The Canadian Securities Administrators announced last week that eight of its members (the provincial regulators but for Newfoundland and PEI) signed a regulatory cooperation agreement with the China Insurance Regulatory Commission. According to the CSA release, the agreement "paves the way for Chinese insurers to invest in financial products on Canadian markets regulated by CSA participating jurisdictions." The agreement is currently in effect in seven jurisdictions and, pending ministerial approval, will take effect in Ontario on January 12, 2011.