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A Grande Prairie, Alta.-area property owner who installed a basement door below the one-in-100-year flood line should replace it with a window above the flood line, the Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled, upholding efforts by the municipality to stop the owner from finishing construction of his home. In 2007, Daniel Hildebrand got a permit […]
By Greg Meckbach | February 22, 2018
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Toronto police say a recent case of alleged human trafficking is the latest in a growing trend involving people using Airbnb rentals to conduct their illicit transactions. Det. Sgt. Nunzio Tramontozzi said police have seen a surge in such cases over roughly the past two years. He said human traffickers may opt to use Airbnb […]
By Jason Contant | February 22, 2018
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Ontario PC leadership candidate Caroline Mulroney promises to do “more than just talk” about cracking down on insurance fraud if she becomes premier of Ontario this June. Ontario Liberal Finance Minister Charles Sousa announced this past December the provincial government will establish a “serious fraud office” this year, which would be comprised of a team […]
By Greg Meckbach | February 21, 2018
BRANTFORD, Ont. – Residents of a southern Ontario city were forced from their homes and businesses on Wednesday as rising flood waters from a local river prompted a state of emergency. Days of mild temperatures and torrential rain caused an ice jam clogging the Grand River to release, sending water surging into Brantford, Ont. City […]
By The Canadian Press | February 21, 2018
British Columbia’s government monopoly auto insurer could save up to $27 million a year on claims costs and reduce the risk of legal disputes by taking on a “larger role” in designing plans to treat auto collision injuries, PriceWaterhouse Coopers said in a recent report. For bodily injury tort claims in B.C., “there is no […]
By Greg Meckbach | February 20, 2018
Vehicles with special materials such as high-strength steels, aluminum and carbon fibres are now contributing to an increase in severity potential and repair costs, but these costs may eventually decrease, Mitchell International said on Thursday. Preliminary data is showing the special materials used in the construction of vehicles is definitely increasing the severity of an […]
By Jason Contant | February 20, 2018
Product liability could look very different in the future once the Internet of Things (IoT) connects a variety of insured household and business products, Clyde and Co. litigator Prachi Shah told Canadian Underwriter Friday. In existing IoT literature, we hear a lot about cybersecurity and privacy concerns, but what about the impact of IoT on […]
By David Gambrill | February 19, 2018
Canadian insurance companies should start to plan now how they will implement ISO 20022, an international standard that supports electronic payments, the chief operating officer of Payments Canada told Canadian Underwriter Wednesday. “Your large insurance companies… ought to be thinking about an ISO 20022 environment and how they are going to modify their systems and […]
By Jason Contant | February 19, 2018
Sensor and computer technologies are supposed to make traffic safer but are indirectly increasing insurance claims costs, the head of Canada’s Number 2 insurer warns. Aviva Canada has observed a “double-digit” increase (meaning more than 10%) in property damage costs in auto claims alone, year over year, said the company’s chief executive officer, Greg Somerville, […]
By Greg Meckbach | February 19, 2018
An argument from a group of insurers and brokers – that construction contractors should not have a duty to inform subcontractors of the existence of a surety bond – has been rejected by the Supreme Court of Canada. In Valard Construction Ltd. v. Bird Construction Co., released Thursday, Canada’s highest court overturned an Alberta court […]
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