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Insurance Transition Resource Group

About the Resource Group

The Accounting Standards Board (AcSB) established the AcSB Insurance Transition Resource Group (TRG) to assist the implementation of IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts in Canada.

Staff Contact(s)

Katharine Christopoulos, CPA, CA Director, Accounting Standards Board

Davina Tam, CPA, CA Principal, Accounting Standards Board

Members and Participants

The Group consists of:

  • a Chair, who is a member of the AcSB; and
  • 15 to 25 members with a range of backgrounds and experience, including preparers, actuaries, and public practitioners, involved with life, property and casualty, mortgage insurance, or reinsurance.

In addition to members, the AcSB’s Chair and Director, Accounting Standards, attend the TRG meetings. Other individuals participate in the meetings, including the following:

  • Trisha LeBlanc, Grant Thornton LLP – Canadian serving on the IASB Transition Resource Group 
  • Lesley Thomson, Sun Life Financial – Canadian serving on the IASB Transition Resource Group
  • Karen Stothers – Representative of the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (Canada)

Individuals who submit issues may be asked to participate in the Group’s discussion of that issue.

Meetings

For upcoming meetings, visit the AcSB calendar.

 

Meeting & event summaries

See all meetings & events summaries
April 12, 2019 AcSB Insurance Transition Resource Group Meeting Notes – March 26, 2019

Before the IASB® Transition Resource Group for IFRS 17 meeting on April 4, our Group met and discussed the same topics including investment components within an insurance contract. Our Group also discussed the IASB’s tentative proposed amendments to IFRS 17 that are expected to be issued for public comment at the end of June 2019.

Charles Henaire

FCPA, FCA
Great-West Life Assurance Company
Winnipeg, MB
Chair

Chiu Yeh

CPA, CA
Sun Life Financial
Toronto, ON
Member

Dana Chaput

CPA, CA
KPMG
Toronto, ON
Member

Diane Churilla

CPA, CGA
RBC Insurance
Mississauga, ON
Member

Elaine Hultzer

CPA, CA
Deloitte LLP
Toronto, ON
Member

Geneviève Bélanger-Lowe

CPA
Intact Financial Corporation
Montréal, QC
Member

Gord Dowhan

FCPA, FCA
The Great-West Life Assurance Company
Winnipeg, MB
Member

Janice Deganis

CPA, CA, CMA
Ernst & Young LLP
Waterloo, ON
Member

Jonathan Turner

Swiss Reinsurance Company Ltd
Toronto, ON
Member

Josephine Marks

Eckler Consultants & Actuaries
Toronto, ON
Member

Kim Girard

iA Groupe financier
Québec, QC
Member

Marc Priestley

CPA, CA
BDO Canada LLP
Toronto, ON
Member

Mario Vertolli

CPA, CA
Manulife Financial
Toronto, ON
Member

Owen Thomas

CPA, CA
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Toronto, ON
Member

Simon Curtis

Munich Re Canada
Toronto, ON
Member

Stephanie Fadous

Manulife Financial
Toronto, ON
Member

Teresa Tataryn

CPA, CA
The Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
Winnipeg, MB
Member

Yvonne Burghardt

CPA, CA
Genworth Financial Canada
Oakville, ON
Member