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THE FESTIVAL MORTGAGE NEEDS!

Sept 23 & 24 | International Centre, Toronto

Bring ideas. Bring your team. Build your advantage.

BIGGER EVENT.

BETTER FORMAT.

BOLDER AMBITION.

The Canadian Mortgage Summit is becoming something bigger. MortgageFest Canada is the is the festival the industry has been asking for – two full days, two stages, 2,000+ brokers, lenders, executives, and innovators, and a format built for people who want more than a conference.

Bigger event. Bigger ambition. September 23–24 at the International Centre, Toronto. Come ready to do business, have the conversations that matter, and leave with more than you came with.

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InsuranceFest was a ‘wow’ experience – after more than 600 conferences, I’d rank the networking and social interaction on the Santa Monica Pier in my top five.

– Jeff Kleid, Elite Risk Insurance

INSURANCEFEST AT A GLANCE

GET INSPIRED

Network Like You Mean It

1,000+ insurance leaders, founders, and innovators in one place. Brokers, MGAs, agencies, insurers, InsurTechs. From C-suite to NextGen, they’ll all be on the pier. 

FIND SOLUTIONS

Join the Conversation

60+ industry voices you actually want to hear from—from Aon to Marsh McLennan to InsurTech founders. Interactive sessions across every zone where you’re invited to jump in, ask what you really want to know, and steer the discussion. This isn’t sit-and-listen; it’s speak up and be heard.

JOIN INTERACTIVE

Hands-On Marketplace

30+ exhibitors and interactive InsurTech demos you can actually touch and test. A buzzing marketplace of ideas, solutions, and collaborations where you discover new tools, products, and partners to tackle your biggest challenges.N ot just watching — finding what you’ll take back to your work. 

level up your team

Discussion Table Real Talk 

50+ exclusive, 1-hour Discussion Tables for senior brokers and decision-makers. Small-group, facilitated conversations on Cyber, Digital Transformation, Construction, and E&S where everyone leans in, swaps war stories, and pressure-tests ideas in real time.

EMBRACE FUTUREFEST FUN

Bring Your Crew

Team experiences and group sessions designed so your whole organization goes back energized with shared insights and new connections. Build your own festival lineup as a team, join collaborative workshops together, tackle live challenges side by side, and turn the pier into your offsite — complete with shared moments, fresh ideas, and stories you’ll still be talking about back at the office. 

PARTY BY THE BEACH

Festival Energy on the Pier

From sunrise yoga to sunset sets, food trucks, cocktails, and ocean air — the pier turns every coffee break into a moment.

Choose Here
  • Summit Stage
  • Insights Stage
  • Expo & Networking

The main stage. Big ideas, bold voices, the conversations the whole industry wants to have. Where the market is heading, how underwriting is shifting, what it takes to win when competition is tighter. The renewal wave, AI, private lending, client trust — all of it, in one room.

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This is where the real work gets done. Hands-on sessions with people who've been exactly where you are — leave with a framework you'll actually use, a decision made, or a next step you can act on straight away. Tax structuring, succession, fraud risk, lead generation. Practical and immediate.

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Two days on the floor with 2,000+ of the people who matter most to your business. Dive into our all new surprise experiences, find the conversations you didn't know you needed, and leave with relationships that do something.

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WOMEN

IN MORTGAGE SUMMIT

Running alongside Day 2 of MortgageFest Canada, Women in Mortgage Summit Canada is a dedicated one-day event bringing together 500+ women across the industry – brokers, lenders, executives, and emerging leaders.

A high-energy day of influential speakers, candid conversations, and powerful networking built to advance the women shaping Canada’s mortgage future. 

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WHAT ATTENDEES ARE SAYING

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

JESSICA HOLMES

Taking to the stage on Day 2, Jessica is opening the event with something this industry doesn't hear enough of: an honest, relatable, and deeply human conversation about how to actually keep going when the market is brutal, the pressure is relentless, and you're running on fumes.

World reknown is a comedian and motivational speaker. She has brought the house down, opening for giants such as Ellen DeGeneres, Jerry Seinfeld, and Oprah Winfrey. She performed at Just For Laughs, The Second City, and starred in the comedy series The Holmes Show and Royal Canadian Air Farce.

Funny, candid, and closer to home than you'll expect. Day 2 starts here. 

 

SESSION HIGHLIGHTS

What Brokers Are Getting Wrong Right Now — And What It's Costing Them (Summit Stage)

A candid, no-filter look at where deals are being lost unnecessarily, where client trust is quietly eroding, and where brokers are unintentionally creating friction with lenders. Small adjustments. Big impact on approvals, conversions, and relationships.

AI + the Broker Advantage - Winning the Complex Deals (Summit Stage)

Automation is already moving clean, straightforward files through without a broker. This panel gets honest about where AI is reshaping deal flow, where human judgment still wins, and exactly how top brokers are staying essential — and ahead — in an increasingly automated market.

How to Protect Your License When Deals Go Wrong (Insights Stage)

Fraud is getting smarter, more digital, and harder to detect — and AI-generated documents are raising the stakes for every broker. Real cases, real legal exposure, and a live Q&A on the grey-area situations brokers are actually facing right now.

Why Deals Get Approved (or Rejected): Inside the Underwriter’s Decision Process (Summit Stage)

Every broker has had a deal declined and wondered what actually happened. This session pulls back the curtain on how underwriting decisions are really made — beyond the guidelines — and what you can do differently at the file level to improve approval speed, reduce conditions, and win more business.

HIGHLIGHT SPEAKERS

Jodie Kaufman Davis

Co-President, H.W. Kaufman Group and Vice Chair
Atain Insurance Companies

Margaret Milkint

Global Insurance Practice Leader
DSG

Jen Scales

Senior Vice President
Gallagher

THEMES AT A GLANCE

Digital Transformation & Innovation

From real‑world AI and digital client journeys to smart InsurTech/RegTech choices, this track focuses on turning technology into tangible brokerage and client outcomes.

Cyber, Risk & Underwriting

Explore how to turn cyber into a value‑driven advisory conversation, with crisis playbooks and underwriting strategies for the next wave of cyber and personal exposures.

Nat Cat & Climate

Get practical on modelling, pricing, explaining, and placing nat cat and climate‑exposed risks in a world of constant volatility.

Regulation, Legal & Compliance

Unpack what new rules really mean for AI, cyber, claims, E&S, and specialty, and see how RegTech can keep you compliant without slowing brokers down.

Next Gen

Sharpen your career path with playbooks, cross‑generational collaboration, and strategies for standing out as a NextGen broker in a consolidating, tech‑driven market.

E&S Unfiltered

Go deep on winning in a tight, fast‑moving E&S market, from “wild risk” solutions to the broker‑MGA‑carrier partnerships that unlock specialty placements.

Construction & Specialty Reports

Tackle complex construction and specialty risks under climate, cost, and regulatory pressure, spotting breakout niches and learning from major claims and project outcomes.

Market Capacity, M&A & Economic Headwinds

Navigate consolidation, shifting capacity, and economic pressure with strategies to stay relevant, compete, and position your firm for sale, scale, or partnership.

DISCUSSION TABLES

Step into action with our all-new themed discussion tables—built for leaders who want results now. These fast-paced, interactive sessions go beyond theory, delivering tactical conversations and proven takeaways you can put to work immediately. 

Cyber

How do you keep up with rapidly evolving cyber policies while driving client education on emerging risks and solutions? 

Digital Transformation

What are the transformational benefits of implementing AI effectively across your business? 

Construction

What are the biggest hidden builder’s risks brokers and clients need to watch for, and how can you identify them early? 

Excess & Surplus Lines

How do you build and maintain client trust in E&S placements, especially in a volatile market? 

Cyber

How are you leveraging AI to outpace cyber threats, and what challenges are you facing in the cyber arms race? 

Digital Transformation

How can brokers turn data into actionable insights that drive revenue and growth? 

Construction

What strategies help brokers navigate high-risk construction projects in a tightening market? 

Excess & Surplus Lines

How do you stay ahead of volatility in the E&S market and make confident placement decisions? 

Cyber

What strategies have helped you convert cyber skeptics into loyal, proactive clients? 

Digital Transformation

How do you design a digital-first client experience that truly delivers value and loyalty 

Construction

How do you evaluate and implement jobsite technologies that deliver real value for clients? 

Excess & Surplus Lines

What creative strategies help brokers secure E&S coverage when traditional markets say no? 

Cyber

What digital threats are most concerning for your clients, and how are you helping them prepare? 

Digital Transformation

What lessons have you learned from your digital transformation journey—both successes and failures? 

Construction

How do you identify and negotiate contract clauses that can make or break a construction deal? 

THEMES AT A GLANCE

Digital Transformation & Innovation

  • Turning AI from hype to ROI in real brokerage workflows
  • Building a digital client journey that wins (and keeps) business in a virtual world
  • Choosing InsurTech and RegTech partners that accelerate real transformation
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Cyber, Risk & Underwriting

  • Turning cyber risk into a client‑value conversation, not a fear pitch
  • Cyber crisis playbooks: who does what, when it hits
  • Underwriting the next wave of cyber and personal cyber exposures
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Nat Cat & Climate

  • Rethinking nat cat models for a world that won’t sit still
  • Helping clients understand climate‑driven pricing and coverage shifts
  • Placing and structuring nat cat and climate‑exposed risks when volatility is the norm
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Next Gen

  • Career playbooks: what rising brokers wish they’d known earlier 
  •  Mixing veteran experience with new ideas in 
  •  Finding your lane as a NextGen broker in a consolidating, tech‑driven market

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Diversity & Inclusion

  • Real stories from women and under‑represented leaders on breaking through and bringing others with them
  •  How brokers can sponsor others, share opportunities, and use their voice even without a hiring title 
  •  Where inclusion has changed client relationships, ideas, and outcomes – not just internal messaging

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E&S Unfiltered

  •  Winning in a capacity‑tight, appetite‑shifting E&S market 
  •  Designing E&S solutions for “wild risks” the standard market won’t touch 
  • Broker, MGA, and carrier partnerships that unlock specialty placements

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Construction & Specialty Reports

  • Managing construction risk under climate, cost, and regulatory pressure
  • Spotting breakout niches across specialty lines before the market crowds in
  • Claims and coverage lessons from large, multi‑party and specialty projects

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Market Capacity, M&A & Economic Headwinds

  • Broker playbooks for navigating consolidation and staying relevant
  •  Positioning your firm for sale, scale, or strategic partnership
  •  Competing when capacity, pricing, and client demand all move at once

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Digital Transformation & Innovation

  • Turning AI from hype to ROI in real brokerage workflows
  • Building a digital client journey that wins (and keeps) business in a virtual world
  • Choosing InsurTech and RegTech partners that accelerate real transformation
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Cyber, Risk & Underwriting

  • Turning cyber risk into a client‑value conversation, not a fear pitch
  • Cyber crisis playbooks: who does what, when it hits
  • Underwriting the next wave of cyber and personal cyber exposures
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Nat Cat & Climate

  • Rethinking nat cat models for a world that won’t sit still
  • Helping clients understand climate‑driven pricing and coverage shifts
  • Placing and structuring nat cat and climate‑exposed risks when volatility is the norm
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Regulation, Legal & Compliance

  • What new rules really mean for AI, cyber, and everyday brokerage workflows
  • RegTech that actually simplifies audits, file reviews, and reporting
  • Staying compliant on claims, E&S, and specialty without killing broker speed 

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Next Gen

  • Career playbooks: what rising brokers wish they’d known earlier 
  •  Mixing veteran experience with new ideas in 
  •  Finding your lane as a NextGen broker in a consolidating, tech‑driven market

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Diversity & Inclusion

  • Real stories from women and under‑represented leaders on breaking through and bringing others with them
  •  How brokers can sponsor others, share opportunities, and use their voice even without a hiring title 
  •  Where inclusion has changed client relationships, ideas, and outcomes – not just internal messaging

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E&S Unfiltered

  •  Winning in a capacity‑tight, appetite‑shifting E&S market 
  •  Designing E&S solutions for “wild risks” the standard market won’t touch 
  • Broker, MGA, and carrier partnerships that unlock specialty placements

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Construction & Specialty Reports

  • Managing construction risk under climate, cost, and regulatory pressure
  • Spotting breakout niches across specialty lines before the market crowds in
  • Claims and coverage lessons from large, multi‑party and specialty projects

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Market Capacity, M&A & Economic Headwinds

  • Broker playbooks for navigating consolidation and staying relevant
  •  Positioning your firm for sale, scale, or strategic partnership
  •  Competing when capacity, pricing, and client demand all move at once

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