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Before carrying out modifications on the home of a catastrophically impaired motor vehicle accident victim, you need an assessment from both an occupational therapist and a housing expert.
By David Borthwick | May 31, 2013
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In negligence lawsuits, acts and omissions of adults are subject to an objective standard of care but establishing tort liability for children is a grey area
By Christine L. Stewart and Max R.S. Hufton | May 31, 2013
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A British Columbia court ruled last week in favour of Economical Mutual Insurance Company when it set aside orders from the province’s Information and Privacy Commissioner that would have required the carrier and its brokers to review all credit score consent forms obtained from home policyholders since 2004. In 2011, a delegate for the Information […]
By Canadian Underwriter | May 30, 2013
The Manitoba government has announced flood control infrastructure projects estimated at about $250 million to help protect the areas around Lake St. Martin and Lake Manitoba. Funding for the projects will come from the government’s “Manitoba Building and Renewal Plan.” The project will include building increased outlet capacity from Lake Manitoba, which requires first making […]
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Marsh Canada is the latest company to join the CargoNet and National Equipment Register (NER), efforts aimed at preventing cargo and heavy equipment theft and improving theft recovery rates. Marsh’s clients will now have access to CargoNet and NER’s data sets and analytical tools, used to detect theft trends and support loss prevention activities, the […]
Four individuals have been arrested and charged after they allegedly participated in a staged auto collision in the city of Toronto’s west-end. The alleged staged collision involved two vehicles in January 2012 at an intersection in the Etobicoke district of the city, Toronto Police Service reported. The insurers involved in the claim, Aviva Canada and […]
Heavy rains and flooding remained a threat Thursday morning after Hurricane Barbara made landfall on the southern Pacific coast of Mexico late Wednesday. In a public advisory Thursday morning, the National Hurricane Center out of the United States said the storm had weakened to a tropical depression around the Gulf coast of Mexico, but that […]
Increasingly severe weather is jeopardizing lives, property and livelihoods across Canada, with Alberta getting hit the hardest, according to Don Forgeron, president and CEO of Insurance Bureau of Canada. Forgeron was speaking to an audience of Cagary business and government leaders on Wednesday. From 2009 to 2012, insured losses in Canada from natural catastrophes were […]
By Canadian Underwriter | May 29, 2013
An Ontario court has ordered that two paragraphs be expunged from a statement of defence filed by Allstate agents being sued by a policyholder who alleges they failed to advise him of the option of purchasing more than $1 million of auto coverage under a family protection endorsement. Bryan Trottier, who was seriously injured in […]
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Insurers in New Zealand have reached claims settlements amounting to more than $500 million over the past three months, bringing the total injected into the Canterbury recovery to $7.23 billion. Canterbury residential homeowners and commercial business owners witnessed damage from earthquakes in September 2010 and February 2011, as well as the continuing aftershocks. Total claims […]
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