Banks, Insurers Told to Plan for Bird Flu

The Globe and Mail, Paul Waldie & Sinclair Stewart, 23 March 2006Canada's top financial industry regulator is pushing the country's banks and insurers to draw up plans to cope with a possible outbreak of avian flu.The Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions has sent letters to three major industry associations -- the Canadian Bankers Association, Insurance Bureau of Canada and the