Claims
Albert Poon, most recently president of Cunningham Lindsey Canada, will remain a key part of the team following Sedgwick Claims Management Services’ recent acquisition of Cunningham Lindsey, the president of the combined business operations in Canada told Canadian Underwriter Wednesday. Michael Holden was named president of Sedgwick-Cunningham Lindsey’s combined operations in Canada on April 18, […]
By Jason Contant | April 25, 2018
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An auto collision centre has lost an appeal in court that would have effectively forced insurance companies to settle all disputes in an auto claim before the vehicle is released to the insurer, thus racking up storage costs while the claim remained unresolved. “There will be many occasions where issues will arise between an insured […]
By David Gambrill | April 25, 2018
3 min read
Monday’s deadly rental van rampage in Toronto shows how quickly a vehicle can be turned into a weapon, but rental agencies are finding few clear options to prevent their property from involvement in such violent acts. The urgency to find solutions is increasing, however. The attack in Toronto that left at least 10 people dead […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 25, 2018
4 min read
A worker injured on the job in an Alberta auto accident can sue the employer of the at-fault driver, the province’s court of appeal ruled in a recent decision. In McIver v. McIntyre, Lewis Morgan, an employee of Calgary Propane and Automotive, took Carlyle McIntyre’s vehicle out for a test drive on Apr. 23, 2012. […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 24, 2018
The Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) is congratulating British Columbia’s proposed legislative changes that would introduce a minor injury cap of $5,500 in the province, a move aimed at reversing the public auto insurer’s skyrocketing legal and administrative costs. The B.C. legislation would introduce a limit of $5,500 on pain and suffering payouts for minor […]
By Jason Contant | April 24, 2018
The Insurance Council of Manitoba has fined Randolph McGlynn of Advocis Brokers Services Inc. $2,000 for attesting that two agents were licensed to do business in Manitoba when in fact they never held agent licenses in the province. Instead, the two agents were licensed to do business in their home jurisdictions outside the province, the […]
By David Gambrill | April 24, 2018
DRUMHELLER, Alta. – Rising water caused by an ice jam on the Little Red Deer River in central Alberta prompted officials to ask some people to leave their homes Monday, while further southeast on the Rosebud River, residents weren’t being given a choice. The Town of Drumheller issued a mandatory evacuation order late Monday for […]
By The Canadian Press | April 24, 2018
Look for Canadian case law to impose secondary liability on texters who distract drivers with their email messages, akin to social host liability, a senior claims executive at Travelers predicts. “If I text someone while driving, and they get into an accident, I could be responsible for part of that,” said Jordan Solway, group general […]
Earthquakes do hit southern Ontario from time to time but the area hit last week has a low risk of experiencing property damage arising from earthquakes, an Insurance Bureau of Canada official told Canadian Underwriter. Natural Resources Canada reported that shortly after 9:00 p.m. local time April 19, an earthquake about 4.1 on the Richter […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 23, 2018
Severe weather earlier this week in Ontario has caught the attention of reinsurance providers. Impact Forecasting LLC, a unit of reinsurance brokerage Aon Benfield, noted Friday that winter weather starting April 13 “left considerable damage across southern sections of Canada’s Ontario and Quebec.” In its weekly cat report, Impact Forecasting noted that freezing rain “led […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 20, 2018
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