Insurance Advisory
Businesses aren’t cookie cutter. Neither is their insurance coverage. Whether calculating a business interruption claim, personal injury damages or possible fraud, you need advisors who understand the nuances of business and industry.
With dedicated partners, more than 75 forensic, cyber security and valuation professionals and support staff in both rural and urban areas across the country, MNP has extensive experience working with diverse interests.
Our bench strength leads to a comprehensive understanding of unique issues specific to industry or market segments. We make it our business to know yours inside and out, while providing an independent voice retained by both insurers and insured.
Solutions for Your Success
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Loss Quantification
Resolve claims with confidence as MNP provides thorough loss analysis, insightful reporting and credible testimony to ensure you are always fully covered.
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Forensic Accounting
If you suspect fraud or employee misconduct, MNP will answer the tough questions you have by combining accounting, investigative and expert witness expertise. We respond quickly and discretely.
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Cyber Security
Boost your security with a thorough assessment of existing assets. We identify risks and ways to reduce them. Post breach, we’ll assess and help minimize damage, determine what happened, how to reduce future breaches, and work to recover losses.
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Machinery and Equipment Appraisal
Whether you need to identify fair value for financial reporting, want an accurate insurable value or face new financing requirements, our valuations and appraisals allow you to capture the full potential of your investment.
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Business Resilience
MNP’s business resilience solutions compliment your insurance needs and are customized and designed to ensure continuity of operations — helping you maintain your brand and a competitive advantage.
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Insurance Advisory
Position your business for recovery by having the appropriate policy and coverage before an interruption, and then a properly quantified claim prepared after, minimizing your loss.
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Cyber Insurance
Understanding your overall cyber risk is key to ensuring you get the appropriate type and amount of insurance coverage, enabling you to know where to put your insurance dollars and how much to spend.
Insights
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Agility
June 17, 2021
Three tips to keep your business insurance effective
What better way to celebrate Insurance Awareness Day on June 28 than to review your insurance policy – and make sure your coverage – and premiums – are appropriate. Find out more.
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Confidence
June 08, 2021
Business recovery planning is essential to recover from a breach. Why do so few organizations have one in place?
You’ve done everything in your power to prevent a cyber attack. But what if that’s not good enough?
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Performance
May 03, 2021
Talk to the experts: Protect your business against fraud
Listen in and find out how to better protect your business against fraud, with Lisa Majeau Gordon, MNP's National Leader of Forensics and Litigation Support.
Contact our Forensics Team
Craig Burkart CPA, CA, IFA, CFF, CIP
National Leader of Insurance Advisory
Craig Burkart, CPA, CA, IFA, CFF, CIP is a National Leader of Insurance Advisory in Calgary, working closely with clients to provide a wide range of financial advisory services. Drawing on more than two decades of experience, Craig helps businesses recuperate and carry on successfully after loss. His services include insurance claim and damage quantification; loss measurement and business interruption determination; physical damage, extra expense and inventory insurance claims; disaster recovery assistance and lost profits for litigation. Craig is the National Leader of Insurance Advisory at MNP.
Craig is qualified as an expert witness by the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta and has given expert witness testimony internationally. He also is an author and regular presenter at conferences and seminars across Canada.
Craig obtained his Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1995 from the University of Calgary. He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (CA) in 1997. He is Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF through the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and qualified for the Chartered Insurance Professional Designation (CIP) in 2004. Craig is a designated specialist in Investigative and Forensic Accountant (IFA) through the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and obtained a graduate diploma in Investigative and Forensic Accounting (DIFA) from the University of Toronto Rotman School of Management in 2003. He is a Registered Private Investigator.