Globe & Mail names Surex fastest growing

Magrath, AB - Surex, Canada’s online Insurance Marketplace™, is thrilled to announce that the company has placed no. 183 on the inaugural list of Canada’s Top Growing Companies by The Globe & Mail Report on Business Magazine. The Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies ranks qualifying independent Canadian companies by the percentage of their revenue growth over three years. Surex earned its ranking with three-year growth of 192%.

“We are honoured to have been recognized by The Globe & Mail Report on Business as one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies,” said Lance Miller, CEO and Co-Founder of Surex. “Over the past several years we have worked hard to provide Canadians with a better way to buy insurance, and this distinction further validates our success in achieving that goal.”

Launched in 2019, the Canada’s Top Growing Companies ranking program aims to celebrate entrepreneurial achievement in Canada by identifying and amplifying the success of growth-minded, independent businesses in Canada. It is a voluntary program; companies had to complete an in-depth application process in order to qualify. In total, 400 companies made the ranking this year.

The full list of 2019 winners, and accompanying editorial coverage, is published in the October issue of Report on Business magazine—out now—and online at tgam.ca/TopGrowing.

“We created the Canada’s Top Growing Companies program because we believe there is much Report on Business readers can learn from the successes of the country’s best entrepreneurs,” says Derek DeCloet, Editor of Report on Business and Executive Editor at The Globe and Mail. “We’re excited to be telling their stories.”

“The 400 companies on the inaugural Report on Business ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies ranking demonstrate ambition, innovation and tremendous business acumen,”says Phillip Crawley, Publisher and CEO of The Globe and Mail. “Their contributions to the economy help to make Canada a better place, and warrant commendation.”

Unlike other insurance websites which only offer coverage from one provider, Surex is an Online Insurance Marketplace™ that works with over 10 of Canada's Top Insurance Providers to help Canadians find the best coverage at the best rates. Headquartered in Magrath, Alberta, Surex also has an office in Burlington, Ontario, a tech hub in Cambridge, ON, as well as Insurance Advisors working remotely across Canada. Surex has also been developing its own artificial technology (AI) solutions in-house, aimed at driving productivity for their support staff, and eventually helping customers by searching for the best quotes for their needs.

“We’re a proudly Canadian company with a strong team of employees based across Canada,” said Matt Alston, COO and Co-Founder of Surex. “We have been able to achieve exponential growth by developing cutting edge technology while still being able to provide personalized customer service, which we believe is the key to Surex’s success.”

Surex provides auto, home, and business insurance to customers in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Saskatchewan, and in the Northwest Territories and the Yukon.

For more information about Surex, please visit www.surex.com.

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