Dave
Patriarche
Mainstay Insurance Brokerage
Dave Patriarche founded Mainstay Insurance Brokerage in 1996 as a one person shop specializing in providing employee benefits to small businesses. A strong believer in continuing education, he recognized the need for the group insurance industry to broaden its efforts in this area. In 2003 he founded CGIB, dedicated to supporting networking and continuing education for the group insurance industry.
Dave is recognized as a leader in the group benefits industry, an accomplished speaker at industry events and a contributor to various industry publications. He mentors and acts as an informal resource to benefit brokers, participates in industry think tank groups as well as panels such as; the Benefits Advisors’ Drug Plan Outlook, the Canadian Leadership Council on Drug Plan Partnerships.
Dave spends his spare time with his family and also enjoys taking groups sailing on Lake Ontario, the Caribbean and Mediterranean seas and has even booked a Trans Atlantic sailing trip for early 2019.