Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Life and Health Insurance Compensation Corporation / La Société canadienne d'indemnisation pour les assurances de personnes / Paul Petrelli, President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canadian Life and Health Insurance Compensation Corporation / La Société canadienne d'indemnisation pour les assurances de personnes
Responsible Officer Name: Paul Petrelli, President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2007-10-02
Registration status: Inactive
Registration Number: 947915-16031

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 27

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 0

Version 35 of 108 (2014-04-08 to 2014-05-15)

Registration versions:

Version 35 of 108 (2014-04-08 to 2014-05-15)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Consumer Issues
Financial Institutions
Taxation and Finance

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Winding Up and Restructuring Act with respect to restructuring and winding up of life insurance companies, specifically Part 3. As we protect policyholders of life insurance companies if a company should go under the Winding-up and Restructuring Act, we're interested in ensuring that it provides appropriate policyholder protection.

Policies or Program

Capital Standards with respect to life insurance companies to ensure that there is sufficient capital available for policyholders in the event of an insolvency.
Financial Consumer Protection plans with respect to co-operation with other consumer protection plans.

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication

Government Institutions

Bank of Canada
Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Financial Consumer Agency of Canada (FCAC)
Industry Canada
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada (OSFI)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

Canadian Life and Health Insurance Compensation Corporation (a.k.a. Assuris) is a not for profit corporation, funded by the life insurance industry, that protects Canadian policyholders against loss of benefits due to the financial failure of a member company.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Gordon Dunning, President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Life insurance companies licensed to write life insurance in Canada are required to be members of Assuris by the regulators authorizing them to sell to the public. Members cannot terminate their membership so long as they are licensed to write business in Canada or have any in force business in Canada.

Government funding

No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
250 Yonge Street
suite 3110
Toronto, ON M5B 2L7
Canada

Telephone number: 416-359-2034
Fax number: 416-359-2034

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Gordon Dunning, President & CEO | No public offices held
Michael Hale, Senior Advisor | Public offices held
Josee Rheault, Vice-President, External Relations | No public offices held

Canadian Life and Health Insurance Compensation Corporation/La Société canadienne d'indemnisation pour les assurances de personnes

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008
Name	From	To
Canadian Life and Health Insurance Compensation Corporation/La Société canadienne d'indemnisation pour les assurances de personnes	2008-07-02	2023-05-16

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

Canadian Life and Health Insurance Compensation Corporation/La Société canadienne d'indemnisation pour les assurances de personnes

Canadian Life and Health Insurance Compensation Corporation / La Société canadienne d'indemnisation pour les assurances de personnes

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Paul Petrelli	2021-01-04	2023-05-16
Gordon Dunning	2007-10-02	2021-01-04

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Director, Actuarial and Senior Advisor to Superintendent on Demutualization Finance, OSFI	January 1998 to May 1999	Not a designated office
Director General Insurance Finance, OSFI	January 1995 to December 1997	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2025-03-12

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Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Life and Health Insurance Compensation Corporation / La Société canadienne d'indemnisation pour les assurances de personnes / Paul Petrelli, President & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 35 of 108 (2014-04-08 to 2014-05-15)

Version 35 of 108 (2014-04-08 to 2014-05-15)

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Policies or Program

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization