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Will your business get interrupted because people working from home due to COVID-19 cannot log into their computer systems? “If you are asking staff to work from home, make sure that the technology systems to enable them to do that can handle the extra network traffic that mass telecommuting can mean,” said James Crask, London-based head […]
By Greg Meckbach | March 11, 2020
3 min read
TORONTO – A group of women won final court approval on Tuesday for their multimillion-dollar class action against the RCMP over gender-based abuse and discrimination. The open-ended settlement will allow each plaintiff to claim between $10,000 and $220,000 – depending on the severity of their situation. “It is to be a non-adversarial process and contains […]
By Jason Contant | March 11, 2020
A British Columbia judge should not have used a North Vancouver ski resort’s warning notices to throw a personal injury lawsuit out of court, the province’s appeal court found in a ruling released March 4. In Apps v. Grouse Mountain Resorts Ltd., Justice Catherine Murray of the B.C. Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that […]
By Greg Meckbach | March 10, 2020
4 min read
FREDERICTON – Public safety officials in New Brunswick say people living in flood-prone areas of the province should be prepared for rising waters, but it’s too early to say what this year’s flood season will bring. The province launched its annual River Watch Program on Monday, and officials say there is the potential for flooding […]
By Jason Contant | March 10, 2020
2 min read
Carriers who offer travel insurance are taking different approaches to covering trip cancellations in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that claimed its first Canadian victim Monday. Typically, travellers with regular trip cancellation insurance with trips booked before the federal government issues travel advisories are covered, depending on policy wording. As of Monday, 69 […]
By Jason Contant | March 9, 2020
Brokers wanting to advise commercial clients on pollution liability risk might learn a lesson or two from London Transit Commission v. Eaton Industries (Canada) Company, released this past Friday by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. London, Ontario’s city bus service has operated a garage at its main office, on the east side of Highbury […]
By Greg Meckbach | March 9, 2020
Who will decide the epic battle going on in B.C. over public v. private auto?
By David Gambrill, Editor in Chief | March 7, 2020
A corporate defendant found vicariously liable in a multi-million-dollar sexual abuse lawsuit wants to go to the Supreme Court of Canada and seek a new jury trial, a lawyer in MacLeod v. Marshall told Canadian Underwriter Wednesday. In 2018, a jury with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice awarded about $2.5 million to Rod MacLeod, […]
By Greg Meckbach | March 5, 2020
5 min read
CALGARY – A delayed inspection and a failure to predict how fast cracks could develop from corrosion are cited in a report describing the cause of an explosion and fire in an Enbridge Inc. natural gas pipeline northeast of Prince George, B.C., in October 2018. No one was injured in the incident but 125 people […]
By Jason Contant | March 5, 2020
If you place pollution liability coverage, you could be hearing from banks and lenders concerned about oil and gas producers potentially going bankrupt. Inquiries about environment impairment liability are on the rise for at least one major Canadian brokerage following last year’s Supreme Court of Canada ruling arising from the bankruptcy of Redwater Energy Corp. […]
By Greg Meckbach | March 4, 2020
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