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Wider mandate for Ontario’s auto insurance regulator would be welcomed

January 19, 2017 by Angela Stelmakowich

A wide mandate for the body regulating Ontario’s auto insurance sector – one that promotes competition, innovation and responsiveness – would be welcomed, Karin Ots, senior vice president of regulatory and government relations for Aviva Canada, suggested Thursday during a

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IBC applauds Ontario government’s decision to move forward with creation of new financial services regulator

November 15, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) is applauding the Ontario government’s decision to move forward with the creation of a new financial services regulator. On Monday, the government of Ontario announced in its 2016 Ontario Economic Outlook and Fiscal Review

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Ontario to introduce legislation to establish new Financial Services Regulatory Authority

November 14, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The Ontario government has announced that it will introduce legislation to establish the initial parameters for the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), “a new independent and flexible regulator of financial services and pensions that, once established, would be more consumer-focused

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New Ontario financial services regulator should have anti-fraud authority: Panel

June 20, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The Ontario government should establish a new organization that would perform the functions currently performed by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) and the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario (DICO) but also have a “specific fraud-deterrence mandate,” an expert

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Single regulatory approach not the same as one-size-fits-all, CIFF speaker emphasizes

May 30, 2016 Jason Contant, Online Editor

A single financial services regulatory approach does not mean a one-size-fits-all approach at all, a speaker stressed last week at the Canadian Insurance Financial Forum at the Allstream Centre in Toronto. Lawrence Ritchie, a partner at Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt