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Road Block

June 29, 2017 Daniel Strigberger, Partner, Samis+Company; and Ken Parsons, Consultant, Everest Canada

Ontario brokers and insurers need to know about upcoming changes to the definition of road-building machines. Certain machines will no longer be included in package, inland marine or other coverage forms, meaning they must now be registered/licensed and insured under an Ontario auto policy. Should an injury occur involving a machine that is not so insured, losses could exceed limits.

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Government of Manitoba announces legislation to reduce red tape imposed on businesses, industry and local governments

March 20, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The Government of Manitoba has announced proposed legislation that would reduce outdated, contradictory, complicated or ineffective regulatory requirements imposed on businesses, industry and local governments, provincial Finance Minister Cameron Friesen said last week. Friesen said in a statement that the

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Ontario launches consultations to cut red tape in financial services sector

December 1, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The province of Ontario is launching consultations until the end of January 2017, asking businesses and the public to help identify and improve regulations that are “unclear, outdated, redundant or unnecessarily costly” for the financial services sector. Feedback can be