Topic Claims
Salvage crew’s access to smouldering ship hampered by storm on B.C.’s coast
October 25, 2021 by The Canadian PressVICTORIA – The Canadian Coast Guard says a fire aboard a container ship off the coast of Victoria continues to smoulder. The coast guard says in a statement posted on social media that a salvage crew from Resolve Marine is…
Risk management more important than ever to middle market firms, yet few turn to brokers for advice: Chubb report
October 22, 2021 by Canadian Underwriter StaffRisk management has become a top concern for middle market companies surveyed following more than a year of pandemic and other related business disruption, data from Chubb has shown. According to Chubb’s Middle Market Indicator for Q2 2021, which surveyed…
Public auto insurer applies for rate decrease, customer rebate
October 21, 2021 by Jason ContantManitoba Public Insurance (MPI) has adjusted its general rate application and is requesting a 1.2% rate decrease along with a $335 million rebate to customers. MPI recently applied to the Manitoba Public Utilities Board (PUB) for a provisional 2.8% rate…
Average personal auto premiums drop in Q3 2021; personal property up
October 21, 2021 by Phil PoradoPersonal auto premium average dropped 2.7% in 2021’s third quarter compared with the same period a year ago but rose 9.4% when compared to second quarter 2021, according to the latest Applied Rating Index, which reports Canada-wide personal auto and…
Why this city owes duty of care in $1 million personal injury lawsuit
October 21, 2021 by Greg MeckbachA Supreme Court of Canada ruling released Thursday means a British Columbia municipality is facing a new trial, in a $1-million lawsuit, filed by a woman who was seriously injured after parking her car after a snowstorm. In City of…
Ontario auto claim reduces employment insurance sickness benefits: federal judge
October 20, 2021 by Greg MeckbachAn Ontario auto claimant is facing a reduction in federal employment insurance (EI) benefits because she was getting income replacement benefits with her auto insurer. In 2019, Antonina Sennikova was involved in a motor vehicle accident that prevented her from…
Offshore oil and gas regulator lays charges against Cenovus Energy for 2018 spill
October 20, 2021 by The Canadian PressST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Canada’s offshore oil and gas regulator has laid three charges against a Cenovus Energy Inc. subsidiary stemming from a huge oil spill off the coast of Newfoundland in 2018. The Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board…
How coffee whitener and aluminum dust can pose a fire risk
October 19, 2021 by Greg MeckbachClients could be surprised at the fire and explosion risk to which they are exposed if they are in the 3D printing business or produce dust of any kind. “It is easier to name the dusts that are not explosible…
Businesses see higher inflation, wages and job changes, Bank of Canada reports
October 18, 2021 by Jordan Press - THE CANADIAN PRESSOTTAWA – Consumers and businesses expect increases in the cost of living to stay hot over the next year, the Bank of Canada says as part of surveys results that also show people more willing to search for new jobs,…
Supreme Court to consider disclosure of cockpit voice recordings in aviation accident lawsuits
October 15, 2021 by Greg MeckbachThe Supreme Court of Canada will hear arguments, from federal aviation accident investigators, that cockpit voice recordings should not be made available to personal injury plaintiffs who are trying to sue an airline over an accident in Halifax. On March…
Wildfire that destroyed Lytton, BC was not train-related, safety board finds
October 15, 2021 by Jason ContantThere is no evidence that railway operations contributed to the wildfire that destroyed the town of Lytton, British Columbia this summer, an investigation from the Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) has found. “The TSB has not identified any link…
Why the Supreme Court of Canada validated this limitation-of-liability clause
October 15, 2021 by Greg MeckbachA software consulting firm that was sued in Quebec for $6.25 million can rely on a limitation of liability clause in its consulting and integration contract, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in a decision released Friday. In 6362222 Canada…