Insurance lawyer | Valérie Lemaire

Valérie Lemaire practises in the areas of civil litigation, insurance law, and professional and medical liability.

She has developed special expertise in regulatory compliance issues in the insurance and financial products and services distribution areas, as well as in insurance of persons.

She frequently gives seminars accredited by the Chambre de l’assurance de dommages (Damage Insurance Regulatory Body) on topics concerning insurance law, professional and civil liability, and insurance regulations. She is a member of the Executive Committee at Langlois Lawyers.

Representative Work

Successfully defended an insurer and its insured against a personal injury claim for more than $2 million alleging carbon monoxide poisoning.

Successfully represented an insurer in an arbitration proceeding involving a claim to recover monies from a reinsurer.

Represents a supplier of concrete in defence against claims totalling several million dollars by owners of homes with damaged concrete foundations.

Advised an insurer on the revision of the wording in its policies.

Defended an enterprise against a multi-million dollar lawsuit following a factory fire.

Defence counsel in complex personal injury cases on a regular basis.

Acts on a regular basis for insurance firms and representatives in connection with regulatory investigations.

Obtained for a foreign insurer (life insurance and property and casualty insurance) the required licences to distribute insurance products in Quebec.

Advised an insurer with respect to its property and casualty insurance business including the establishment of a compliance program.

Publications

Articles

2012 – Compliance as a Protective Mechanism

Other Publications

2017 – “Le privilège relatif au litige : la protection du processus judiciaire” (The litigation privilege: protecting the judicial process), in collaboration with Renée-Maude Vachon-Therrien, Assurance de dommages – Troisième Colloque, Éditions Yvon Blais, volume 26, 2017 (La Collection Blais)

2015 – “Contrat de réassurance: notions et principes” (Reinsurance policies: concepts and principles) and “Les ententes de réassurance” (Reinsurance agreements), in collaboration with Jean-François Gagnon, in Sébastien Lanctôt et al., Le contrat d’assurance de dommages et le contrat de réassurance: sujets choisis (Property and casualty insurance policies and reinsurance contracts: selected topics), Montréal, LexisNexis

2015 – “La portée de l’obligation de bonne foi de l’assureur dans le traitement des réclamations”, (The Scope of the Insurer’s Duty to Act in Good Faith in the Handling of Claims), in collaboration with Renée-Maude Vachon-Therrien, Assurance de dommages – Deuxième Colloque, Éditions Yvon Blais, volume 22, 2015 (La Collection Blais)

2012 – Contributor: “Legal Aspects of Doing Business in North America” (Section Quebec), Release 1 – 2012, Juris Publishing, Huntington, New York, 2012, p. QU-1

Events

Langlois Knowledge

Other Events

2018 – “L’accès à l’information et la protection des renseignements personnels”, (Access to information and protection of personal information), Lévis, February 15, 2018

2017 – “Le privilège relatif au litige : la protection du processus judiciaire” (The litigation privilege: protecting the judicial process), in collaboration with Renée-Maude Vachon-Therrien, Assurance de dommages – Troisième Colloque, Éditions Yvon Blais, Montréal

2015 – “La portée de l’obligation de bonne foi de l’assureur dans le traitement des réclamations” (The Scope of the Insurer’s Duty to Act in Good Faith in the Handling of Claims), in collaboration with Renée-Maude Vachon-Therrien, Assurance de dommages – Deuxième Colloque, Éditions Yvon Blais, Montréal

2015 – “La gestion de l’instance – impact du nouveau Code de procédure civile” (Case Management – the Impact of the New Code of Civil Procedure)

2015 – “La prescription” (Limitation of Actions (prescription))

2010 – “The Obligation to Follow Sound Commercial Practices”, The Canadian Institute

2009 – “The Lawyer’s Role in Managing Regulatory Compliance Risks”, The Canadian Institute

2009 – “New Guidelines From the Autorité des marchés financiers and How to Comply”, Institut d’assurance de dommages du Québec

2008 – “Implementation of a Compliance Management Program by an Insurer”, Insight

2008 – “Guidelines Issued by the Autorité des marchés financiers”, presented privately to insurance clients

2008 – “Managing Landlord/Tenant Relations”, Quebec City, Association des femmes d’assurance de Québec

2007 – “Waiver, Estoppel from a Quebec Legal Perspective”, Montréal, Institut d’assurance de dommages de Québec, with Jean-François Gagnon

2006 – “Initial Declaration of Risk and the Consequences of Non-Disclosure”, Quebec City, Association des femmes d’assurance de Québec

Involvement

2019 – Guest entrepreneur at the annual banquet of Laval University’s student entrepreneurs association (RÉEL)

Professional Associations

Since 2020 – Member of The Advocates’ Society

Since 2017 – Member, PLUS (Professional Liability Underwriting Society)

Since 1997 – Member, Association des femmes d’assurance de Québec

2013-2018 – Member of the Board of Directors of Langlois Lawyers

Valérie Lemaire

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Valérie Lemaire

Articles

Other Publications

Langlois Knowledge

Other Events