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RDF Group - Your insurance and benefits specialists
RDF Group is one of the largest insurance and benefits brokerage firms on Vancouver Island. Serving the Island for over 25 years, we specialize in employee benefits and insurance solutions for businesses of all sizes. Whether you are a sole proprietor or have several hundred employees, we will take the time to listen, understand your business and your needs, and find the right solution for you and your employees. We pride ourselves on exceptional service and can guarantee that you will be supported through all aspects of your insurance or benefits plan.
In addition to working with all of the major benefit plan providers, we are proud to also be the exclusive advisor for the Chambers Plan employee benefits.
Ryan Davies
B. Comm, CFP, CLU, GBA - President
Ryan Davies
Ryan started his career in the financial services industry in 1995 with one of the ‘Big Three’ insurance companies in Canada. He held sales leadership roles of increasing responsibility during the next 24 years with that firm before leaving in 2019 to form RDF Group Ltd. At that time, he teamed up with Rob Jack at Jack Insurance to form the premiere insurance and employee benefits brokerage firm on Vancouver Island. Since merging the two firms, Ryan has enjoyed leading the team and running a business focussed on serving our clients.
Born and raised on Saltspring Island, Ryan lived in both Vancouver and Kelowna before settling in Victoria in 1999. Ryan has always been active in the local sports and professional communities and he, his wife Rachelle, and their son Max are avid skiers, golfers, curlers, and campers.
Rob Jack
B.A., FLMI, GBA - Advisor
Rob Jack
Rob has been in the financial services industry since 1981, moving to Victoria in 1993 to establish Jack Insurance & Financial Services Ltd. Rob grew Jack Insurance into one of the largest benefits brokerage firms on Vancouver Island over the next 25 years before teaming up with Ryan Davies and RDF Group Ltd in 2019. While he has transitioned away from the overall leadership of the firm, Rob remains very active in the day-to-day of the operations and continues to remain focussed on providing personal service and making our clients the top priority.
When Rob is not helping our clients, he can be found at the hockey rink in the winter months and travelling to Hornby Island in the spring and summer months with his wife and two grown boys.
Sheila Airey
Advisor
Sheila
Sheila started her career in business development in Ontario. Sheila respects the hard-working entrepreneurial spirit of business owners and is pleased to provide professional advice as an Employee Benefits Specialist. In 1998 Sheila and her family visited friends who had moved to Vancouver Island. After discovering there were palm trees in Canada…Sheila and the Airey family moved and made Victoria their home. This Island has been a magnificent joy for all that Sheila and her family loves: hiking, golfing, swimming, surfing and walking. Sheila joined Rob Jack in 2015 as a Benefits Advisor and is now pleased to be part of the growing RDF Group. Sheila is a mother of two grown children who live in Calgary and Australia.
Adam Schreiber
Advisor
Adam Schreiber
Adam started his financial services career in Edmonton in 2015, working with one of the major insurance companies in Canada. Adam has focussed on the employee benefits landscape and took on clients and roles with increasing size and complexity over the next 5 years. In 2016 he moved to Victoria to help support clients on Vancouver Island, and in 2020 decided to explore different avenues and go out on his own. Adam is the latest addition to the RDF Group of insurance and benefits specialists, becoming a member in 2021.
Born in Edmonton, Adam has enjoyed the Island lifestyle so much that he has managed to convince several of his friends and family to make the move and relocate as well. When Adam is not in the office, he can be found golfing, spending time with his wife Stephanie, or coaching their son Christian's soccer team.
Eric Gosden
Advisor
Eric
Eric started his career in the financial services industry in 2014 with an insurance company while completing his business degree at night. In 2016 he moved to one of the big three insurance carriers where his skills and responsibilities increased over the years working with group benefits clients and advisors. He was born and raised on the mainland but spent plenty of time visiting friends and family on the island over the years until he decided to make the move himself in 2021. When not working Eric spends most of his time staying active playing basketball, hiking, kayaking, and camping with his wife Victoria, and two dogs, Louis and Toby.
Noreen Adams
Client Service Manager
Noreen Adams
Noreen has been in the insurance industry since 1984 in different roles starting in Alberta and moving to Victoria in 2005. She began working with Jack Insurance in 2006 as receptionist learning the ins and outs of group benefits and life insurance. She enjoyed the work environment and loved helping clients so opted to obtain her insurance license. Her role continued to grow and became the Client Service Manager at Jack Insurance and now thrives in her role with RDF Group.
Noreen enjoys golfing and travelling and is the travel insurance specialist in our office as well as being the liaison between the clients and insurance companies ensuring the needs of our clients are met. If she isn’t working hard at the office, you will most likely find her off golfing with her husband, Bruce, and friends or travelling to other hot spots in the world when she can.