B.C.’s broker regulator has reprimanded an unnamed brokerage and ordered its nominee to take courses on how to handle a privacy breach, after a stash of client documents was recovered by a third party and returned to the insurance company.…
Quebec’s recently enacted language law is creating concerns that smaller insurance providers may consider pulling out of the province. Bill 96 (Law 14), An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec, came into effect June 1. Under…
If your Ontario P&C business is using a recruiter or temporary staffing organization to find talent, make sure they’re licensed as of Jan. 1, 2024. Otherwise, you may be subject to a hefty fine in the New Year. As of…
Canada’s P&C insurance industry is tired of shouldering the weight of “over-regulation” and populist politics. To counter these influences, the industry needs to spin its own narrative, P&C insurance company executives told attendees at the Insurance Broker Association of Ontario’s…
Add natural catastrophes to the list of reasons why insurance companies fail. “It is important to note that the factors that lead to insurer failures are not unique to any one country, or to any single business strategy,” the Property…
Just when you thought it was safe to return to underwriting property and casualty (P&C) insurance risk, OSFI has new marching orders from Parliament to provide guidance on foreign interference in financial institutions, prompting yet another round of consultations with…
EDMONTON – Most Albertans would support some kind of national cap on carbon emissions from the oil and gas sector, two new polls suggest. The polls, conducted by different polling firms at the same time with the same questions, come…
In the wake of IFRS 17 accounting changes, Canada’s solvency regulator is requiring federally regulated P&C insurance companies to be more proactive in reporting any changes related to their appointed actuaries (AAs) and their peer reviewers. The regulator has also…
The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario’s (FSRA) Innovation Office has approved its first application under its test-and-learn environment — a regulatory ‘sandbox’ that allows the industry to test out new ideas, concepts and innovations. An insurance company is proposing…
Manitoba brokers are reporting no issues thus far servicing their auto insurance clients, as the Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) workers’ job action enters its second day. “We at IBAM [Insurance Brokers Association of Manitoba] hope for a speedy resolution that’s…
BrokerLink in Alberta got some unwanted regulatory attention after failing to inform a client about a rollover agreement the brokerage had made with a new insurer on behalf of a farm insurance client. As is common in P&C insurance, when…
A B.C. broker, his brokerage, and the brokerage’s representative nominee were collectively fined $7,500 for a procedural mix-up that left a client unknowingly without a policy in force for a year. The broker, Amrit Singh Sidhu, received a $5,000 fine…