Voluntary trade association that represents the collective interests of its member life and health insurers. The Association's membership accounts for 99 per cent of the life and health insurance in force in Canada and administers about two-thirds of Canada's pension plans.
Founded in 1990, Assuris is a not for profit organization that protects Canadian policyholders in the event that their life insurance company should fail.
The Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF) is the body mandated by the government of Québec to regulate the province's financial markets and provide assistance to consumers of financial products and services.