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The Ontario Chapter of the Risk & Insurance Management Society (ORIMS) held its Christmas Luncheon on December 16 at the Sheraton Centre Hotel in Toronto. More than 650 attended. In keeping with the spirit of giving, the ORIMS executive chose to raise funds for The Daily Bread Food Bank. ORIMS president April Savchuk presented a […]
January 31, 2011
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Jody W. Iczkovitz has been admitted to the partnership of Gilbertson Davis Emerson LLP, a Toronto-based insurance law firm. Iczkovitz articled with the firm in 2006-07 and joined it as an associate upon his call to the Bar in 2007. He is active in the civil litigation section of the Ontario Bar Association as technology […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 28, 2011
The Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators (CCIR) has posted a document on its Web site outlining a number of issues that must be addressed when foreign insurers wish either to withdraw from Canada or withdraw assets vested in trust in Canada.The considerations are a result of recent amendments to Part XIII of the federal Insurance […]
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Ontario health care providers will be required to submit Ontario Claims Forms 18, 23 and most 21s directly to Health Claims for Auto Insurance (HCAI), an electronic system for transmitting insurance forms, instead of to insurers, effective Feb. 1, 2011.”To be able to do so, health care facilities or providers must first enroll with HCAI […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 27, 2011
British Columbia’s drivers claim they are more alert and the roads are safer because of the province’s distracted driver law, now in effect for a year, according to a new survey by the B.C. Automobile Association (BCAA).But an alarming number of drivers admit to occasionally breaking the law or seeing others break it, the survey […]
A rare collection of beetles is covered under a “condominium comprehensive” policy, the Court of Quebec found in 2009, prompting McMillan LLP lawyer Hartley Lefton to caution brokers and clients to review their condo insurance carefully.In a January 2010 article for the International Law Office, Lefton noted that while residential insurance is a fact of […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 25, 2011
Lloyd’s of London, an insurer for the City of Westmount in Quebec, is seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada in the case of Rossy v. The City of Westmount.”Lloyd’s of London considers that the narrow approach endorsed by the Québec Court of Appeal creates a dangerous precedent [that] may jeopardize the […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 24, 2011
New Brunswick’s Court of Appeal has ordered the New Brunswick Insurance Board to re-hear an auto rate application submitted by Pembridge Insurance Company in 2009, based on the fact that the board failed to provide reasons for its rate-setting decision.The province’s attorney general took the case to the Court of Appeal, arguing that the rates […]
Last year saw 1,196 securities law suits filed, a new record edging out 2009’s 1,171 suits filed, reported Advisen. “No one event accounted for the record level of securities suits filed in 2010,” said John W. Molka III, the author of Advisen’s report. “To the contrary, the year was characterized by diversity. The most significant […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 21, 2011
Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) has issued a public statement clarifying “misconceptions” that the insurer says have arisen based on the findings of a recent Privacy Commissioner report, as reported in Canadian Underwriter’s online news on Jan. 14. In its report, the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner in Saskatchewan said it had reached an […]
By Canadian Underwriter | January 20, 2011
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