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Federal budget contains ‘unexpected positive development’ for brokers re: Bank Act

April 23, 2021 by Greg Meckbach

This year’s federal budget could keep the restrictions, on banks selling home and auto insurance, for at least another four years. “There was an unexpected positive development in the budget for us,” Peter Braid, CEO of the Insurance Brokers Association…

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Canadian banks, bellwethers of pandemic recovery, to reveal key statistics this week

February 23, 2021 Anita Balakrishnan - THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO – Canada’s biggest banks will report their quarterly financial results this week, and analysts say they will be listening for hints as to how bank executives view the economic recovery from COVID-19. John Aiken, head of research (Canada) at…

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Trial date delayed in $300-million banker’s commercial coverage dispute

February 22, 2021 by Greg Meckbach

A trial in an Ontario coverage dispute lawsuit, on a Big 5 bank’s $300-million commercial claim, is being pushed back from its originally-scheduled start date of Sept. 13, 2021. Toronto Dominion Bank is suing a group of insurers, including six…