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Province to launch restricted licence for incidental insurance

June 6, 2023 by David Gambrill

B.C.’s broker regulator, the Insurance Council of B.C., is now consulting on a proposed new restricted licensing framework to regulate the sale of incidental insurance, the council announced in late May. The regulator’s initiative follows the province’s Bill 37, which

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Former broker penalized for misappropriation scheme

October 1, 2019 by Jason Contant

A former broker in British Columbia is banned from applying for a licence for three years after the provincial regulator found he misappropriated funds received on behalf of an insurer for his own personal benefit. Vladimir Prokopchik had been licensed

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Regulator allows adjuster to co-own a moving company that sells to insurers

August 9, 2018 by David Gambrill

In a clear conflict of interest case, the Insurance Council of B.C. has allowed an insurance adjuster who co-owns an adjusting firm with his wife to double as a minority owner in a moving and storage company that sells its

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What happened to the broker caught cheating on her CAIB 3 exam

July 4, 2018 by David Gambrill

A B.C. broker caught cheating on her CAIB 3 broker licensing exam has had her general and life insurance licenses suspended for a year. The Insurance Council of B.C. noted the broker was not deceptive when confronted about her behaviour.

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Broker fined after leaving agency with his own book of business

May 8, 2018 by David Gambrill

A B.C. broker who believed he was leaving one agency for another with his own book of business received a $2,500 fine for a privacy breach when he took a spreadsheet of his clients’ information with him. Before joining his

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Broker fined $1,000 for “improper” home visit to elderly, unwell client

February 27, 2018 by David Gambrill

B.C.’s broker regulator showed little compassion for a broker who flouted a license restriction by making an out-of-office visit to a sick elderly client to renew her auto insurance. The Insurance Council of B.C. fined Safir Mohamed Lalji $1,000 for

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Broker fined for unorthodox method of storing client documents

February 20, 2018 by David Gambrill

A B.C. broker has been fined $2,500 and ordered to complete a privacy compliance course after it was discovered that she was storing client documents in the locked garage of her home. Her time-honoured, paper-based method of storing documents came

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One-year suspension for broker who involved unlicensed spouse in renewals

January 11, 2018 by Jason Contant

B.C. broker Elliott Herrera had his license suspended for a year after the provincial regulator found that he had his unlicensed spouse assist him with insurance activities. Once his spouse had obtained an insurance licence, Herrera then provided client information

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Broker loses licence for preferred vendor kickback scheme

January 10, 2018 by David Gambrill

A B.C. broker has had his licence cancelled for five years after the provincial broker regulator found that he had participated in a kickback scheme involving a potential preferred vendor for the brokerage. Bhupinder Singh Atwal, assistant vice president at