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Newfoundland is looking for a way to keep better track of uninsured drivers, including an option that would see licence plates following owners. “The government is evaluating the feasibility of reconfiguring the Motor Registration Division’s computer system for this purpose,” Service NL recently told the CBC. But while the province is looking into the idea, […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 18, 2017
3 min read
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has tossed out the report of a forensic engineer, which supported the public insurer’s position in an unidentified car case, saying the report relied too heavily on expert opinion and not enough on “science.” In Young v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia, issued on Dec. 11, the court dealt […]
An Alberta judge has taken a dim view of a mutual insurer’s argument that fake guns made of plastic with bright plugs in the barrels are actually replicas prohibited by federal law and therefore excluded from contents coverage under a homeowner policy. In Windsor v. Portage La Prairie Mutual Insurance Company, Portage tried, without success, […]
By Jason Contant | December 18, 2017
The duty of care independent medical examiners owe examinees has undergone a significant shift in Canada in the last 20 years. A recent decision of the Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal, Rubens v Sansome, 2017 NLCA 32, confirms independent medical examiners owe a general duty of care to their examinees, even when performing “paper-only” […]
By Danielle Rode, associate, Martin Whalen Hennebury Stamp | December 18, 2017
6 min read
Ontario’s Court of Appeal has rejected a claim for excess coverage against State Farm Mutual Insurance Company, reconciling a jury’s seemingly contradictory answers to questions about the “involvement” of an unidentified driver. Carlota Montepeque was driving two passengers in her car on a two-lane highway near London, Ontario sometime after midnight on an early November […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 15, 2017
Ontario’s mandatory auto insurance system needs more than a tune-up
By Emily Atkins, Editor | December 15, 2017
12 min read
The wildfire insurance losses incurred in Fort McMurray, Alberta in 2016 are the costliest in Canadian history. The fire involved residential property, businesses, municipal property and landscape over an area of 590,000 hectares. The Insurance Bureau of Canada Costs estimated costs of $3.5 billion. Fortunately, there was no loss of life. Conversely, bushfires in Australia […]
By Neville Bussell | December 15, 2017
5 min read
Insurance defence lawyers appear to be in high demand, with litigation expected to yield the greatest legal job prospects in the months ahead, according to research conducted by the legal employment agency Robert Half Legal. Thirty-three per cent of Canadian lawyers interviewed by Robert Half Legal anticipate that their law firms or companies will add […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 14, 2017
2 min read
Supreme Court of Canada Justice Richard Wagner, a judge who wrote landmark rulings against Northbridge, RSA, Sovereign General and other Canadian insurers, is now Chief Justice of Canada. Wagner will succeed Beverly McLachlin, who retires Dec. 15 after serving for 17 years as Chief Justice and 28 years on the Supreme Court of Canada. Wagner […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 13, 2017
1 min read
Recent record wildfire losses in California serve as a reminder to Canadians that certain buildings separated from the woods can still burn down, a Canadian disaster prevention research executive suggests. Losses from the California wildfires, in excess of $10 billion, is one reason the cost of reinsurance will likely rise next month. “The losses in […]
By Greg Meckbach | December 13, 2017
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