Insurance Companies Act

Marginal note:Restriction of claims

595 The liability of a foreign company under a policy in Canada or for an amount in respect of which a segregated fund is maintained pursuant to section 593

• (a) does not, except to the extent that the assets of the fund are insufficient to satisfy a claim for any minimum amount that the foreign company agrees to pay under the policy or in respect of the amount, give rise to a claim against any assets in Canada of the foreign company, other than the assets of that fund,

but

• (b) to the extent that the assets of the fund are insufficient to satisfy such a claim, gives rise to a claim against the assets in Canada of the foreign company, other than the assets of that fund, that has the priority referred to in subsection 161(2) of the Winding-up and Restructuring Act.