D-9.2 - Act respecting the distribution of financial products and services

Section 150 Disposition versions

2019-12-13

150. A firm may not be registered with the Authority as a damage insurance firm if a financial institution, a financial group or a legal person related thereto holds an interest allowing it to exercise more than 20% of the voting rights attached to the shares issued by the firm or an interest representing more than 50% of the value of the firm’s equity capital.

For the purposes of the first paragraph, a firm’s equity capital does not include shares that do not carry the right to vote or the right to receive a share of the firm’s remaining property on liquidation.

This section shall not operate to prohibit a financial institution and a firm from entering into a financing agreement or a contract for services, restrict the provisions of such an agreement or contract, or prevent a firm from allotting its shares or registering a transfer of its shares to give effect to a contract entered into before 21 December 1988.

1998, c. 37, s. 150; 2018, c. 23, s. 552.

1999-07-19

150. A firm that is not in compliance with the provisions of section 148 may not act through a damage insurance broker or purport to be acting through a damage insurance broker.

1998, c. 37, s. 150.