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Power of attorney, foreign insurance companies (OSFI-25)

A regulatory return listed by the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI), Canada.

A copy of the power of attorney of a foreign insurance company. It is submitted through the Required Roles and Contact Information Return (OSFI-658). Source

Official title: Copy of Power of Attorney for Foreign Insurance Companies (OSFI-25)

The facts

Who files
Foreign life insurers, foreign property and casualty insurers and foreign fraternal benefit societies, as marked in OSFI's table of corporate returns for insurance companies. Source
How often
On appointment. Source
Deadline
Within 30 days of appointment (submitted via the Required Roles and Contact Information Return). The table marks it as tracked in the Late and Erroneous Filing Penalties framework. Source
Format
Other. Filed through the Regulatory Reporting System (RRS) as a corporate return; the instructions do not state a file format. Source
How it is filed
Filing routes recorded for the OSFI: Regulatory Reporting System (RRS); Regulatory Data Hub (RDH). See how firms file with the OSFI.
Status
In forceFiled in the Regulatory Reporting System (RRS). OSFI's Data Collection Modernization initiative will replace RRS with a new platform, the Regulatory Data Hub (RDH); OSFI says the launch is now targeted for spring 2027 and asks filers to keep using RRS until then. Corporate data filing moves to RDH in Release 1. Source
Group
Corporate returns

Templates (1)

The tables and forms inside the return. Plain name first, the OSFI's code in brackets.

  • Copy of Power of Attorney for Foreign Insurance Companies (OSFI-25)

OSFI publishes this return as a single form (osfi_25.rtf). Source

Validation rules

No published validation rules were found for this return. OSFI publishes no validation rules for corporate returns. Source

Public data

No published data from this return was found. No publication of these returns was found on OSFI's reporting or open data pages. Source

Official documents (2)

The OSFI's own files, with the size and SHA-256 fingerprint of each as downloaded on 11 November 2026, so anyone can tell whether a copy is the same version.

Sources

Every page and document this return's facts were read from.

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Last checked 11 November 2026.