Industry
A government-authorized vehicle safety inspection will increase by $10, Manitoba Public Insurance announced.The cost of a vehicle safety inspection will be $55 as of Aug. 1, 2010. The increase applies to safety inspections for cars, motorcycles and light trucks.”This is the first increase in nine years,” said Ward Keith, MPI’s registrar of motor vehicles. “Over […]
By Canadian Underwriter | July 28, 2010
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B.C. customers needing language assistance during the claims-handling process will now be able to converse freely with ICBC in more than 170 languages through an interpreter. The Language Line Services initiative is an on-demand, over-the-telephone translation service piloted this year in nine Lower Mainland claim centres. Its interpreters are trained in the use of insurance […]
U.S. class action activity related to the credit crisis has slowed down to a slow trickle, according to a semi-annual report prepared by the Stanford Law School Securities Class Action Clearinghouse, in cooperation with Cornerstone Research.The report, Securities Class Action Filings-2010 Mid-Year Assessment, notes federal securities class action activity during the first six months of […]
Only one month into its operations in Canada, DAS Canada has already become a full partner of the Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC)’s Broker Identity Program.The program’s centerpiece is the magenta broker logo known as the ‘Bipper.’ The symbol is intended to represent the value insurance brokers bring to their clients, including choice, coverage, […]
Claims
Citing a 6% increase in driving fatalities thus far in 2010, Ontario Provincial Police are vowing to crack down on “irresponsible drivers” who demonstrate aggressive driving, drive impaired and don’t wear seat belts.”Our Provincial Traffic Safety Program (PTSP) and other positive factors led to some significant saving of lives in 2008 and 2009, but it […]
June saw the highest amount of rainfall in a decade in the Toronto region, according to Environment Canada.The monthly total for rainfall in June 2010 was 191.6 millimetres, breaking the prior record of 169.2 millimetres established in 2000. Wiarton and Kingston, Ontario also set new records during the month for total precipitation.The month also brought […]
By Canadian Underwriter | July 27, 2010
Insurance adjusters and claims examiners have been added to the list of occupations on the Federal Skilled Worker program. The program identifies occupations in Canada that are considered in-demand or high-need. Should an immigrant have at least one year of paid work experience during the last 10 years in one of the qualifying occupations they […]
A woman who suffered a serious head injury after hitting her head on a pole protruding from an unidentified, parked truck is covered by her own insurer’s policy, even though the truck was not moving at the time, the Ontario Appeal Court has ruled. Bonnie Lewis walked out of a variety store in 2003 and […]
By Canadian Underwriter | July 26, 2010
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Health Claims for Auto Insurance (HCAI), Ontario’s new electronic system for submitting auto insurance forms, is now preparing to process documents related to the province’s new auto insurance reforms.”Auto reform requirements were solidified, and the development of the functionality for OCF 18s, 21s and 23s is currently underway,” HCAI reported in a July 26 update.HCAI […]
Using surveillance to help mount a defence in a civil legal action is not a “commercial activity” under Canada’s privacy law and is therefore not bound by the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA), the Federal Court of Canada has ruled.Nevertheless, the Privacy Commissioner does have jurisdiction to investigate the claim, the court […]
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