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    Insurance and Reinsurance

    Our Insurance Law group is an industry leader in Québec. Our expertise covers not only insurance matters, but also reinsurance, distribution of financial products and services, insurance product design, and risk management. We also provide governance and regulatory compliance services.

    In addition, our team is very highly prized for its expertise in handling coverage and civil and professional liability issues. We take a rational approach in handling litigious matters mindful of the amounts at stake and the goals of our clients.

    Our group has built an outstanding reputation for its in-depth analysis, and highly flexible and effective approach, which we leverage in serving insurers, reinsurers, insurance funds, reciprocal unions, mutual insurance companies, insurance brokers and risk managers.

    An overview of our areas of expertise:

    • Bad faith claims
    • Coverage analysis and recommandations
    • Creating and structuring insurance funds and reciprocal unions
    • Directors’ and officers’ insurance
    • Distribution of financial products and services
    • Establishing insurance and reinsurance structures
    • Governance
    • Indemnification
    • Inquiries and investigations
    • Insurance litigation
    • Insurance product design and distribution
    • Regulatory compliance
    • Reinsurance
    • Risk management
    • Translating insurance policies
    • Underwriting risks

    Our expertise covers the following insurance products:

    • Property and casualty
    • Construction and builder’s risk
    • Cyber liability
    • Errors and omissions
    • Business interruption
    • Employment practices liability (EPL)
    • General liability
    • Directors’ and officers’ liability
    • Carrier’s liability
    • Product liability
    • Medical liability
    • Professional liability
    • Life, health and disability
    • Fidelity and crime liability
    • Excess liability
    • Specialty insurance

    Headlines

    Publications
    November 11th, 2024

    Employers and insurers: New rules on absence and disability management on the horizon
    Bill 68, An Act mainly to reduce the administrative burden of physicians (the “Act”), which is primarily aimed at reducing non-value-added medical appointments, was assented to by the Lieutenant Governor on October 9. The Act introduces amendments to the Act to promote access to family medicine and specialized medicine services and the Act respecting labour standards (the “ALS”), which will significantly change the way both employers and insurers manage absence and disability. Some provisions will come into force on January 1, 2025, while others will come into force on a date to be determined. This article outlines the key changes introduced by the Act.
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    Publications
    December 1st, 2023

    Is an insurer obliged to defend its insured for all damages claimed, even if certain types of damages are excluded from the policy?
    This article appeared in the Fall 2023 issue of the Montréal Association of Insurance Women (MAIW) newsletter. Introduction When an insured claims compensation, the mere possibility that the claim falls within the scope of the policy triggers an obligation, on the part of the insurer, to defend the insured in a litigation dispute.1 However, some […]
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