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When a Canadian can collect accident benefits for fatal accident in Philippines

May 1, 2018 by David Gambrill

The SEF 44 Family Protection Endorsement in Alberta’s standard auto policy provides accident benefits coverage for accidents that happen outside Canada, the Court of Queen’s Bench of Alberta ruled Monday. In Wage v. Canadian Direct Insurance, Leizle Wage was struck

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‘Countless’ accident benefits claims will arise from Toronto van attack

April 27, 2018 by Greg Meckbach

Accident benefits claims arising from the April 23 tragedy in north Toronto could cost insurers millions of dollars, an insurance lawyer suggested Thursday. Eight women and two men were killed and at least 14 more injured Monday after a rental

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Despite late notice to claimant, court green-lights priority dispute between insurers

April 2, 2018 by David Gambrill

In a priority dispute between insurers over accident benefits payments, the claimant does not necessarily have to be notified about the priority dispute at the same time as the other carrier, the Ontario Court for Appeal has ruled. The major

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Checking a claimant’s auto case evidence? Ask for the LTD discovery transcript

February 26, 2018 by David Gambrill

An insurer in an accident benefits case has obtained a court order requiring a claimant to turn over the discovery transcript in a related long-term disability (LTD) claim arising from the same accident. Ontario’s rules for handling auto accident benefits

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How British Columbia will handle auto accident benefit disputes

February 14, 2018 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

A new dispute resolution system for auto insurance in British Columbia will probably focus both on first-party accident benefit disputes and resolving claims from minor injuries, but the details have yet to be worked out, a spokesperson for the province’s

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Regulator weighs in on disputed ridesharing claims

December 20, 2017 David Gambrill, Editor-in-Chief

Disputes among Ontario auto insurers, arising from collisions involving vehicles used for multiple ridesharing providers, will likely be handled in the same way insurers handle priority disputes in accident benefits claims, Ontario’s insurance regulator told Canadian Underwriter Wednesday. Aviva Canada

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Trial lawyers doubt standard treatment plans will help auto insurers

December 15, 2017 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

Ontario’s call for standard treatment plans in auto accident benefits might well do the opposite of what was intended — increase claims disputes and provide no benefit to insurers, personal injury lawyers say. In his Fair Auto Insurance Plan, released

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Resisting auto accident cash settlements in Ontario could escalate disputes: Lawyer

December 12, 2017 by Greg Meckbach

Ontario auto insurance changes announced last week are “unlikely” to reduce disputes over accident benefits claims, an insurance defence lawyer predicts, but brokers and insurers agree the provincial government is moving in the right direction. Finance Minister Charles Sousa’s Dec.

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Ontario’s new medical centres: glorified DAC 2.0?

December 6, 2017 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

Ontario’s new system of independent medical exam centres for auto accident benefits claims, announced Tuesday, will need to be different from the designated assessment centres (DACs) that were abolished in 2006, a former DAC committee chair told Canadian Underwriter Wednesday.

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Auto reform an opportunity for brokers to review clients’ personal situations: IBAO president-elect

October 31, 2017 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

A set of changes to auto accident benefits coverage is a “perfect example” of an opportunity for brokers to contact their clients and review insurance needs, the president-elect of the Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario suggested at the organization’s recent

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Ontario auto accident benefits priority dispute, involving driver convicted of having no insurance, could reach Supreme Court of Canada

August 22, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Can an Ontario auto insurer, in a priority dispute over which insurer should be responsible for paying a claimant accident benefits, be able to argue that a motorist convicted of driving without insurance was in fact insured by the insurer

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Intact has yet to see ‘full impact’ of 2016 change to Ontario auto catastrophic impairment criteria

August 3, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

It has been more than a year since Ontario changed its criteria for catastrophic impairment and reduced the mandatory coverage for accident benefits, but the “long tail profile” of accident benefits claims means the Ontario reforms “have not fully been