The following is being distributed at the request of the Council of Atlantic Premiers:

Council of Atlantic Premiers releases
report from The Atlantic Insurance Harmonization Task Force

Atlantic premiers today released the three-volume report from the Atlantic Canada Insurance Harmonization Task Force, mandated by the premiers on June 27. The Task Force was directed to examine a common Atlantic regulatory framework for private automobile insurance, study the public insurance option, and complete an Atlantic Canada "model act" for all other types of insurance.

Atlantic premiers thanked the Task Force chair, Fred Morash, and the Task Force members appointed by the premiers.

Atlantic premiers will consider regional approach options and these will be discussed at the next meeting of the Council of Atlantic Premiers following the Newfoundland and Labrador election.

The report can be downloaded from the Council of Atlantic Premiers� website at www.cap-cpma.ca or by contacting any Atlantic provincial government.

For further information please contact:

Chisholm Pothier, New Brunswick (506) 453-2144
Karen McCarthy, Newfoundland & Labrador (709) 729-4781
Valerie Bellefontaine, Nova Scotia (902) 424-2575
Leo J. Walsh, Prince Edward Island (902) 368-4505

2003 10 03                                12:50 p.m.