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IDC Worldsource acquires AFL Financial Group

By Alain Thériault | Oct. 13, 2021, 9:30 a.m.

Yan Charbonneau, Phil Marsillo, Christian Laroche

The consolidator is buying most of the assets of the Quebec City-based company, which will stop operating as an MGA.

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