Kim Champion

Kim Champion

Benefits and Pensions Monitor

Kim Champion

Senior Writer - Special Reports

20+ years experience

Kim's specialty topics

employee benefits pension governance workplace culture and employee engagement group insurance institutional investment strategy

Kim Champion is Senior Writer of Special Reports for Benefits and Pensions Monitor, where she covers the people, firms, and market forces shaping Canada's benefits, pensions, and institutional investment industries. Her reporting spans employee benefits and group insurance, pension governance and institutional investment strategy, workplace culture and employee engagement, and the technology reshaping how plans are administered, with a focus on the leaders and organizations setting the standard across the sector. She's driven by curiosity about what makes these leaders and firms excellent at what they do, and by the challenge of telling their stories well. Kim brings over two decades of journalism experience to the role, including B2B special reports and sponsored content across the legal, insurance, mortgage, human resources, and financial sectors. As a founding reporter for a digital-first community news outlet, part of one of Canada's largest hyperlocal news networks, she set the editorial tone for its local journalism, pairing storytelling that celebrated the community with hard-hitting coverage of issues such as homelessness and poverty. Prior to that, she led award-winning newsrooms from Parry Sound to York Region, setting the gold standard for enterprise reporting in local politics, and her own agenda-setting work in community journalism earned two provincial news awards for editorial writing within a five-year span, along with regional and international recognition. She is known for producing high-impact industry coverage that pairs data and expert insight with compelling storytelling. A love of community and a desire to help make it better anchor her volunteer work, particularly with the Spelling Bee of Canada.

How I think about writing for this industry…

“I have the best job in the world, getting on a call with someone who's spent decades becoming excellent at what they do, and hearing them think out loud about how they got there. It's my privilege to be trusted with those conversations, and I’m thrilled to give the reader a seat at that table, too.”

Also published by

Insurance Business Canada · Insurance Business Asia · Human Resources Director Canada · Human Resources Director Australia · Sudbury Northern Life · YorkRegion.com · Canadian Mortgage Professional · MPA - Mortgage Professional America · NZ Adviser · Canadian Lawyer · Today’s Caregiver · Guelph Today · Barrie Today · NewmarketToday · Insurance Business · Benefits and Pensions Monitor · Bradford News · MidlandToday

Featured content from Kim

Best Companies to Work for in the Benefits, Pensions, and Institutional Investment Space | Top Employers Women Leaders in the Benefits, Pensions, and Institutional Investment Industries | Elite Women Best Benefits, Pensions, and Institutional Investment Technology Providers in Canada | 5-Star Technology

Previous experience

  • Key Media — Senior Writer - Special Reports
  • Newmarket Today / Village Media — Reporter
  • The Vaughan Citizen / York Region / Star Metroland Media — Managing Editor
  • The Parry Sound North Star / Star Metroland Media

Education

  • Journalism Diploma, Centennial College
  • Public Relations Principles, Toronto Metropolitan University

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