As of the end of October 2009, Facility Association (FA) has paid and incurred more than $11.5 million in statutory accident benefit claims connected to insolvent insurer Markham General Insurance Company.Markham General was ordered wound-up under the provisions of the…
A.S.A.P. Secured Inc. has launched a mobile command centre for easy deployment to large loss sites across Ontario. The centre will allow adjusters and other insurance industry professionals to offer immediate assistance and support to their customers in the midst…
Canada’s property and casualty insurance industry is “strongly cautioning” the Alberta government to scrap a proposal that would prohibit insurers from excluding claims for fire damage following terrorist or earthquake events.Primary insurers would run a higher risk of insolvency if…
Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) has a reported net income of $32.1 million for the nine months ended Nov. 30, 2009, compared to a net income of $1.8 million for the same period of 2008. The improvement was achieved in part…
John Tagle has been appointed senior vice president of national sales and business development at ClaimsPro, an SCM company.Tagle will be responsible for the augmentation of strategy and implementation of plans at ClaimsPro, leading sales and business development.In addition, Ian…
Insurers generally agree with the Alberta insurance regulator that disclosure of limitation periods to litigate a claim should be “transparent” and “fair,” but a general industry consensus has evolved that requiring an insurance company to notify a claimant about the…
Painful symptoms that interfere with a person’s post-accident activities are not sufficient to entitle claimants to non-earner benefits — particularly in circumstances when there is a pre-existing medical condition, Ontario’s arbitrator has ruled. In Jasmin Mangallon and TTC Insurance Company…
The Health Claims for Auto Insurance (HCAI) system is stable, with no new processing issues identified, according to Insurance Bureau of Canada. The HCAI pilot was re-launched on Sept. 28, 2009, with two insurers and nine health care facilities. After…
Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI)’s special investigations unit (SIU) has recovered nearly $30 million over the last three years in undeserved benefits and denied fraudulent claims. Roughly 3,000 suspicious claims were reviewed in 2009. Five of those made MPI’s 2009 list…
Corporate risk managers may wish to review their reputational risk in light of a new defence that protects publishers from defamation so long as their communications are found to be responsible and relate to matters of public interest.“Freewheeling debate on…
Three separate severe weather events occurring in Alberta and Ontario in 2009 caused insured damages totalling Cdn$637 million, according to figures released by the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) IBC says the various storms highlight the need for urgent action…
Cunningham Lindsey has launched Cunningham Lindsey Research Services (CLRS).CLRS provides intelligence gathering, special investigations and surveillance services to assist in the adjudication of insurance claims.“From researching background information and verifying details, to gathering video surveillance and conducting interviews, the services…