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LANGLEY, B.C. – A huge fire has destroyed two six-storey condominium towers under construction in Langley, B.C. The fire broke out at around 9:30 p.m. Monday at the development in Langley’s Willoughby neighbourhood, about 45 kilometres east of Vancouver. The scorched remains of two elevator shafts were the only things left standing and firefighters continued […]
By The Canadian Press | April 20, 2021
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A British Columbia townhouse owner whose toilet overflowed and caused damage has to pay the $5,000 deductible on the strata corporation’s insurance claim, the B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) has ruled. Jefferson Wu is the principal of Kwan-Wu Holdings Ltd., a corporation that owns a strata unit in a townhouse complex. The unit is comprised […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 19, 2021
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B.C.’s Court of Appeal has temporarily suspended parts of a recent decision by the B.C. Supreme Court, which found that it is unconstitutional for the province’s Civil Resolution Tribunal (CRT) to determine minor injuries and decide claims of up to $50,000 in motor vehicle injury disputes. The partial stay order is in effect until the […]
By David Gambrill | April 19, 2021
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Canadian property and casualty insurance industry leaders have often talked about the importance of managing with empathy during the pandemic, but empathic managers will become even more valuable in the hybrid workplaces that are expected to emerge after the pandemic is over, according to researchers in Gartner’s HR practice. “Empathy is nothing new. It’s a […]
By David Gambrill | April 16, 2021
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A Manitoba insurance adjuster has been fined for failing to carry out instructions from an insurer to inform a claimant about how to replace their tractor under the terms of the insurer’s Limited Waiver of Depreciation. The adjuster, Douglas Boyd Friesen, argued before the province’s insurance regulator, the Manitoba Insurance Council, that he had assumed […]
By David Gambrill | April 15, 2021
A British Columbia client who runs a dog kennel business out of her home is liable for some water damage remediation costs that her insurer did not cover because they relate to business and not personal use of the property. Coast Wide Flood & Fire Restorations Ltd. took Jillianne Smith and her company, Castle Rock […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 14, 2021
When a parent says no to a child who wants to drive the car, and the parent does not leave the keys out in the open to be easily found, the child does not in fact have the parent’s consent to take the car. That may seem straightforward to the average person, but is nonetheless […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 12, 2021
Canada’s property and casualty insurance industry needs to ramp up its public education efforts to bring the risk of catastrophic events home to the Canadian population, speakers said Thursday during the virtual CIP Society Symposium 2021. “I don’t like to talk about 1-in-100-year events that our industry has historically spoken about,” said Carol Jardine, president […]
By Jason Contant | April 9, 2021
Asking your workers whether or not they got their COVID-19 vaccine shot is not necessarily a good idea. “If you are going to require employees to disclose their vaccination status, you need to consider the nature of the workplace,” said Adam LaRoche, a Calgary-based lawyer with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP’s employment and privacy and […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 9, 2021
The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia is partly responsible for paying legal defence costs of a homeowner being sued by a guest who was injured when the homeowner was repairing his classic car. On Aug. 9, 2015, Gary Upton was using a sledgehammer to pound a metal plate on a concrete step at Upton’s home. […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 8, 2021
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