Claims
There were no working smoke alarms in a southern Ontario home where four people were killed in a fire this week, an investigator said Wednesday, calling the deaths a “preventable tragedy.” A mother and her two young children, and an unrelated man who ran into the burning home to help those inside, were killed in […]
By Jason Contant | January 10, 2018
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Canadian insured losses from catastrophic events in 2017 totaled $1.33 billion, CatIQ Inc. reports, the fifth time that’s happened over the past seven years. “It’s becoming increasingly common to have Canadian annual insured losses to be greater than $1 billion,” Laura Twidle, director of catastrophic loss analysis at Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ), said […]
By David Gambrill | January 9, 2018
2 min read
TORONTO – Ontario drivers could soon find themselves motoring along the highway next to a car with no one in the driver’s seat. The province’s Liberal government is proposing to change the rules of its 10-year automated vehicle pilot project to allow for driverless testing. Currently, the testing of fully autonomous vehicles is only allowed […]
By Jason Contant | January 9, 2018
Munich Re has confirmed what industry analysts have long speculated — the hurricane trio of Harvey, Irma and Maria made 2017 the year of the highest global insured losses ever. The final insurance bill for those three hurricanes and other global natural catastrophes, including a severe earthquake in Mexico, is expected to total US$135 billion. […]
By Jason Contant | January 8, 2018
HALIFAX – Work crews were fanning out across parts of Atlantic Canada on Friday after a fierce winter storm blasted the region with hurricane-force winds that flooded coastal roads, knocked out power and lashed waterfronts with surging seas. Tens of thousands of people in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and P.E.I. woke up in the dark […]
Canadian insurance claims professionals see social host liability issues at play when the federal government’s Cannabis Act comes into force. “If somebody goes to a home where cannabis is available because the homeowner is able to grow four plants, and the driver leaves the home impaired, that becomes a social host issue,” says CIAA president […]
By David Gambrill | January 7, 2018
A recent Alberta court decision arising from a fatal vehicle accident shows disagreement among legal experts over how to apply the Supreme Court of Canada’s 2016 Ledcor ruling. A divided Alberta Court of Appeal ruling in EnCana Oil & Gas Partnership v Ardco Services Ltd., released Nov. 29, “illuminates problems” in applying Ledcor’s test for […]
By Greg Meckbach | January 7, 2018
Catastrophe bond issuance in 2017 reached record levels, including in Canada, as insurers and reinsurers sponsored approximately US$10.5 billion in cat bonds. According to data from the Artemis.bm Deal Directory, there was more than US$10.5 billion in issuance last year, “up an astounding 88 per cent year-over-year,” Property Claim Services said in its 2017 cat […]
By Jason Contant | January 5, 2018
A plaintiff in a motor vehicle bodily injury lawsuit should not have secretly recorded a medical exam conducted by a doctor hired by the defendant, an Ontario court ruled last week. A perception of bias on the part of independent medical examiners does not justify recording such exams, Ontario Superior Court Justice Paul Sweeny wrote […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 5, 2018
MONTREAL – The hot button issues of sexual harassment in the workplace and cannabis legalization joined a leading Canadian law firm’s annual top 10 list of legal risks for businesses in 2018. Borden Ladner Gervais LLP included sexual harassment in its annual list of legal risks for businesses after a series of celebrities, media personalities, […]
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