Defences to Product Liability Claims;

Paul Davis Systems Burlington location held a Holiday Open House on Nov. 4. Guests were able to take a tour of the location, where they learned about different cleaning and drying techniques, among other restoration practices. Mayor Cam Jackson was…

Ontario’s loss transfer rules can apply to an insurer with operations in the United States in relation to a loss that occurred in the United States, Ontario’s Court of Appeal has ruled in a brief endorsement. In Primmum Insurance Company…

Deanna Hodges has joined Insignia Forensic Group Inc. Hodges is a chartered accountant who has specialized in insurance loss quantification for 10 years, with a particular expertise in income replacement benefit calculations. • Granite Global Solutions Inc. — the holding…

The Toronto Insurance Conference’s (TIC) 55th Annual Black Tie Dinner was held on Nov. 11 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Toronto. Lorne Rubenstein, award-winning golf writer, columnist for The Globe and Mail and author of eight books, most recently,…

As you can see from the cover feature of this issue, the advancement of modern technology is making it increasingly difficult to separate one’s personal life from one’s professional life. The good news is, it is actually not that complicated…

Carstar Automotive Canada announced its intention to build a 16,000-square-foot head office in Hamilton, Ont. during a special groundbreaking ceremony on Nov. 22. The facility will be called Carstar Vision Park, “reflecting the company’s vision to be the leader in…

The Ontario Pond of the Honourable Order of the Blue Goose hosted its annual Christmas Galabration on Dec. 17, 2010. More than 100 ganders and guests attended an elegant evening of fellowship, dining and dancing in the true spirit of…

Canada’s property and casualty insurance industry is conducting research into the possibility of offering overland flood insurance, which is not currently available, as part of a homeowner’s policy. Panelists at the National Insurance Conference of Canada (NICC) in Montreal noted…

The loss of dependency claim: calculating for the present value

Ontario is entering into yet another optimistic phase of its seemingly perpetual auto insurance reform cycle, but many within the insurance industry appear to want to break out of this cycle and build an altogether new model for auto insurance…

We have all heard the expression the straw that broke the camels back. For biomechanists, it is a simple way to describe a minor event, which results in an unexpected injury. Unfortunately, the concept of a trivial event being responsible…