that this could be said for most jobs but I’m much happier after my first cup of coffee.
