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When an Ontario motorist fails to produce proof of insurance and is charged as a result, police do not have to prove the vehicle is actually uninsured. So says Justice David Rose of the Ontario Court of Justice in R. v. Belleau, a ruling released this past Monday. Justice Rose overturned the acquittal of a […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 20, 2019
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A severe earthquake in the Montreal area could cause between $10 billion and $30 billion in economic losses from fire damage, according to a new study from the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR). “This loss would be virtually fully insured and would have a very significant impact on the Canadian insurance industry,” said the […]
By Jason Contant | November 19, 2019
More than 1,000 residents displaced by a major electrical fire in 2018 will not be moving back into their apartment building this year. A fire broke out Aug. 21, 2018 in the electrical room of 650 Parliament Street, a high-rise apartment building in Toronto’s St. James Town. “Last week it was announced that 650 Parliament […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 18, 2019
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Another chapter in the sad story of a $2.2-million residential heating fuel oil spill, into a fresh-water lake, has been closed. The Supreme Court of Canada announced this past Thursday it will not hear an appeal from Thompson Fuels of Gendron v Thompson Fuels, released in 2018 by the Court of Appeal for Ontario. So […]
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The Supreme Court of Canada is considering whether or not to send an insurance medical examiner’s libel case to trial, based on comments made by a personal injury lawyer about the examiner’s work in a closed forum that got leaked to the general public. In Maia Bent, et al. v. Howard Platnick, et al, the […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 16, 2019
Liability loss inflation may be a new topic of discussion for securities analysts who watch the property and casualty sector, but for Canada’s largest insurer, it’s nothing particularly novel. “There is inflation,” Charles Brindamour, CEO of Intact Financial Corp., observed during a recent earnings call of liability lines. “I am surprised that it is talked […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 15, 2019
Amphibious architecture could be the key to mitigating flood risk and making insurance affordable for those living and working in floodplains, according to one expert. The technology allows structures to float as water levels rise. Amphibious construction and retrofitting of properties would protect homeowners from flooding by allowing a building to float above the water […]
By Adam Malik | November 15, 2019
The two-year time limit to take auto accident benefits disputes to Ontario’s Licence Appeal Tribunal (LAT) is not a “hard limitation” period, the province’s appeal court has ruled. In Tomec v. Economical Mutual Insurance Company, released Nov. 8, the Court of Appeal for Ontario overturned a 2018 Divisional Court Ruling in favour of Economical, due […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 13, 2019
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by Volkswagen and Audi to dismiss a class action in Quebec seeking compensation for air pollution from cars that gave false results in emissions tests. The judges made the decision in a rare ruling from the bench just after hearing arguments, saying the case can go […]
By The Canadian Press | November 13, 2019
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A London, Ont. homeowner is in legal trouble because the water that was supposed to flow east from his neighbour’s backyard, across his property, started going the wrong way 12 years ago. In Dankiewicz v. Sullivan, released Nov. 4, Justice Ian Leach found Todd Sullivan is in contempt of court for failing to comply with […]
By Greg Meckbach | November 12, 2019
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