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If your insured is involved in an auto accident in Florida, and your policy contains an exclusion expressly forbidden by Florida law, is the exclusion void?
By Michael L. Forte, Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.A. (Tampa, Florida) | July 31, 2011
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More than 350 Toronto-area brokers attended a June 21 reception hosted by ENCON at the Steam Whistle Brewery. Brokers had a chance to mix and mingle with underwriters and claims analysts from ENCON’s professional liability and construction division, as well as sale representatives from its group benefits division.
July 31, 2011
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Stephen Catlin, CEO of the Catlin Group, and Mike Hansen, CEO of Catlin Canada, hosted a cocktail party at the Thompson Landry Gallery in the Distillery District on June 23. Stephen Catlin was in Toronto for the International Insurance Society’s annual seminar and took time out to meet local brokers and suppliers, visiting with staff […]
The annual FM Global/United Way Dodgeball Tournament was held on June 4. In the finals, ‘Charles Taylor Adjusters’ took on the ‘Average Winmars.’ Charles Taylor had taken the title for the past two years, but the Average Winmars won the 2011 tournament. The Average Winmars donated their $500 first place prize to the United Way. […]
The 2011 version of the Canadian Cancer Society’s Relay For Life featured the largest-ever number of insurance industry participants. The relay is a tribute to the lives of loved ones who have been touched by cancer. Teams of 10 people participated in the 12-hour, overnight, non-competitive relay, taking turns walking, running or strolling around a […]
Insured damage caused by wildfires that ravaged much of the town of Slave Lake, Alta in May has hit the $700-million mark, according to the Insurance Bureau of Canada, citing PCS-Canada data. This makes the Slave Lake wildfire the second-costliest insured disaster in Canadian history. The most expensive insured disaster in Canadian history remains the […]
Ontario auto insurance reforms implemented last year have led to stability in the auto product, the Insurance Bureau of Canada says. “Recent claims that auto insurance rates may be rising dramatically are neither accurate nor supportable,” IBC says. “Ontario’s recent auto insurance reforms are addressing cost pressures and working to stabilize the province’s auto insurance […]
B.C. has changed its Insurance Act to protect innocent co-insureds from coverage exclusions if a loss is caused by the criminal act of another person co-insured on the same policy. Based on the wording of the law, a policy exclusion would apply to a person who: The amendment says a policy exclusion would not apply […]
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A McMillan LLP article says insurance companies should be discussing any expectations placed on clients and restrictions on activities permitted on insured premises or within an insured vehicle, based on an Ontario arbitrator’s ruling in Whipple v. Economical Mutual Insurance Company. In Whipple, now under appeal, Daniel Whipple, 62, was paralyzed after attempting to do […]
Ontario’s Catastrophic Impairment Panel is calling for medical doctors or doctorate-level neuropsychologists (in the case of brain injuries) to be the lead evaluators in the assessment of people with catastrophic impairments arising from auto injuries. FSCO established the panel of medical experts last year to produce recommendations on the definition of a ‘catastrophic impairment’ under […]
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