Lance Chipudhla is the AVP, Broker Distribution Strategy with a passion for building relationships with broker partners, engaging with Underwriting partners to explore broker opportunities, and building and executing sales strategies.

Lance comes to Sovereign from Travelers where he spent the last five years focused on business development, relationship management, and Underwriting. Most recently, he was the Business Development Director for Business Insurance in Eastern Canada. Before Travelers, Lance worked at Royal & Sun Alliance for 13 years starting as an Underwriter and progressing to an Underwriting Manager role in Commercial Insurance.

Lance lives in Halifax and will be spending time in all our regional offices, working with brokers nationally. He has an MBA from Dalhousie University and holds a FCIP designation.

Outside of work, Lance enjoys watching his two sons play competitive soccer. His oldest now plays at Acadia University. He is also a big sports fan and enjoys watching the EPL every weekend. He is a diehard Liverpool fan.