Auto
Canadian tort awards in catastrophic cases over the past eight years have increased from between Cdn$600,000 and Cdn$7000,000 to between Cdn$10 million and Cdn$15 million, Jess Bush, partner with Blaney McMurtry LLP, told delegates at the Insurance Law: Spring Update 2008 in Toronto on May 15. Health care costs are “going through the roof,” he […]
May 31, 2008
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More than 125 RCMP and municipal police officers, in addition to members of the integrated road safety units, set up roadchecks from Whistler to Boston Bar on Dec. 1 to kick off this year’s Drinking Driving CounterAttack campaign. Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) representatives were on hand, along with Air 1, B.C.’s traffic safety […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 3, 2007
Thirty-four vehicles earn the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)s Top Safety Pick award for 2008, more than double the number of vehicles that met the criteria for 2007.Eight of the 34 vehicles are manufactured by Ford and its subsidiary, Volvo, while Honda and its subsidiary Acura hold seven of the places on the list, […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 23, 2007
CGI Group Inc. and VIN I.Q. Inc. is giving Canadian Motor Vehicle Departments (CMVD) and law enforcement professionals instant access to a comprehensive, integrated source of information about any vehicle through the use of handheld decoders.The decoders will enable CMVDs and law enforcement to rapidly implement many of the recommendations made in the Canadian Council […]
By Canadian Underwriter | October 30, 2007
Frontal crash protection has improved for the six mid-sized SUVs tested by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), but the tests reveal significant differences in how well SUVs protect people in serious side crashes.Performance varied considerably in the side test that replicates a 50-km-hr crash in which the striking vehicle is another SUV or […]
By Canadian Underwriter | October 15, 2007
An independent KPMG forensic report has concluded that current ICBC chair and former British Columbia deputy minister Paul Taylor complied with accepted standards of conduct and did not attempt to influence the government on behalf of a B.C. auto association or its members during his tenure as deputy minister in 2003.Taylor was the president and […]
By Canadian Underwriter | October 10, 2007
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The highest number of complaints the Municipal Licensing & Standards office for the City of Toronto receives is for tow trucks that bill more than the capped rate, Scott Sullivan, East office supervisor, Mobile Business Enforcement, Municipal Licensing & Standards, Investigation Services, City of Toronto, told delegates at the Annual Toronto Fraud Forum. As it […]
By Canadian Underwriter | September 25, 2007
In an effort to ensure residents in New Brunswick have fair and affordable insurance premiums, the government has introduced a new 11-territory insurance rating system. Previously, the New Brunswick government considered the idea of reducing the number of territories down to zero, an idea area insurers resisted. “Eleven new territories will replace the current, outdated […]
August 31, 2007
Body shops need to put more emphasis on training and development, according to David Lingham, who works in the collision repair industry in UK and Europe. Lingham told delegates at the 10th annual CARSTAR conference held in Niagara Falls, Ont., that repairers in the UK do not fully understand the difference in technology and structure […]
By Canadian Underwriter | August 22, 2007
In an on-going commitment to ensuring that residents in New Brunswick have fair and affordable insurance premiums, the government has introduced a new 11-territory insurance rating system. Eleven new territories will replace the current, outdated four territories, T.J. Burke, justice and consumer affairs minister, said in a release. The previous territories were based on arbitrary […]
By Canadian Underwriter | August 13, 2007
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