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Waist-deep flooding hits this prairie city
June 19, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESSSWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – People in a small southwestern Saskatchewan city are cleaning up after a sudden dump of rain caused parts of the downtown to be flooded. It’s been dry in Swift Current for months, but that all changed…
Debate over liability when pedestrian hit on road with no sidewalk
June 19, 2019 by Greg MeckbachIf your client hits a pedestrian while driving slightly faster than the limit in a dark rain storm, does that mean he or she is liable? It depends which judge you ask. Prashant Jadhav was walking down the shoulder of…
Police probe report of shots fired at Raptors rally, celebration continues
June 17, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESSTORONTO – Frantic Raptors fans bolted from a square in downtown Toronto after police said they were investigating reports of shots fired at a massive rally celebrating the team’s historic NBA championship win. The festivities were briefly suspended as one…
Playing with Fire
June 14, 2019 Glenn Gibson and Andrew EckartHow an insurer successfully defended a risky arson case in which no charge was laid
Electronic logs will be mandatory for truck, bus drivers
June 14, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESSETOBICOKE, Ont. – Transport Canada says it will require all commercial drivers to have electronic logging devices – one of the recommendations from a coroner’s report into the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. The federal department says the tamper-resistant devices will…
Why this vehicle accident defendant tried to quash $850,000 settlement
June 14, 2019 by Greg MeckbachAdjusters handling auto liability claims shouldn’t be too quick to settle and take what the plaintiff’s lawyer is saying with a grain of salt. These are among the takeaways from Thursday’s Supreme Court of Canada decision in Fleury v. Paulus.…
How this cyber breach defendant got a six-figure cost award
June 13, 2019 by Greg MeckbachDefendants who won a class-action lawsuit were recently awarded $166,000 to reimburse them for legal costs, but the plaintiffs are appealing. Casino Rama, located near Orillia, Ont. was the target of a cyber breach in 2016 by an unknown criminal.…
What is costing Alberta auto insurers the most
June 13, 2019 by Jason ContantThird-party liability coverage continues to be the bane of Alberta auto insurers’ existence, the province’s Automobile Insurance Rate Board (AIRB) revealed in its 2018 annual report. Provincial auto insurers collect 53% of every dollar for third-party liability coverage, but are…
CU Total Loss Series: Bending Time
June 13, 2019 David Gambrill, Editor-in-ChiefTotal Loss Series, Part 3: Solutions Imagine Canada’s auto insurance industry saving millions of dollars each year in total loss costs and passing that along to Canadian drivers in the form of premium decreases. And all by simply reducing total…
$107-million Saskatchewan oil leak results in guilty plea
June 12, 2019 Colette Derworiz - THE CANADIAN PRESSLLOYDMINSTER, Sask. – Husky Energy has pleaded guilty in a pipeline leak that sent oil spilling into a major river and fouled the source of drinking water for thousands of people. The spill into the North Saskatchewan River in July…
Why is New Brunswick’s loss ratio the highest in Canada?
June 12, 2019 by Jason ContantWhat is contributing to New Brunswick’s skyrocketing loss ratio? According to Canadian Underwriter’s 2019 Statistical Issue, the total (direct) loss ratio for the province last year was 100.8%, up 22 points from 78.8% in 2017. This makes it the highest…
Cause of large B.C. hotel fire still under investigation
June 11, 2019 THE CANADIAN PRESSVICTORIA – Councillors in Victoria are being asked to authorize demolition of what remains of the Plaza Hotel after a fire that burned for four days in the city’s downtown last month. The three-storey, 108-year-old vacant structure had been designated…