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Are jurors in auto insurance trials “biased” because they pay insurance premiums?
By Annette Uetrecht-Bain, Partner, McCague Borlack LLP | January 15, 2019
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The use of bold lettering and capitalization in a waiver clause helped a storage locker firm defend itself from a claim from a customer. Four storage units were broken into on Aug. 12, 2016. One of those units was rented by Neeraj Khullar and Sid Khullar. The Khullar’s took Instorage to the British Columbia Civil […]
By Greg Meckbach | January 14, 2019
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Edibles containing cannabis are expected to become legal in Canada later this year, so insurance professionals are encouraging social hosts and commercial establishments to ensure their guests are consuming these products responsibly. With the legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada Oct. 17, 2018, the inspection process for social hosts and companies just got more complicated. […]
By Jason Contant | January 14, 2019
Experts are calling on the federal transportation safety board to investigate a deadly bus crash in Ottawa to prevent similar incidents from occurring again. Ahmed Shalaby, a civil engineering professor at the University of Manitoba, said the Transportation Safety Board should be involved in probing the deadly crash to ensure the probe is transparent and […]
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Emergency generators not only temporarily provide electricity during a power outage, but can also mitigate property damage and help reduce insured losses, says a new report from the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR). These generators can help reduced insured losses by preventing the freezing and bursting of pipes in winter, keeping sump pump systems […]
By Jason Contant | January 11, 2019
GRAND BAY-WESTFIELD, N.B. – A minor earthquake rattled windows and knocked dishes off shelves in a small community in southern New Brunswick on Thursday. “It felt like something ran into the building _ it was a big bang,” said Troy Gautreau, chief of Grand Bay-Westfield Fire and Rescue, who was in Fire Station No. 1 […]
By The Canadian Press | January 11, 2019
The Supreme Court of Canada could make a landmark decision on whether clients facing personal injury lawsuits can enforce waivers in court. In Schnarr v. Blue Mountain Resorts Limited, the Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled in early 2018 that for two plaintiffs – who were injured while skiing – the waivers could be enforced. Those […]
By Greg Meckbach | January 10, 2019
Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) has released its annual Top 5 list of insurance fraud cases for 2018. The list is compiled based on the unique circumstances of each fraud, financial savings to MPI ratepayer and “investigative excellence in unearthing the fraud.” Suspicious claims are handled by MPI’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU). As of the end […]
By Jason Contant | January 9, 2019
VANCOUVER – A major insurance company is fighting back after a British Columbia court required it to make good on a policy covering a gold, diamond-encrusted eagle statue allegedly stolen in Metro Vancouver more than two years ago. The B.C. Supreme Court issued a default judgment against Lloyd’s Underwriters last month, ordering it to pay […]
By The Canadian Press | January 8, 2019
The new licence suspensions and $500 minimum fines for distracted driving should remind Ontario motorists not to text and drive, a spokesperson for CAA South Central Ontario predicts. “We hope this is going to serve as a deterrent,” CAA SCO government relations manager Elliott Silverstein said Monday, in an interview, of the new penalties that […]
By Greg Meckbach | January 7, 2019
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