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Canada’s home, auto and business insurers are objecting to a recent characterization of Ontario’s auto insurance regime as “profitable.” “The current trends are unsustainable for both drivers and insurance companies,” Insurance Bureau of Canada vice president of Ontario Kim Donaldson wrote in an emailed statement to Canadian Underwriter. “Ontario drivers are paying too much for […]
By David Gambrill | April 9, 2019
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The busy catastrophe season in Canada thus far is continuing with no signs of slowing down. Two severe weather storms in Ontario this year, one in February and one in March, cost insurers more than $70 million in insured damage, according to Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). That makes five catastrophe events so far […]
MONTREAL – Hundreds of thousands of people are still without power in southern Quebec after the region was hit freezing rain and strong winds. Quebec-Hydro says the storm Monday caused branches and trees to come in contact with their network, leaving 275,000 people without power by early Tuesday morning. The Crown corporation says the hardest […]
By The Canadian Press | April 9, 2019
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A recent Supreme Court of Canada decision means the City of Hamilton is partly liable in a motor vehicle bodily injury lawsuit because there was no painted stop line immediately before an intersection. On June 16, 2007, a vehicle driven by Dawn Safranyos was T-boned by a vehicle driven north on Upper Centennial Parkway by […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 8, 2019
VANCOUVER – A protracted court battle over a gold, diamond-studded eagle statue has landed in favour of a major insurance company, which will now be allowed to challenge a claim over the treasure that was allegedly stolen in the Vancouver area nearly three years ago. Justice Robin Baird of the British Columbia Supreme Court overturned […]
By The Canadian Press | April 8, 2019
THE HAGUE, Netherlands – Climate activists delivered a court summons Friday to oil company Shell in a court case aimed at forcing it to do more to rein in carbon emissions. Friends of the Earth Netherlands, one of the groups involved, said it wants a court in The Hague to order Shell to reduce its […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 5, 2019
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Brokers are telling the Insurance Bureau of Canada that for some homeowner clients, the deductible on earthquake coverage is so high that the clients could still end up broke after a major tremor. “Right now, the deductible on some of these policies is $100,000 or more,” IBC CEO Don Forgeron said of earthquake endorsements on […]
A flood in an Alberta community centre flood has once again raised the legal issue of whether a claimant is obligated to read a commercial services contract thoroughly, or whether the defendant is obligated to highlight any waiver of liability to the claimant. The Bragg Creek Community Association hired Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Canada […]
By David Gambrill | April 4, 2019
Coastal flooding is expected to increase in many areas of Canada, bringing with it increased risk of damage to coastal infrastructure, according to a report released Tuesday by the federal government. “Local sea level is projected to rise, and increase flooding, along most of the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Canada and the Beaufort coast […]
By Jason Contant | April 3, 2019
Meet Jane Doe, a total loss survivor. The front end of her car was demolished when she tried to turn left at a busy intersection. She was hit by a driver who was talking on his cell phone while running a red light. Her vehicle pinwheels into a half-spin upon contact. Jane Doe is taken […]
By David Gambrill | April 3, 2019
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