Supply chain issues are creating a hot domestic market for stolen vehicles, which in 2022 cost Canadian property and casualty auto insurers more than an estimated $1 billion — the most the industry has ever paid for auto theft in…
Recent granting of a plaintiff’s motion for summary judgement against an insurer in an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) overturn accident may make it easier for auto insurance policyholders to access their coverage. Ultimately, the decision may be of future benefit to…
One aim of autonomous driving technology is to take the human element out of the driving ecosystem with an eye toward preventing collisions. But right now, autonomous driving technology can’t guarantee it will detect and react to road hazards earlier…
An insurer successfully brought a third-party liability claim against a road-rager who was found to be 50% responsible for an accident between two other vehicles as a result of his threatening actions. The insurers were not named in the Court…
Insured drivers owning stolen vehicles must go to Facility Association — not their own private auto insurers — to get compensation for injuries sustained in assaults against them involving uninsured car-jackers, a Nova Scotia court has ruled. The Supreme Court…
A dirt bike driven in a closed course motocross competition is an “automobile” under Ontario’s auto accident benefits scheme, thus paving the way for a seriously injured driver to claim auto accident benefits from his auto insurer, the Ontario Court…
If you slip and fall on ice within 10-15 feet of your car, the car did not cause your fall, so that isn’t an ‘auto accident’ under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS), Ontario’s Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) ruled last…
If you are hanging out the window of your car trying to stop a thief from stealing it, and you are injured while falling from the open window after being dragged for 40 feet, you are not an “occupant” of…
A B.C. driver claiming the public auto insurer improperly found him at fault for a collision in a Starbucks’ drive-through has lost his case that he wasn’t at fault because none of the line-up lanes had priority. The Civil Resolution…
Canada’s dreaded amber light: it’s the source of numerous intersection crashes, resulting in untold insurance claims. If you are dispensing driver safety tips to clients, be sure to tell your insureds to watch out when turning left against yellow caution…
Personal lines in Canada’s property and casualty insurance industry still appear to be in the grip of a hard market cycle, with both personal auto and property premium rates generally showing high, single-digit rate increases. On average, personal auto quoted…
Intact’s personal auto insurance premiums grew by 28% in 2022 Q2, but the company says its auto game plan is “not only pricing-driven,” the CEO reported during Intact’s recent earnings call. “Equally important is how we manage claims and our…