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Brokerage wins limited injunction against regulator’s new rule

July 19, 2023 by David Gambrill

FS Insurance Brokers (FSIB), a B.C. insurance broker that has common ownership with a strata property management company, has won a limited injunction against a new rule proposed by the province’s broker regulator, pending judicial review of the new rule.

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Same rules apply to brokers/insurers designing incentives

May 19, 2023 by David Gambrill

Canada’s insurance regulators have confirmed insurers and brokers are each expected to comply with new guidance related to designing and managing sales incentive programs, even though the insurer is ultimately responsible for the fair treatment of customers for the full

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How OSFI wants P&C insurers to manage their third-party risks

May 8, 2023 by David Gambrill

Canada’s financial solvency regulator has published its final revised guideline for managing risks associated with third-party contracts and arrangements, having addressed industry concerns about scope, prescription and the timing of implementation. Guideline B-10: Third-Party Risk Management sets out enhanced third-party

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What the industry says about regulator’s draft corporate culture guidance

March 7, 2023 David Gambrill

Canada’s solvency regulator has refined its proposed guidance on corporate culture for P&C insurers, and it’s now consulting with the industry about its expectations. The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) was scheduled to have a technical briefing

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Will IFRS 17 make insurers’ results harder to compare?

January 25, 2023 Philip Porado

At best, it will be difficult to make initial comparisons to insurers’ IFRS 17 results, due to differences between companies’ approaches under the new accounting standard, said a report this week from Fitch Ratings. A stated objective of the insurance

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Claims denials on their way down, regulator reports

January 23, 2023 by David Gambrill

Claims denial ratios for the stressed business lines of aircraft, liability and marine — which spiked during the pandemic in 2020 — are starting to return to their pre-pandemic levels, according to the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators (CCIR). “For

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OSFI’s third-party guidance to include insurer-broker contracts

October 12, 2022 by David Gambrill

Canada’s solvency regulator is preparing guidance that legal experts say will shift the scope of the regulator’s concerns about outsourcing data and technology to a much broader inquiry about insurers’ arrangements with third parties generally — including with broker partners.

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Regulating business culture. A “solution in search of a problem?”

October 4, 2022 by David Gambrill

In what lawyers are calling a “solution in search of a problem,” Canada’s solvency regulator is seeking input from the Canadian property and casualty insurance industry on how to regulate business culture. “I feel like this culture conversation in Canada

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Global climate disclosure standards will take time and money, P&C industry warned

September 22, 2022 by David Gambrill

Canada’s solvency regulator is seeking to harmonize climate risk disclosures with international standards, which some Canadian P&C insurers are viewing as akin to a climate-related IFRS 17 initiative. Some contend OSFI’s forthcoming guidance on harmonizing companies’ climate-related risk disclosures with

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How OSFI proposes to regulate the P&C industry’s cryptocurrency risk

August 22, 2022 by David Gambrill

Canada’s solvency regulator is seeking comment on its proposed approach for regulating P&C insurers’ cryptocurrency risk exposure. In a proposed advisory to take effect in 2023 Q2, the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI) defines and categorizes two

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OSFI’s capital guidelines include new 2.5% charge for risk-sharing pools

August 9, 2022 by David Gambrill

Canada’s federal solvency regulator has released its final capital guidelines for the P&C insurance sector, and one new wrinkle includes a fresh approach to handle the provincial risk-sharing pools administered by Facility Association — a new 2.5% capital charge. The

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What the regulator’s focus on digital risk means for you

June 27, 2022 by David Gambrill

Expect Canada’s solvency regulator to become more active in overseeing the P&C industry’s digital risks. “Insurers have become more digital with changes in business models and service delivery,” OSFI superintendent Peter Routledge said in prepared remarks to insurers attending the