Claims

The Alberta hail cat has not stopped biting

Insurers are still receiving new claims from the June 2020 Alberta hail storm that is estimated to have cost the industry more than $1 billion. “We are actually still seeing some new losses reported from the June storm today,” said Cortney Young, vice president of Contractor Connection Canada at claims services firm Crawford & Company […]

By Greg Meckbach | November 23, 2020

2 min read

Which insurer has to pay if garage loaner vehicle causes an accident

When the driver of a loaner vehicle provided by an auto service centre is sued by an accident victim in Alberta, the insurer of the loaner vehicle may be the first payor. This is what happened when Northwest Acura in Calgary provided a loaner vehicle for one of its customers whose vehicle was being serviced. […]

By Greg Meckbach | November 20, 2020

5 min read

For insurance purposes, if it’s not managed as a strata, it’s still a strata: Tribunal

The owner of a strata lot in a duplex that was not managed as a strata — for example, there was no strata board of directors, annual board meetings, etc. – must nevertheless pay for her half of the strata corporation’s insurance, the B.C. Civil Resolution Tribunal has found. Anna Lamb, who co-owns one of […]

By David Gambrill | November 19, 2020

3 min read

What happened to this therapist who was convicted of insurance fraud

An Ajax, Ont. woman who billed claimants and insurers for therapy services that were never performed has lost her bid to appeal her criminal convictions to the Supreme Court of Canada. In 2008, a motor vehicle accident victim went to a clinic run by Jenny Tran for back pain treatment. The patient paid $65 cash […]

By Greg Meckbach | November 17, 2020

4 min read