Claims
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. – Snowfall records across southern British Columbia are falling as a winter storm continues to wallop the region. The white stuff has been flying since Friday, prompting Environment Canada to issue snowfall warnings for many areas along the south coast and the southern interior of the province. The agency said another five to […]
By The Canadian Press | February 6, 2017
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The federal government and its partners are hopeful a new pilot project will help curb incidents involving drug-impaired driving. Long a stumbling block to prevention efforts, the project will allow police to use a device capable of helping them assess and measure impairment, something that, if given the green light, would provide an immediate means […]
By Angela Stelmakowich, Editor | February 3, 2017
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The insurance industry needs “a better understanding” of the probable impact of a coronal mass ejection or other extreme space event, but studies estimating losses in the hundreds of billions are pessimistic, a speaker from Swiss Re suggested Thursday at a catastrophe conference in Toronto. “We are worried about a big coronal mass ejection or […]
By Jason Contant | February 3, 2017
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Normal to well-above normal soil moisture and winter precipitation to date, combined with future unfavourable weather conditions, will result in the risk of moderate to major overland flooding across the province of Manitoba, the provincial infrastructure minister said earlier this week. “We have experienced some unusual winter weather to this point that has contributed to […]
By Canadian Underwriter | February 3, 2017
DES MOINES, Iowa – A Minnesota federal judge must hold hearings to determine whether a proposed settlement for about 100 million Target customers who were victims of a 2013 security breach treats all customers fairly, a federal appeals court says. The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said in an opinion filed Wednesday that Judge […]
A rain storm in Burlington, Ont. during the summer of 2014 prompted officials from the upper tier of municipal government to take measures to address flood risk on homeowners’ properties, a speaker told insurance professionals at a conference Thursday. On the Civic Holiday Monday of 2014, about 200 millimetres of rain fell on Burlington, suggested […]
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The Court of Appeal for Ontario has affirmed the duty to defend in a recent case exploring if consequential or resulting damage attracts commercial general liability coverage. The decision is of interest because it negated the motion judge's ruling, which seemed to be the first Canadian case to address if application of the "subcontractor exception" in the "your work" exclusion can be constrained by a finding that the subcontractor was engaged only as a supplier, and not a contractor.
By Michael Teitelbaum, Partner, Hughes Amys LLP | February 2, 2017
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Some lawyers caution that a recent arbitrator's ruling out of Ontario in favour of an auto insurer could create problems for plaintiffs and insurers alike since, in some accident benefits claims, treatment plans for neuropsychological assessments are broken down into multiple assessments because of a cap on fees.
By Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor | February 2, 2017
The scale and complexity of the Fort McMurray wildfire sparked a multitude of claims issues for the insurance industry as a whole. But a concerted effort by all stakeholders helped insurers address the many and unique challenges in the aftermath of the record loss.
By Pat Van Bakel, Chief Executive Officer, Crawford Canada | February 2, 2017
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What if information about a specific claim, stored in the cloud as part of a company's new cloud-based system, goes missing? What are the ethical responsibilities of the company, the claims adjuster, the manager and other employees who may have handled the file in past?
By The CIP Society - Insurance Institute of Canada | February 2, 2017
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