Beard Winter LLP is proud to be recognized as a Top 10 Ontario Regional Law Firm by Canadian Lawyer magazine, 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.

Bennett Gastle is a litigation boutique of lawyers, paralegals, and law clerks celebrating its 21st year in practice. We work closely with our clients to formulate and execute personalized litigation strategies on an efficient and effective basis.

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 2026 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.

As Canada’s Global Law Firm, we provide a tailored experience for our clients to help them grow, protect, operate and finance their business, wherever it takes them. We are more than legal advisors, we are global problem-solvers.

McCarthy Tétrault is a leading Canadian law firm that delivers strategic, innovative legal and business solutions for clients, wherever their business takes them. We advise on complex and significant matters for Canadian and international interests, offering clients access to expert legal talent, practice experience, and deep knowledge of the industries driving the Canadian and global economies. With offices in Canada’s major commercial centres, New York City, and London, U.K., we deliver services in business law, litigation, tax, real estate, and labour and employment law. McCarthy Tétrault lawyers work seamlessly across practice areas and regions within a fully integrated platform to represent major Canadian and international clients. We have worked with all levels of government to develop laws and regulations that have shaped — and continue to shape — the Canadian market. Through our focus on delivering innovative client services and solutions, we are leading advancements in the legal profession and effectively adapting to changing client needs, in re-imagining and restructuring legal service delivery, driving value for clients through customised project management, and providing alternative fee arrangements, creative staffing solutions and process re-engineering. We also offer MT>Divisions, a group of complementary business lines, which support the ability to rapidly scale and launch innovative solutions for our clients using business, data, technology and other resources.

Stikeman Elliott is a global leader in Canadian business law, offering creative solutions to clients across Canada and around the world. The firm provides the highest quality counsel, decisive advice, and workable solutions through offices located in Montréal, Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, New York, and London.

Torys LLP is an international business law firm with a reputation for quality, innovation and teamwork.

Cunningham, Swan, Carty, Little & Bonham LLP is one of the only full-service law firms in Eastern Ontario with over 35 lawyers across 13 different practice areas.

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.