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Legal
Insurers must move quickly to get second opinion when surveillance video contradicts opinion of retained health professional: arbitrator
August 11, 2011 by Canadian UnderwriterAn Ontario arbitrator has ordered a $6,000 special award against an insurer because the insurer relied too heavily on surveillance video in support of its monthly attendant care payments of more than $2,000, instead of relying on the advice of…
Ironshore Inc. announces launch of commercial crime unit
August 11, 2011 by Canadian UnderwriterIronshore Inc.’s Lloyd’s Pembroke Syndicate 4000 has launched a commercial crime unit as an expansion of its financial lines operations. Sarah Markham has been named director of the new unit, reporting to Christopher D. Brown, director and deputy underwriter of…
Counsel involved in professional indemnity for lawyers named to Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society
August 11, 2011 by Canadian UnderwriterDaniel M. Campbell of Cox & Palmer has become president of the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society.Campbell has played an active role in both the Lawyers’ Insurance Association of Nova Scotia and the Canadian Lawyers’ Insurance Association, which provide professional liability…
FSCO charges Ontario Disability Management Inc. with auto insurance fraud
August 10, 2011 by Canadian UnderwriterOntario’s auto insurance regulator, the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO), has charged Ontario Disability Management Inc. and Aksana Miakouchkina (also known as Roxanne Mitch) with knowingly making false or misleading statements to an auto insurer to obtain payment for…
Court rejects defendants’ concerns that plaintiff with brain injury might tailor accident recollection if defendants examined first
August 8, 2011 by Canadian UnderwriterAn Ontario Superior Court Justice has rejected a request to change the order of examinations for discovery after the insured defendants expressed concern the brain-injured plaintiff might augment his recollections of an accident after hearing the defendants examined first.In Ezeh…
The Economical calls for P&C demutualization regulations to be similar to rules for life insurers – with some exceptions
August 5, 2011 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Economical Mutual Insurance Company has proposed to the federal government that Canadian property and casualty insurers should follow essentially the same demutualization process as reflected in the rules for life insurance mutuals.However, in a submission to the federal government,…
FSCO revises arbitration forms to require email addresses, issues new rules for use of electronic calendar system
August 3, 2011 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Dispute Resolution Services (DRS) section of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) has issued a new bulletin amending arbitration forms and outlining new rules for the use of an electronic calendar system for use in arbitrations.The DRS eCalendar…
Ontario establishes Auto Insurance Anti-Fraud Task Force
August 2, 2011 by Canadian UnderwriterOntario’s newly created Auto Insurance Anti-Fraud Task Force will be examining the scope of auto insurance fraud in Ontario and is expected to make final recommendations to the government in Fall 2012.The recommendations will address prevention, detection, investigation, enforcement and…
Catlin Canada Cocktail Party
August 1, 2011 by Canadian UnderwriterStephen Catlin, CEO of the Catlin Group, and Mike Hansen, CEO of Catlin Canada, hosted a cocktail party at the Thompson Landry Gallery in the Distillery District on June 23. Stephen Catlin was in Toronto for the International Insurance Society’s…
Relay for Life
August 1, 2011 by Canadian UnderwriterThe 2011 version of the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay For Life featured the largest-ever number of insurance industry participants. The relay is a tribute to the lives of loved ones who have been touched by cancer. Teams of 10 people…
Working With the New ‘Big Brother’
August 1, 2011 J.M. Reynolds, Social Media ConsultantRecent events have highlighted the issue of employment consequences for personal actions undertaken outside the realm of employment, as exposed by the omnipresent social media.
Ties That Bind, Tweets That Defame
August 1, 2011 by Canadian UnderwriterDefamation liability risk has increased exponentially in this brave new world of social media.