The Financial Services Commission of Ontario is conducting a testing phase of its online service to schedule pre-hearings and settlement conferences, in an effort to streamline arbitration for auto insurance claims disputes. The Ontario government introduced a bill earlier this…
The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) has launched a new road safety speaking tour for young drivers, focusing especially on distracted driving, a leading cause of crashes among those between 16 and 21. ICBC launched its road safety speaker…
LOS ANGELES – California is trying to do something unusual in this age of rapidly evolving technology – get ahead of a big new development before it goes public. By the end of the year, the Department of Motor Vehicles…
Both the Fair Association of Victims for Accident Reform (FAIR) and an opposition critic have taken issue with Bill 171, which proposes several changes to auto insurance regulations, by suggesting the bill does not address the issue of claims disputes…
The Province of British Columbia is not violating the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms when it imposes driver’s licence suspensions and other penalties on suspected drunk drivers who refuse to provide breath samples and on those whose breath sample…
The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) is urging Ontario MPPs to push for amendments to proposed auto legislation that, among other things, would change the prejudgment interest rate in pain and suffering claims. The draft legislation would lower the rate…
New changes to the standard Ontario auto insurance policy were characterized this week as “mean spirited” by the New Democratic Party’s consumer services critic, though the Insurance Bureau of Canada suggests that one amendment that took effect Feb. 1 did…
A Toronto clinic has been ordered to pay $75,000 in fines this week, after its principals pleaded guilty to engaging in unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance related to auto insurance fraud, the Insurance Bureau of…
DETROIT – The new CEO of General Motors is reassuring employees after an embarrassing recall of 1.6 million small cars, telling them that an internal review will bring improvements and prevent similar problems from occurring in the future. A letter…
The Ontario government is introducing legislation that would move administration of the current dispute resolution system for auto insurance claims from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario to the Ministry of the Attorney General’s Licence Appeal Tribunal. In an announcement…
Distracted driving fatalities in Ontario surpassed both impaired driving-related and speed-related fatalities last year, the Ontario Provincial Police said Monday. A total of 78 people died in distracted driving-related collisions last year, above the 57 impaired driving deaths and 44…
Underwriters for FCT, which provides title insurance, noticed a more pronounced trend towards a greater number of suspicious real estate transactions at a lower dollar value in 2013. For both residential and commercial real estate transactions, the amount of mortgage…