Full Name
John Burns
Job title
Chief Compliance Officer
Company name
Securian Canada
Speaker biography
As Vice-President, CCO, CPO and CAMLO, Mr. Burns is responsible for promoting, facilitating, monitoring and assessing compliance with the Company’s compliance requirements and facilitating the identification and management of compliance risks relevant to the Company’s activities.
Mr. Burns has over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry within the U.S. and Canada. His experience includes identifying and implementing operational enhancements, managing international blocks of business, extensive project experience including project management, web design, sales and marketing review, Manulife’s integration with John Hancock, operational risk management, regulatory examinations and compliance management. He has managed teams across multiple sites including Tampa, Boston, Toronto, Montreal and Kitchener/Waterloo and acted as a Registered Principal for John Hancock Distributors LLC.
Prior to joining Securian Canada, he was AVP of Regulatory Compliance for Primerica with responsibility for compliance oversight of the Life company and its subsidiaries. Prior to Primerica, John was the Director of Compliance for Manulife’s Affinity Markets with responsibility for compliance oversight of Travel Insurance, Mortgage Creditor Insurance and Direct to Consumer Sales.
Mr. Burns graduated from York University and holds a B.A. in Psychology. He has attained his Fellow of the Life Management Institute, FINRA’s Series 6, 26 and 51 licenses, completed IFSE’s Canadian Investment Fund Course & Officers, Partners and Directors course and has completed his CIPP Certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
Mr. Burns is currently the Chair of the CLHIA Compliance Committee and sits on many other committees of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) and Canadian Association of Financial Institutions in Insurance (CAFII) including the Executive Operations Committee.
Mr. Burns has over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry within the U.S. and Canada. His experience includes identifying and implementing operational enhancements, managing international blocks of business, extensive project experience including project management, web design, sales and marketing review, Manulife’s integration with John Hancock, operational risk management, regulatory examinations and compliance management. He has managed teams across multiple sites including Tampa, Boston, Toronto, Montreal and Kitchener/Waterloo and acted as a Registered Principal for John Hancock Distributors LLC.
Prior to joining Securian Canada, he was AVP of Regulatory Compliance for Primerica with responsibility for compliance oversight of the Life company and its subsidiaries. Prior to Primerica, John was the Director of Compliance for Manulife’s Affinity Markets with responsibility for compliance oversight of Travel Insurance, Mortgage Creditor Insurance and Direct to Consumer Sales.
Mr. Burns graduated from York University and holds a B.A. in Psychology. He has attained his Fellow of the Life Management Institute, FINRA’s Series 6, 26 and 51 licenses, completed IFSE’s Canadian Investment Fund Course & Officers, Partners and Directors course and has completed his CIPP Certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
Mr. Burns is currently the Chair of the CLHIA Compliance Committee and sits on many other committees of the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) and Canadian Association of Financial Institutions in Insurance (CAFII) including the Executive Operations Committee.
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