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Police, insurers collaborate to dismantle auto theft ring

November 30, 2023 by Jason Contant

Ontario’s Peel Regional Police (PRP) in collaboration with Équité Association have prevented more than $350,000 of insurance fraud by disrupting and dismantling an auto theft ring, the southern Ontario police force reported Wednesday.  As part of the investigation dubbed Project

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Government impersonation, phishing are top financial scams, Interac survey finds

November 30, 2023 Ritika Dubey - THE CANADIAN PRESS

TORONTO – Government impersonation is one of the most common financial scams plaguing people across Canada, a new survey from payment processing company Interac Corp. has found. The report, released Tuesday, said 42 per cent of survey respondents reported dealing

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‘Vacancy’ confusion in a home insurance policy: what the court said

November 29, 2023 by David Gambrill

A Nova Scotia court awarded more than $225,000 against a home insurer after its telephone agent placed coverage for a couple’s newly purchased house, when in fact it was unclear if the property was vacant, thus triggering a policy exclusion

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Are short-term renters covered by condo insurance?

November 29, 2023 Philip Porado

An Airbnb renter can be considered an insured under a strata’s insurance policy but may not necessarily rely on other liability protections in a strata’s bylaws, a B.C. Supreme Court justice determined in Strata Plan VR 2213 v Schappert, 2023

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Psychologist fined over accident benefits statements

November 29, 2023 by Alyssa DiSabatino

An Ontario registered psychologist has been fined $15,000 and suspended from practice for a total of 24 months after a regulator found he made misleading accident benefits statements to insurers.  The Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA) has imposed

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How auto insurers responded to Ontario’s auto fraud announcement

November 24, 2023 by David Gambrill

Ontario auto insurers are commending the provincial government for committing $18 million over three years to help police services combat and prevent auto theft. “Last year marked the first time in history when Canada’s insurers paid over $1 billion in claims

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Auto insurance: How you can live with someone but not be in a “household”

November 22, 2023 by David Gambrill

A passenger seriously injured in an auto collision caused by an uninsured driver is not considered an “insured” under her father’s or boyfriend’s auto policies, even though she was living with them at the time of the crash, B.C.’s Court

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What worries Canadian businesses about Quebec’s language law

November 22, 2023 by Jason Contant

Quebec’s recently enacted French-language law is causing some Canadian businesses concerns about compliance and even fear of losing employees, a new business risk report from Beazley suggested. Bill 96, An Act respecting French, the official and common language of Québec,

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Competition Bureau investigating Applied Systems

November 21, 2023 by David Gambrill

Canada’s Competition Bureau has obtained a court order to advance a civil investigation into allegations of anti-competitive conduct by Applied Systems Inc. and its affiliates, including Applied Systems Canada Inc. Both the Competition Bureau and Applied Systems replied in separate

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Whose insurer pays when e-scooter drivers crash?

November 17, 2023 Philip Porado

News reports about drivers of stand-up e-scooters injuring pedestrians in several Canadian cities are raising questions about insurance coverage for the vehicles — and how injured pedestrians might recover damages. But what about the e-scooter drivers themselves? Can they recover

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Why this insurer doesn’t have to defend an injured bar patron’s lawsuit

November 13, 2023 by Alyssa DiSabatino

An Ontario insurer is not required to defend a Woodstock, Ont., sports bar against a “mixed” claim from a patron who said he sustained injuries after he was over-served and then forcibly removed from the bar, the Ontario Superior Court

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How deliberate, diverse recruiting can fill brokers’ talent gaps

November 8, 2023 Alyssa Di Sabatino

Property and casualty (P&C) brokerages continue to report trouble finding qualified new recruits. That’s led many in the P&C insurance industry to suggest firms widen the hiring lens and open recruitment to a more diverse range of candidates. It seems