The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) was justified in denying an insured’s claim for making a wilfully false statement in connection with a stolen vehicle, the province’s Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) has ruled. ICBC determined the stolen vehicle was…
A claimant does not have to intend to deceive an insurance company in order to make a “willfully false statement” on a proof of loss, thus voiding the insurance policy, an Ontario court has ruled. In Pinder v. Farmers’ Mutual…