An Ontario arbitrator has allowed an insurer a mulligan after the insurer was more than five months late in filing a response to an application for arbitration. A Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) arbitrator made an order allowing Pilot…
State Farm Insurance Company must pay a claimant’s income replacement benefits (IRB) with interest, plus a special award of $23,000 for unreasonably withholding the benefits, an arbitrator from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) has ruled. Arbitrator Denise Ashby…
With insurance fraud in the spotlight, the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) recently released its highlights of head-scratching antics by scam artists. “There’s nothing funny about insurance fraud,” the IBC noted. “But sometimes you can’t help but laugh at some…
A woman who swerved on a bicycle to avoid a parked vehicle and injured herself was in a “motor vehicle accident,” according to an arbitrator from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO). In the decision DiMarco and Chubb Insurance…
A consortium of Texas attorneys have filed a federal class action lawsuit in Austin, Texas against Facebook, Apple, Twitter, Foursquare, Electronic Arts, Yelp and 11 other companies, asserting privacy rights violations associated with the use of mobile apps. “The lawsuit…
U.S. board directors need to be acutely aware of the risk of data breaches at their companies in light of recent regulatory guidance on disclosing cyber threats, according to speakers at a Willis-hosted cyber liability conference in London. The U.S.…
The B.C. Supreme Court has dismissed a fire insurance case against Lloyd’s Underwriters after a 10-year delay in bringing the claim forward to trial. In Rangi v. Lloyd’s Underwriters, the court on Mar. 9, 2012 upheld Lloyd’s motion to dismiss…
The boyfriend of a woman who died in a fatal car accident has created a Facebook page warning of the dangers of texting while driving. Mathieu Fortin created a Facebook page in homage to his girlfriend, Emy Brochu, who died…
Ontario politicians introduced two new private member’s bills into the legislature on Mar. 7: one would make it easier to report auto insurance fraud, and the other would eliminate the ability of insurers to rate auto insurance based on addresses…
Nova Scotia’s Court of Appeal confirmed in a 3-1 majority decision released on Feb. 23 that Nova Scotia’s Department of Health has a subrogated right to claim against an insurer for nursing home costs arising from injuries sustained in a…
Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) is joining Students Against Drinking and Driving (SADD) Saskatchewan in supporting Impaired Driving Awareness Week, proclaimed by the provincial government for Mar. 5-9, 2012 in Saskatchewan. The annual week, originally proclaimed in 1999, raises awareness of…
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) wants to see the issue of non-EU countries’ equivalence with the proposed Solvency II capital regime to be bumped higher up the agenda. “The industry is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to implement…