Claims
A police officer injured in a collision with a stolen truck has lost his bid to seek compensation against the dealership from which the truck was stolen; with Canada’s top court refusing to hear the case, the end result is that auto dealer was not liable for leaving keys in an unlocked running vehicle. On […]
By Greg Meckbach | December 2, 2020
5 min read
The average British Columbia consumer does not really understand what rights they will lose with the auto insurance reforms scheduled to take effect this May, a Vancouver personal injury lawyer warns. Provincial politicians voted earlier this year to pass Bill 11, which would increase accident benefits but also take away claimants’ right to sue at-fault […]
By Greg Meckbach | December 1, 2020
3 min read
B.C.’s Court of Appeal threw out a default judgment against Lloyd’s of London Monday in a case involving the theft of golden eagles used for a charity event. In doing so, the court criticized lawyers for both the claimant and the insurer for waging a six-month legal struggle over a procedural issue. The appeal court […]
By David Gambrill | December 1, 2020
A $5-million coverage dispute with The Co-operators that arose from a phishing attack is headed to the Supreme Court of Canada. Canada’s top court is booked Dec. 7 to hear arguments in Co-operators General Insurance Company v. Sollio Groupe Coopératif. The claim was based on fraudsters inducing a Quebec agricultural co-operative to make an electronic […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 30, 2020
4 min read
As the pandemic enters its ninth month, risk managers are seeing more emphasis on the length of conversations and the importance of wearing proper masks. “The key thing now is the length of contact with somebody else. Right now, if two people are next to each other talking for five minutes or longer, they should […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 26, 2020
Glen Hopkinson is now interim country manager in Canada for AXA XL Insurance. Urs Uhlmann had been AXA XL’s Canadian country manager from 2018 until this past October. On his LinkedIn profile, Uhlmann reports he is now “open for exciting opportunities.” He had been CEO of Zurich Canada from 2012 through 2017. Bermuda-based XL Group […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 25, 2020
2 min read
Two subrogated commercial claims, for a total of about $1.5 million, may be headed to trial in Ontario. Among the issues are how Ontario’s Carriage of Goods Regulation applies to goods going in and out of province, and whether a business interruption subrogated claim filed after two years can still proceed. On Sept. 9, 2016, […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 24, 2020
Insurers are still receiving new claims from the June 2020 Alberta hail storm that is estimated to have cost the industry more than $1 billion. “We are actually still seeing some new losses reported from the June storm today,” said Cortney Young, vice president of Contractor Connection Canada at claims services firm Crawford & Company […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 23, 2020
When the driver of a loaner vehicle provided by an auto service centre is sued by an accident victim in Alberta, the insurer of the loaner vehicle may be the first payor. This is what happened when Northwest Acura in Calgary provided a loaner vehicle for one of its customers whose vehicle was being serviced. […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 20, 2020
The owner of a strata lot in a duplex that was not managed as a strata — for example, there was no strata board of directors, annual board meetings, etc. – must nevertheless pay for her half of the strata corporation’s insurance, the B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal has found. Anna Lamb, who co-owns one of […]
By David Gambrill | November 19, 2020
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