TIC Annual Black Tie Dinner

With hundreds of tuxedoes in attendance, the Toronto Insurance Conference (TIC) held its 52nd Annual Black Tie Dinner in November at The Four Seasons Hotel. The gala evening’s guest speaker was Rex Murphy, host of Canada’s only national open-line radio program, CBC Radio’s Cross Country Checkup; weeklycolumnistforthe Globe and Mail andauthorofthe book ‘Points of View’. […]

November 30, 2007 | Last updated on October 1, 2024
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With hundreds of tuxedoes in attendance, the Toronto Insurance Conference (TIC) held its 52nd Annual Black Tie Dinner in November at The Four Seasons Hotel. The gala evening’s guest speaker was Rex Murphy, host of Canada’s only national open-line radio program, CBC Radio’s Cross Country Checkup; weeklycolumnistforthe Globe and Mail andauthorofthe book ‘Points of View’. •

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