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Torys Offices

79 WELLINGTON STREET WEST, SUITE 3000
BOX 270, TD CENTRE
TORONTO, ONTARIO
Canada
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Kelly Morris

Work Department
Privacy, Financial Services
Position
With deep industry and market insight, Kelly helps clients in the insurance industry navigate the legal and regulatory landscape with a practical approach backed by decades of experience.
Kelly Morris’ practice focuses on insurance corporate and regulatory law, as well as privacy and data security and anti-spam related matters. She advises domestic and foreign insurers, reinsurers, banks, brokers, agents, adjusters, third party administrators and other insurance intermediaries on all aspects of their operations.
Kelly provides clients in the insurance industry with comprehensive legal support. She advises on the incorporation, organization, licensing and governance of insurers, brokers and agents, as well as the regulatory and licensing requirements applicable to foreign insurers entering Canada, and on issues with respect to distribution and outsourcing. She also advises on the acquisition of insurance companies, transfers of books of business and the withdrawal and winding up of insurers.
Kelly regularly assists leading players in the sector with the preparation of insurance policies and fulfilment documents, review of insurance marketing and promotional material, and compliance with federal and provincial privacy laws, including privacy breach responses and Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation (CASL). Kelly also has deep experience advising on market conduct matters. She is also knowledgeable about near-insurance products, including warranties.
Career
Ontario Bar, 1988
Memberships
Kelly previously worked as in-house counsel and chief privacy officer to a third-party administrator of insurance and investment programs.
Lawyer Rankings
Canada > Insurance
According to satisfied clients, the insurance team at Torys draws on ‘some of the best experts in financial services corporate and litigation work in the country’. The practice is particularly dominant on the corporate and regulatory front, where it is a popular choice to advise insurance corporations on high-profile M&A deals, joint ventures and other highly regulated transactions and compliance matters. Financial services expert Blair Keefe co-heads the insurance regulatory practice and is a first port of call for insurance companies undertaking corporate transactions. Other advisory specialists include Jill McCutcheon; senior counsel Kelly Morris; and Melissa Prado, who was recently promoted to partner. Litigation and dispute resolution chair Linda Plumpton
is the key contact for contentious insurance work and contributes significant experience in precedent-setting regulatory and coverage disputes. Litigator David Outerbridge is also noted for insurance disputes, including product liability claims, environmental claims and class actions. Named lawyers are based in Toronto.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and M&A
- Infrastructure projects
- Insurance
- Energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Energy and natural resources > Power
Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Cannabis
- Capital markets
- Competition and antitrust
- Dispute resolution: Ontario
- Environment
- Intellectual property
- International expertise
- Energy and natural resources > Mining
- Pensions
- Real estate
- Tax
- Technology
- Dispute resolution: Quebec
- Indigenous law
- International trade
- Public procurement
- Restructuring and insolvency
- Labour and employment