Applications Due November 28, 2025

Pro-Demnity Insurance Company  has two upcoming vacancies on its board of directors—one for an Architect as an OAA member at large and another for an independent director. Applications are due November 28. The OAA is the sole shareholder of Pro-Demnity, whose purpose is to provide liability insurance to the architectural profession.

Pro Demnity’s Nominations Committee is conducting a search for OAA Architects interested in being considered as potential directors of the company. Ideal candidates would have an understanding of:

• the OAA (Shareholder of Pro-Demnity) and its role as an association;
• the architectural profession and its professional liability insurance needs;
• current operation and management of an architectural practice;
• business and/or finance; and
• board governance.
  

Preference will be given to candidates who possess

• broad understanding of construction delivery services;
• experience in purchasing requirement and supply chain;
• experience with insurance applications; and/or
• understanding of leading-edge architectural practices and materials.

Suitable candidates would also have appreciation of the role and responsibilities of directors, the attributes of a team player, consensus-building, acceptance of upgrading knowledge through continuous education or orientation courses arranged by the Board, and a multi-year commitment subject to an ultimate term of nine years.

Click here  to review the selection criteria and fill out the Pro-Demnity Indication of Interest, the references form, and the competency self-assessment. Send the application, along with a curriculum vitae, to the Corporate Governance Specialist of Pro-Demnity  by November 28, 2025 so the Nominations Committee may review the applications and prepare a shortlist of members to be interviewed.