Alberta Insurance Council (AIC) has announced Amina Deiab as its new chief executive officer, effective April 22. Deiab is AIC’s second permanent CEO since the provincial licensing and regulation body for insurance brokers and adjusters launched 35 years ago.…
Mandatory entry-level training (MELT) for new commercial truck drivers needs to be implemented across Canada, and trucking companies must follow this up with mentorship and onboarding programs, a new report commissioned by the Insurance Bureau of Canada recommends. Plus, safety…
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Supreme Court has dismissed a proposed class action lawsuit against Aviva Canada and Aviva General Insurance Company over a discretionary travel deductible the insurer imposed on medical and rehab accident benefits expenses. Aviva imposed a 25-kilometre (round…
A trial opens Tuesday in a class-action lawsuit accusing the Quebec government of wiping out hundreds of millions of dollars in the value of taxi permits by allowing ride-hailing company Uber to operate and then by abolishing the permit system.…
A former Alberta broker who was suspended for a year last July for submitting a fraudulent auto insurance claim has had her B.C. licence suspended for a year, starting March 2024. B.C.’s insurance council said it was revoking her licence…
An injured motorcyclist claiming he was the innocent victim of fraud had the wherewithal to know he was not carrying valid insurance, thus disqualifying him from receiving accident benefits, the Ontario Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) ruled Thursday. The tribunal said…
If parents permit an adult child to use their all-terrain vehicle (ATV), and the son or daughter then negligently turns over control of that ATV to an inexperienced driver who gets seriously injured in a crash, the parents can be…
Canada’s top court has kicked an auto accident benefits dispute back to the Ontario Licence Appeal Tribunal, effectively confirming courts have discretion to review decisions from the LAT, even if claimants only have a limited right to appeal LAT decisions.…
Patrick Ballantyne, CEO of Ontario’s insurance broker regulator since 2016, is now board chairman at the Canadian Insurance Services Regulatory Organizations (CISRO). CISRO is a national forum of Canadian regulatory authorities dedicated to consistent qualifications and conduct of business standards…
A former B.C. broker has been suspended for three years after making unauthorized purchases on a client’s credit card, the Insurance Council of B.C. has ruled. The province’s broker regulator ordered the suspension in February 2024, after finding that Maninder…
Ontario’s insurance regulator offered a spirited defence of principles-based regulation last week, giving concrete examples of how the approach spares insurance companies from facing unnecessary prescriptive rules. Joanne De Laurentiis, chairwoman of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA), also addressed…
Potential risks stemming from P&C insurers’ managing general agent (MGA) outsourcing practices have caught the eye of Ontario’s insurance regulator, and it’s looking for feedback from stakeholders on a supervision plan. Insurers and MGAs alike have begun to weigh…