More than 300 guests — the biggest turnout to date — attended the 4th Annual Post CICMA/CIAA Joint Conference Cocktail. The event, hosted by Giffin Koerth Forensics and Blouin, Dunn LLP, was held at the Loose Moose Tap & Grill…
Fraud costs the insurance industry an estimated $1.3 to $2.6 billion annually -- 10 to 15 per cent of claims paid. Reducing that figure takes the dedication of all areas of the claims field.
Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2010, the Toronto Insurance Women’s Association (TIWA) Wine and Cheese event was held on Feb. 4 at a new venue this year — the Atlantis Pavilions, Ontario Place. More than 1,200 guests attended the event…
QA Adjusting Company in Winnipeg is celebrating its 10th anniversary on April 10, and as owner Russ Malkoske looks back, he never could have imagined where his company would be today.
Determining damages for loss of companions and a new method for calculating loss of income
The reforms made as a result of the first Five Year Review of Automobile Insurance have now been released to the public and the proposed changes come into effect Sept. 1, 2010. The changes are aimed at keeping insurance premiums…
The Canadian Association of Private Investigators (CAPI) recently made submissions to the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) regarding its Guidelines on Covert Surveillance in the Private Sector. CAPI and its members assert the implementation of the Guidelines’…
In the October/ November 2009 issue of Claims Canada, I provided my opinions and recommendations pertaining to how an adjuster’s file can be properly prepared and provided to defence counsel in order to allow counsel to effectively and efficiently commence…
The Canadian Association of Special Investigation Units is a low profile organization that fights the good fight against insurance fraud. Staffed from the claims side of the P&C industry by volunteers, it works minor miracles on a thin budget. It…
As insurance professionals, when we manage motor vehicle injury (MVA) claims we conduct a range of activities like interviewing clients, reviewing medical documentation, and liaising with a range of healthcare professionals. As a result, we gain a lot of medical…
Justice McKinnon of the Ontario Superior Court recently found in McGrimmon v. Personal Insurance, 2010 ONSC 108, that a homeowner’s insurer owed a duty to defend to the defendant owners/vendors of the insured property in respect of allegations of misrepresentation,…
Suretyship is the act of legally becoming liable to one party for the debt, default or failure to perform of another party. There are many types of surety bonds, including fiduciary bonds, court bonds, permit bonds, licence bonds and tax…