Acts and Regulations

I-12 - Insurance Act

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Solicitors
20.2(1)No insurer carrying on business in the Province shall engage a solicitor to act on behalf of an insured unless the insured has indicated to the insurer the official language he wishes to be used by the solicitor acting on his behalf.
20.2(2)Where an insurer is required or wishes to engage a solicitor to act on behalf of an insured, the insurer shall, after the insured has indicated the official language he wishes to be used by the solicitor acting on his behalf, engage a solicitor who uses that official language.
20.2(3)Repealed: 2008, c.11, s.14
1986, c.48, s.1; 2008, c.11, s.14
Official languages
20.2(1)No insurer carrying on business in the Province shall engage a solicitor to act on behalf of an insured unless the insured has indicated to the insurer the official language he wishes to be used by the solicitor acting on his behalf.
20.2(2)Where an insurer is required or wishes to engage a solicitor to act on behalf of an insured, the insurer shall, after the insured has indicated the official language he wishes to be used by the solicitor acting on his behalf, engage a solicitor who uses that official language.
20.2(3)An insurer who violates subsection (1) or who fails to comply with subsection (2) commits an offence.
1986, c.48, s.1