Our Story
At the start
It was a chilly day in Thunder Bay in 1973. I had just graduated from Lakehead University with a degree in accounting. After spending the last four years studying and working odd jobs to get through school, I decided to move to Toronto to begin my career.
My hopes were to put my brand new degree to use in a full time accounting position. Unfortunately, at the time there were not many opportunities in the field. In the meantime, I took on various managerial positions in the retail sector during my job hunt.
About two years passed when one day I came across a wanted ad looking for insurance salesmen. Like a scene out of a movie, I picked up the ad not knowing that this was the fate of my career. At the insurance company, I developed my service skills and began to see success. Pounding the pavement every day, I grew my portfolio slowly with happy and loyal clients along the way.
During my time at the insurance company, one of my mentors by the name of Joe, encouraged me to get my real estate license. I leaped at the opportunity to give real estate a try. After I had obtained my licence, I began to service clients as a realtor as well, buying and selling properties all over the GTA and Ontario and have never looked back since.
New beginnings
After a couple of great years in the insurance and real estate business, I felt the need to open up a new chapter in my career and seek new challenges.
It was on ‘April Fools’ on Sunday, April 1st, 1984 when we opened the doors and founded my two companies: Peter Chung Insurance Brokers Ltd and Peter Chung Real Estate Ltd, Brokerage. My first office was right in the heart of Chinatown, Toronto. It was on this day where family, friends, clients and the community came together to celebrate our new beginnings.
Over the next 30 years, our office has moved and serviced different areas in the GTA. During this time we have served many wonderful clients and look forward to meeting many more.
The future
Today we continue to strive towards serving our clients with trustworthy insurance and real estate advice for many years to come. We continue the tradition of running a family business by introducing the newest member to our team, Allen, my son.
Through all the success and changes over the past 30 years, our company philosophy will always remain the same: To always provide reliable service to our clients.
Peter Chung