Kate Mccaffery

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has published its reasons for judgment in a case where insurers unsuccessfully argued that an incident that occurred while a hunting party was setting up a tent did not constitute “hunting.” They also argued that their policies should be treated as “excess insurance” and therefore would not respond to the loss.

Following a month which set multiple records, July 2026 application activity moderated somewhat month-over-month, but continued strong year-over-year, according to the most recent reading of the MIB Life Index from Massachusetts-based MIB Group Inc.

At the start of August 2026, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) announced the results of a pilot project known as Project NoCargo. Launched a year ago to prevent the export of vehicles obtained through fraudulent means, the operation was conducted in cooperation with

The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has refused to renew the life insurance and accident and sickness insurance agent’s license issued to Leszek Dziadecki. It has also revoked the corporate insurance agent license issued to Advantage Group of Finance Inc., following the conclusion of a Financial Services Tribunal (FST) contested hearing.

Once a shortfall has been identified during a continuing education (CE) audit, in British Columbia, $1,000 is the baseline penalty for each year a licensee is without sufficient CE. This is frequently reduced when the agent in question is cooperative and accepting of the fact that remedial action is warranted.

Those in cybersecurity who follow today’s most dangerous vulnerabilities say insiders, artificial intelligence (AI) prompt injecting, AI-powered phishing and ransomware as a service all top the list of concerns that warrant immediate attention from security leaders and practitioners. Interestingly, they note that AI itself has a few core weaknesses which leave it vulnerable, particularly to prompt-injection attacks.

The Insurance Council of British Columbia (ICoBC) has fined Sahar Rezaei $500, half of the usual baseline amount normally assessed, and ordered her to pay costs in the amount of $950, after an audit uncovered the fact that the agent’s errors and omissions (E&O) insurance coverage had terminated when she left the agency she had been working for.

When a vacant school under demolition in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario was destroyed by fire in September 2022, the insurer in the case successfully argued that there was no insurance coverage available for the loss because the property was not properly secured, as required by the terms and conditions of the policy.

The Insurance Council of British Columbia has sanctioned Eunirose Sabula Dator for failing in her supervisory role after the council determined that

Following a two-year effort to effectively supervise health service providers (HSPs) in Ontario, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has published its findings indicating that the sector is generally non-compliant with certain regulatory requirements.