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Claims Canada
The Collision Repair Industry —
September 30, 2010 Doug KirkA UK Perspective
To Stack or Not Stack?
September 30, 2010 Jim Tomlinson And Ruby TatlaNeil GibsonS. 267.5(7) of the Insurance Act:
If injury is suspected to be deliberate, claimant does not have option to go to Appeal Commission to challenge denial of injury claim
September 30, 2010 byIf an auto injury claim in Manitoba is denied on the basis that the damage was caused by a deliberate or willful act, a claimant does not have the option to have the Automobile Injury Compensation Appeal Commission (AICAC) review…
Lights, Camera, Damage
September 30, 2010 Neil GibsonThird party property losses are one of the most difficult and challenging types of claim in the film and television business. A film production is looking for that picture perfect location to match their storyline. Dan, a location manager, scoured…
Canadian P&C industry researching the possibility of offering overland flood insurance
September 30, 2010 byCanada’s property and casualty insurance industry is conducting research into the possibility of offering overland flood insurance, which is not currently available, as part of a homeowner’s policy. Panelists at the National Insurance Conference of Canada (NICC) in Montreal noted…
Solving the Meaning of Life
September 30, 2010 Randal S. Carlson and Danielle BourgeoisThe loss of dependency claim: calculating for the present value
Current round of Ontario auto reforms not enough to bust out of the reform cycle: defence lawyer
September 30, 2010 byOntario is entering into yet another optimistic phase of its seemingly perpetual auto insurance reform cycle, but many within the insurance industry appear to want to break out of this cycle and build an altogether new model for auto insurance…
A Mistaken Understanding of Injury
September 30, 2010 Robert ParkinsonWe have all heard the expression the straw that broke the camels back. For biomechanists, it is a simple way to describe a minor event, which results in an unexpected injury. Unfortunately, the concept of a trivial event being responsible…
Dismantling a truck flatbed for parts is not an ordinary use of a vehicle: arbitrator
September 30, 2010 byThe family of a man who was crushed to death while dismantling a truck flatbed for parts is not entitled to benefits because he was not fatally injured in an “ordinary and well-known activity to which automobiles are put,” an…
The Proof is in the Pudding
September 30, 2010 byProduct liability claims
Verification of Lightning Strikes Help Control Claim Costs
September 30, 2010 Kim CockellInsurance companies can now validate lightning strikes using the lightning strike data archive launched by The Weather Network. There are approximately 2.7 million lightning flashes responsible for more than $5 billion in total insurance industry losses annually. A single bolt…
On The Scene (October 01, 2010)
September 30, 2010 byGilbertson Davis Emerson LLP has recruited accident benefits and insurance defence counsel Joan Takahashi to its team of insurance lawyers. Takahashi previously practiced with a large firm in Toronto and has nearly 20 years of insurance defence experience. She also…