Claims
One tornado that struck the Dunrobin, Ont. area Friday was only the second EF3 twister to touch down in the province in September or later – and the first during this time period in 120 years, said Glenn McGillivray, managing director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR). The last F3 tornado to touch […]
By Jason Contant | September 24, 2018
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A lawyer who used to represent Saskatchewan’s auto insurer is now a judge with the province’s appeal court, the federal government announced Friday. Robert Leurer represented Saskatchewan Government Insurance on several occasions during the 31 years he practised law for MLT Aikins. Justice Leurer also represented a carrier in a claims dispute that resulted in […]
By Greg Meckbach | September 24, 2018
TRAIL, B.C. – The movement of sulphuric acid by truck through a southeastern British Columbia city has been halted while officials try to determine why there has been a third leak of the corrosive liquid in less than six months. International Raw Materials says in a news release that it purchased the load of sulphuric […]
By The Canadian Press | September 24, 2018
The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a motorist found to be liable for a single-vehicle collision. Brad Gaebel was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Gordon Lipka, who lost control after moving to the right shoulder on a narrow logging road. The resulting crash injured Gaebel, who sued Lipka. […]
By Greg Meckbach | September 22, 2018
If your corporate client goes under and occupies polluted land, what happens if individual directors are left on the hook to clean up environmental contamination? This is the subject of “long, complex discussions” that Aon Canada brokers are having with some of their clients. Provincial environment ministries have the power to order companies and individuals […]
By Greg Meckbach | September 21, 2018
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There are countless “red flags” that insurers should examine to help determine if a claimant is committing address fraud, an insurance defence lawyer said Tuesday at the Canadian Association of Special Investigation Units’ (CASIU) 2018 Fraud Conference in Toronto. Andrew Grayson, a lawyer with Toronto-based Regan Desjardins LLP, discussed how insurers can recognize and fight […]
By Jason Contant | September 20, 2018
WINNIPEG – A train that derailed in northern Manitoba on Saturday that killed a railway worker is leaking diesel fuel into the Metishto River. Manitoba Sustainable Development says the fuel is from one of the locomotives. The province says spill recovery equipment is being used to clean up the fuel at the site west of […]
By The Canadian Press | September 20, 2018
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If an insurer has proof a claimant is committing address fraud, there are several weapons they have in their arsenal to fight it, an insurance lawyer said Tuesday. The first thing the insurer should do is ask the underwriting department how much the yearly premium would change if the insured lived at the possible real […]
By Jason Contant | September 19, 2018
Cyber risk goes up if a company goes through a merger or acquisition, an information security consultant suggests. One way your client can reduce cyber risk is to know what hardware and software is on their computer network, Jeremy Hurst, Toronto-based senior manager for Accenture Security, said Monday in an interview. A company that has […]
By Greg Meckbach | September 19, 2018
Insurers looking to verify a claimant’s address should focus on bank, credit card and cellphone records, an insurance defence lawyer said Tuesday. Andrew Grayson, a lawyer specializing in insurance defence litigation with Regan Desjardins LLP, called those records the “Big Three” in recognizing possible address fraud. He discussed how insurers can identify and fight address […]
By Jason Contant | September 18, 2018
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