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Commercial General Liability (CGL) policies were not drafted with construction in mind, Neo Tuytel, senior partner with Clark Wilson LLP, told delegates at the 4th annual Insurance Coverage Symposium in Toronto on Feb. 28. However, questions surrounding coverage and exclusions, as they pertain to contractors and subcontractors — mainly surrounding the “work” and “product” exclusions […]
March 31, 2008
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PPG Canada Inc. and Summit Software Solutions have announced a new preferred vendor partnership, giving the PPG CertifiedFirst network of collision repair centres access to the complete line of Summit products and services. “From our customers who are already using the Summit software, we’ve had great feedback,” Jeffery Murphy, marketing programs manager, said in a […]
A trial judge erred in a personal injury case when he informed a jury as to the existence of a $300,000 cap on non-pecuniary damage awards, but did not explain the policy reasons for the cap, the Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled. The jury awarded Debbie Rizzi $236,494 in damages — including $41,000 for […]
The Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that water damage done to a policyholder’s roof — which was under construction — is insurable because it was wind that blew protective tarps off, exposing the roof to a rainstorm. InVennard v. Aviva, JamesVennard was re-shingling the roof of his home. Though the weather forecast for the […]
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More than 400 participants attended the Canadian Collision Industry Forum (CCIF) held in Toronto on Jan. 26. CCIF chairman Tony Canade (Assured Automotive) and CCIF administrator Mike Bryan opened the one-day session. The topics and speakers included: National Accreditation –Jay Perry (ABC Consulting); Key Industry Trends –Greg Horn (Mitchell International); Leadership and Driving Change – […]
WINMAR recently held a site tour / open house at the LM Group of Companies location in Mississauga to celebrate WINMAR Corporate announcing the sale of WINMAR Toronto to Luis Salazar, president of LM Group of Companies (LMGP), David Machado, president of WINMAR Brampton, and Jad Stammers and Mario Muscat. This strategic alliance brings WINMAR […]
Ontario needs a dedicated insurance prosecutor, the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) says. This would help to ensure that cases move faster to trial, reducing the number of arguments of delay in the Court system, according to Rick Dubin, vice president of investigative services for the IBC. Another alternative would be to set up an […]
Rt. Honorable Adrienne Clarkson, former governor general of Canada, was the keynote speaker at The Insurance Institute of Ontario’s Toronto Convocation & Awards Night on Jan. 24, 2008. She spoke to the group of nearly 200 graduates and their guests about her journey of triumph and turmoil from a war refugee to governor general of […]
Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc. held its annual Crawford Cares WICC cocktail reception on Feb. 6 at P. J. O’Brien Irish Pub & Restaurant. At the reception, Crawford announced that the end of 2007 marked a milestone in its Crawford Cares charitable initiative program. Since its inception in January 2004, Crawford has raised a total […]
The responsibility for ensuring safety when a skier is seated onto a chair lift is split 50/50 between the ski resort (and its chair lift attendant) and the skier, the Court of Appeal for British Columbia has ruled in Kralik v. Mount Seymour Resorts Ltd. The court reduced the amount awarded for loss of earnings, […]
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