FSRA Auto Insurance (including Health Service Providers) Stakeholder Advisory Committee meeting with the Board of Directors
Summary of the meeting of April 30, 2026
25 Sheppard Avenue West (in-person) and MS Teams (virtually)
Stakeholder Advisory Committee members present:
Amanda Dean – Insurance Bureau of Canada
Chris Floyd – Ontario Teachers Insurance Plan / RAEO Insurance Brokers Inc. and Orbit Insurance Services
Craig Bran – Co-Operators Group
Donald Kunkel – Lifemark Health Group
Faith Kaplan – Kaplan and Levitt Psychologists
Julie Nolette – Intact Financial Corporation
Laurie Davis – Ontario Rehab Alliance
Mandy Hillhouse – SGI Canada / Coachman Insurance
Rick Wrickowski for Donna Ince – Definity Financial
Sarah Hutchinson – Ontario Physiotherapy Association
Tyler Koetsch – Farm Mutual Re
Regrets:
Melissa Rai – Desjardins
FSRA Board members present:
Douglas Turnbull – Chair
Joseph Iannicelli – Board Member
Stewart Lyons – Board Member
Peggy McCallum – Board Member
Ali Salahuddin – Board Member
Lucie Tadesco – Board Member
Rob Wellstood – Board Member
Steve Geist – Board Member
Lawrence Ritchie – Board Member
FSRA Management members present:
Dexter John – Chief Executive Officer
Jordan Solway – Executive Vice President, Property & Casualty Insurance
Glen Padassery – Executive Vice President, Policy
Jeff Kehoe – Executive Vice President, Legal & Enforcement
Meghan Kilty – Chief Public Affairs Officer
Chris Georgakopoulos – Director, P&C Insurance Policy
Danelle Brown – Corporate Secretary & Deputy General Counsel
David Maxwell – Head, Integrated Insurance Supervision
Erica Hiemstra – Head, Insurance Conduct, P&C Insurance
Jay Harris – Director, Legal for Policy and Rule Making & Deputy General Counsel
Melissa Grover – Senior Manager, P&C Strategy and Reform
Michelle Dodokin – Head, Auto Insurance Supervision
General comments:
The Chair greeted SAC members and highlighted how vital the work and support provided by SAC members is to FSRA.
The CEO thanked SAC members for attending the meeting and highlighted the importance of their work and the Executive Vice President, Property & Casualty Insurance provided opening remarks.
SAC members had a strategic conversation with the Board, highlighting important issues impacting their respective sectors and consumers in general.
These issues included changes in the sector that insurers are actively monitoring, such as auto reform implementation. SAC members also discussed wide-ranging sector risks they are monitoring and mitigating against such as rapidly changing geopolitical and economic risks around the world, supply change challenges, tariffs, technology, fraud and abuse, and auto theft.
SAC members highlighted critical success factors such as predictability, flexibility, and a good relationship with the regulator as key to the success and sustainability of the sector, as well as creating an environment where industry will continue to invest. SAC members and the Board also discussed how industry is preparing for increasing competitive pressures.
The SAC and the Board discussed how FSRA could best support effective oversight and sector growth, and SAC members indicated support for the creation of the new P&C Division.
The EVP, Property & Casualty Insurance provided closing remarks.