Claims
STE-MARTHE-SUR-LE-LAC, Que. – Four months after a dike ruptured and forced 6,000 people from the town of Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, demolition work has begun on flood-stricken homes in the community west of Montreal. Roland Gariepy, 77, paid a visit to his old neighbourhood Friday to watch the first homes being demolished. The modular home he lived in […]
By The Canadian Press | August 19, 2019
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A B.C. fire dispatcher with pre-existing back pain was awarded $200,000 for his auto accident injuries, even though the Supreme Court of British Columbia also found that he was “not a reliable historian of his own condition or other events.” Notwithstanding the plaintiff’s lack of credibility, the court found in his favour because of the […]
By David Gambrill | August 16, 2019
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ESTERHAZY, Sask. – A small earthquake shook parts of southeastern Saskatchewan Thursday night, knocking out power and rattling homes in the region. The United States Geological Survey confirms the 4.1-magnitude quake happened 17 kilometres east of Esterhazy around 8:30 p.m. SaskPower says electricity was knocked out in seven communities, including Esterhazy, Whitewood, Moosomin and Rockanville, […]
By The Canadian Press | August 16, 2019
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CALGARY – In a video taken through the windshield of Dung Le’s 15-year-old Toyota Echo, an oncoming car breaks the monotony of a wide, nearly empty street on a quiet August morning in a sprawling residential Edmonton neighbourhood. As it approaches, the car leaves its lane as though turning into a driveway, then straightens and […]
By Greg Meckbach | August 15, 2019
Payout amounts and the number of claims related to severe weather in Quebec have increased dramatically in the first half of the year compared to 2018, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) reported recently. Successive weather events marked the first half of 2019, pushing claims up significantly for P&C insurers, IBC said in a press release […]
By Jason Contant | August 14, 2019
The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) and home building company Doug Tarry Homes Ltd. have joined forces for a pilot project on increasing the resilience of homes to high wind and tornado events. High winds contributed in part to most natural catastrophes recorded by the Insurance Bureau of Canada between 1983 and 2016, ICLR […]
By Jason Contant | August 13, 2019
A vehicle accident victim is getting a new hearing after Saskatchewan’s appeal court found a tribunal erred in law by disregarding evidence related to the claimant’s accident-related inability to work. The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan unanimously ruled the July 2017 decision of the Automobile Injury Appeal Commission was “bereft of a substantive analysis of […]
By Jason Contant | August 12, 2019
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A $2-billion lawsuit against Loblaws Companies Ltd., arising from the world’s deadliest accidental building collapse ever, is essentially tossed out of court. Canada’s high court announced Thursday it will not hear an appeal from Arati Rani Das, a garment factory worker who was seriously injured and whose mother was killed in the 2013 Rana Towers […]
By Greg Meckbach | August 8, 2019
TABER, Alta. – Taber corn, that tasty sweet treat on the cob that Albertans look forward to in late summer, will be much harder to find this year after a major storm ripped through the province’s southern corn belt this week. Loonie and golf ball-size hailstones driven by a wind that reached more than 140 […]
By The Canadian Press | August 8, 2019
Intact Financial Corporation has entered the restoration services area. The insurer has struck a deal to acquire Vancouver-based On Side Restoration. The company announced the acquisition late on Aug. 6, which it says will strengthen its ability to provide claims expertise and boost its supply chain network. On Side served as an Intact vendor. Etienne […]
By Adam Malik | August 7, 2019
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