Five rules to help make reinsurance arbitrations work for you – or at least help you keep your self-respect.
WICC Ottawa Chapter held a Sugar Bush Breakfast at the National Arts Centre on Apr. 1. More than 230 industry supporters came out to enjoy typical light sugar bush food fare, live music and even maple taffy on snow —…
Quebec’s Court of Appeal has limited the application of a fairly broad indemnity clause that would have effectively transferred all of a municipality’s risk to a contractor as part of a tendered contract.In Ville de Montréal c. C.M.S. Entrepreneurs Généraux…
With the province’s auto insurance product now stabilized, the Alberta Insurance Rate Board (AIRB) is now looking into moving toward a file-and-approve regulatory system.AIRB chairman Alf Savage commented in the AIRB 2010 Annual Report that the province’s auto insurance market…
Alberta Sheriffs and RCMP laid 4,191 charges across the province over the Easter long weekend, including 406 non-hazardous violations for driving without insurance or with suspended driver licenses.About 83% of the total number of charges were speeding violations. Twenty-eight were…
Ontario’s auto reforms have followed insurers’ expectations in many respects, but that doesn’t appear to include a simplified, less expensive process for insurers.Speaking at the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC)’s Financial Affairs Symposium on Apr. 21, Aviva Canada president and…
Using a new procedural rule designed to expedite proceedings, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has allowed an insurance case to proceed to determine “a question of law” – i.e. whether an insurance policy coverage limit was $400,000 or $19…
The Ontario Bar Association will award James Simmons and Paul Lee with its 2011 OBA Award for Excellence in Insurance Law.Toronto-based Lee is the founder of Paul Lee & Associates, a boutique civil litigation firm. He was called to the…
In-person medical examinations to determine catastrophic impairment are not the same as in-person medical assessments to determine entitlements to income replacement benefits (IRBs), an Ontario arbitrator has found.The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) made the ruling in Meghan Innes…
Simon Bernstein has joined the underwriting and customer service department of LawPro as assistant vice president of underwriting. Bernstein brings extensive experience as a practising lawyer and in the insurance sector, including risk assessment, loss control and claims management. Gerry…
Toronto drivers are increasingly being charged for driving without insurance, according to Toronto Police Services statistics cited in a CTV report.According to CTV, the number of Toronto drivers charged annually for operating a motor vehicle without insurance is as follows:•2009:…
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is calling on Saskatchewan’s government to follow the stated intentions of the Manitoba government to stop paying no fault accident benefits to car thieves injured while driving stolen vehicles.In a press release on Apr. 15,…