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OSFI finalises model risk guideline E-23, covering AI models at banks and insurers

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Canada’s Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions published the final Guideline E-23, Model Risk Management (2027), on 11 September 2025, effective 1 May 2027. Its definition of a model includes AI and machine-learning methods, and it addresses explainability, autonomous decisions and model drift. It applies to banks, foreign bank branches, insurers and trust and loan companies; pension plans, covered in the draft, were removed.

Why it matters

Federally regulated banks and insurers in Canada must keep AI models in a risk-rated inventory and under lifecycle controls by May 2027.

When
11 Sep 2025
ID
WTA-N-2025-0115
Where
Canada
Who
OSFI
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Summary by wheresthe.ai, from OSFI and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Source copy: download the source PDF as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Document the source offers: the source PDF. Also held by the Internet Archive.

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WTA-N-2025-0115: “OSFI finalises model risk guideline E-23, covering AI models at banks and insurers.” wheresthe.ai, 11 Sep 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/ca-osfi-guideline-e23-final-2025-09/ (source: OSFI).

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