Stewart McKelvey is one of Canada’s top full-service law firms, with six offices across four provinces. We are leaders in providing the valued legal advice and innovative solutions clients need to solve their challenges now and in the future. By thinking forward, we guide our clients with a forward focus by solving their business challenges, avoiding future risks and identifying new opportunities. We lead clients and the practice of law forward.

As one of Canada’s top business law firms, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP (Blakes) provides exceptional legal services to leading businesses in Canada and around the world. Blakes leading Insurance lawyers provide sophisticated legal advice on all aspects of insurance business, operations, structure, investments, acquisitions, corporate governance and risk management. Our multidisciplinary team advises on financings, restructurings, onshore and offshore reinsurance arrangements and related trusts and pension de-risking transactions. The Firm’s preeminent M&A expertise includes the insurance sector where we advise on all aspects of sale and purchase transactions. Blakes has the largest and most active Financial Services Regulatory practice in Canada allowing us to effectively advise clients on the current regulatory framework and any draft legislation and regulatory proposals that may affect them. When disputes arise, the Blakes Litigation & Dispute Resolution team represents both insurers and insureds at all court levels and before administrative tribunals and government commissions. Our lawyers are consistently ranked as leaders in their fields by the leading directories including in Benchmark Canada, Chambers Canada, Chambers Global, The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Legal 500 Canada, Lexology Index: Insurance & Reinsurance and Best Lawyers in Canada. Blakes was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers for 2025 and has been named one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers 15 times, underscoring our commitment to workplace excellence and inclusion.

Canada's insurance industry is a complex environment requiring specialized expertise and an "out of the box" mindset. Clients look to Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG) for a fully integrated national network of seasoned legal talent. The firm's track record is based on the expertise and commitment of more than 750 lawyers, intellectual property agents, and other professionals speaking more than 20 languages across the firm. Working closely with our clients, we provide advice and assist on matters pertaining to the requirements of the Insurance Companies Act and provincial insurance laws, regulations and guidelines, the incorporation, organization and licensing of federal and provincial insurers and reinsurers, the entrance into Canada of foreign insurers and reinsurers as well as non-resident agents, brokers and adjusters with policy drafting and provide advice with respect to near insurance products, including reciprocals and protection schemes when dealing with regulators on both compliance filings and responses and at hearings service commercial matters and support corporate reorganizations, including mergers and acquisitions and transfers of books of business. Our national Insurance and Tort Liability Group is unique in its size and specialization. It is believed to be the largest such group in Canada, comprised of 125 professionals, including 20 bilingual members in Montreal. Our clients include many of the largest national and global insurers, reinsurers and reciprocals in Canada. In addition, we provide legal services to major brokerage firms, large companies carrying substantial self-insured retentions, adjusting firms and regulatory bodies involved in the insurance industry. We are involved as counsel and as litigators, in all areas of insurance law, from investigations to claims analysis, coverage, defense and subrogation. We have experience representing our clients through the maze of regulatory compliance and sanctions processes.

The lawyers of Davies Howe LLP are dedicated to tenacious advocacy, strategic solutions and service excellence. Davies Howe LLP has a broad litigation practice and a number of our lawyers work exclusively in the area of insurance defence. We have acted for many insurance companies, including life and disability insurers, for more than 30 years. Our insurance defence group helps our clients assess risk and develop sound strategies to ensure that their best interests are served. Our litigation team appears regularly before all levels of the Ontario Courts. When appropriate, we focus on early and efficient settlement of claims. We believe that resolving legal issues requires a close working relationship with clients and a responsive and common sense approach to finding solutions. To accomplish this, we work collaboratively, utilizing our individual and collective strengths for the benefit of each client. For more information, please contact David Cherepacha, Ava Kanner or David Fenicky at 416-977-7088.

At Dentons Canada, we have a bold vision – to redefine what is possible for our people and our clients, and shape the future together. As Canada’s Global Law Firm, we capitalize on our expansive geographic reach and national strength to provide a tailored experience for our clients to help them grow, protect, operate and finance their business, wherever it takes them. We collaborate with our clients and incorporate our deep understanding of their priorities to achieve the best outcome, blending the creative with the practical. We are more than legal advisors, we are global problem-solvers.

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Stikeman Elliott offers insurance sector clients a market-leading combination of top-tier corporate, regulatory, transactional, and litigation expertise. The breadth of insurance transactions, cases, and issues impacting the sector that our lawyers have been involved in underscores the depth of our experience and the trust that our domestic, US, and international clients place in us to effectively and efficiently deliver results that meet their needs. Our Insurance & Reinsurance Group excels at complex corporate transactions, including M&A and public offerings, while our litigators provide coverage advice on large, complex insurance disputes, and, when necessary, defense in those disputes. We have extensive experience in class actions and precedent-setting disputes that may threaten a client’s operations, reputation, or prospects. Clients include major Canadian and international insurers and reinsurers, insurance brokers and agents and investment banks. We also advise governments, government agencies, and major Canadian, U.S. and global industry associations on groundbreaking legislative and regulatory developments in Canada.

Torys is known for sophisticated counsel, best-in-class client service and the most cohesive cross-border team in the market. We are proud of the caliber of our thinking. We bring together the sharpest legal minds to solve clients’ toughest problems and help them stay ahead of the curve. For over 80 years we have been working in partnership with clients in this way, and our track record speaks for itself.

Beard Winter LLP is proud to be recognized as a Top 10 Ontario Regional Law Firm by Canadian Lawyer magazine for 2021-22, and as one of The Globe and Mail’s Canada's Best Law Firms for 2025. Beard Winter is a multi-service, mid-sized law firm located in downtown Toronto, our unwavering commitment to clients is the foundation of our history since 1964. Best Lawyers and Lexpert recognize our lawyers in the areas of insurance law, insurance defence litigation, estates, trusts law and family law. Our employees are a key component of our success.

Parlee McLaws is a large, multi-service law firm with expertise across a variety of service areas. Our skilled lawyers and agents bring years of experience to their work on behalf of clients in a broad range of industries.