Carrier-neutral by structure, not by claim
We are not owned by an insurer and hold no exclusive distribution agreement. Every plan is marketed to the carriers that fit your group, and each proposal is compared on identical terms.
An Independent Advisor Working for You
Group Benefits Vancouver is the group employee benefits division of Ascent Insurance Services Inc., an independent insurance agency in downtown Vancouver. Licensed in British Columbia and working with employers across most of Canada.
- 400+Businesses covered
- 4,000+Employees protected
- 50+Years combined experience
- 98%Client retention
Who We Are
Ascent Insurance works as a trusted advisor to businesses that want their benefits program to do real work — recruiting against larger competitors, keeping good people, and protecting employees from costs that would otherwise be theirs to carry.
We are independent. We are not owned by an insurer, we hold no exclusive distribution agreement, and we market every plan across the Canadian carrier market rather than defending one company's product. That structure is the reason our advice can be carrier-neutral in fact and not just in claim.
Our office is on West Hastings Street in downtown Vancouver. We serve employers from three-person startups to organizations with several hundred people on the plan.
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400+Businesses Covered
Why Employers Work With Us
Four things clients tell us make the difference, in the order they usually raise them.
We challenge renewals rather than forward them
A renewal increase is an insurer's opening position. We ask for the component breakdown, test the pooling charge and expense load, and model design alternatives before anything reaches you.
The same advisors, year after year
You deal with the people who designed your plan, not a rotating service desk. Claims questions, enrolments and terminations go to a team that already knows your group.
Plain language, written down
Recommendations arrive as a written side-by-side comparison stating what each option covers, what it costs, where the trade-offs sit, and which one we recommend and why.
Management Team
The people who design your plan and the people who service it are the same team.
John Glynn
Principal
Leads the firm and its group benefits practice, advising employers on plan design, carrier selection and renewal negotiation.
Profile →Ray Lam
Senior Benefits Consultant
Mid-market plan design and multi-year benefits cost strategy for British Columbia employers.
Profile →Jeffrey Mok
Group Benefits Consultant
Plan marketing, carrier comparison and implementation for new and transferring groups.
Jasmine Lin
Manager, Client Services
Day-to-day service for plan administrators — enrolments, terminations, booklets and claims escalation.
Camille Celis
Manager, Operations
Plan administration, carrier liaison and internal process.
Abhishek Gurung
Manager, Social Media
Communications and digital presence.
Daniel Maczko
Chief Technical Officer
Technology, data and systems.
Industry Recognition
- Top Pension and Group Benefits Consultant in Canada Benefits and Pensions Monitor
- Recognized by Benefits and Pensions Monitor Benefits and Pensions Monitor
- 2026 Top Consultant Benefits and Pensions Monitor
Licensing and accountability
Ascent Insurance Services Inc. is licensed to transact life and accident & sickness insurance in British Columbia and is regulated by the Insurance Council of British Columbia. We work with employers across most of Canada. We are advisors and brokers, not an insurer — every plan we recommend is underwritten and issued by a licensed Canadian carrier.
Full details are in our legal and licensing disclosures, and the standards our published content is held to are set out in our editorial policy.
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