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Canada’s Insurance Reciprocals look to the Changing World

“To set ourselves up for success, we need to focus on partnerships,” said Greg King, Vice President, Finance and Operations for HIROC. King was a panelist at this year’s Canadian Association of Insurance Reciprocals’ (CAIR) 2019 members meeting.  

HIROC is one of five founding members of CAIR – established in 2010 alongside the MEARIE Group, the Ontario Municipal Insurance Exchange, the Canadian Universities Reciprocal Insurance Exchange, and the Ontario School Boards’ Insurance Exchange. 

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