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Accident benefits clients who are seriously injured could be running into issues with attendant care benefits because of the social distancing precautions in effect with the COVID-19 pandemic. FAIR Association of Victims for Accident Insurance Reform has heard that some motor vehicle accident victims are reluctant to have a team of healthcare providers at their […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 6, 2020
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It’s been almost two years since the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan and with the solemn anniversary comes a closing legal window that has seen several lawsuits filed in court. Sixteen people died and 13 others were injured after a transport truck barrelled through a stop sign and into the path of the […]
By Jason Contant | April 6, 2020
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What claims experts need to know about assessing low-speed motor vehicle impacts
April 6, 2020
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The precautions underway to reduce COVID-19 transmission risk appear to be having a direct impact on auto accident benefits claimants – and not in a good way. “We have people who are seriously and catastrophically injured who are in their own homes or in community settings and they are vulnerable, by virtue of their often […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 3, 2020
Businesses can lose revenue in any number of ways. Increasingly, they can be shut down for political risks that are beyond the company’s control. Examples of emerging business interruption risks include trade wars, armed conflicts, or political protests. As businesses become more exposed to these sorts of risks, the question arises: Are these types of […]
April 3, 2020
Aviva Canada is promising guidance to dentists who want to submit claims arising from provincial government orders shutting down non-essential services. Aviva writes TripleGuard, a property and casualty insurance product for dentists provided by CDSPI, originally known as Canadian Dental Service Plans Inc. In addition to equipment and contents, TripleGuard covers loss of services income, […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 2, 2020
Your commercial clients could start asking for business interruption insurance that includes pandemic, if they have not already, a human resources lawyer says. “I think after this pandemic, most companies would probably be well-advised to take a look at their [insurance] contracts with their legal advisor to determine whether something like a pandemic, like this, […]
By Greg Meckbach | April 1, 2020
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TORONTO – Amid the mass transition to remote working as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, most employers are likely focused on operational issues in order to get their employees up and running in their new home offices. However, in addition to IT issues, experts say employers would be well advised to equip and train […]
By Jason Contant | April 1, 2020
As non-essential businesses shutter across Ontario, your commercial business clients can take a few common sense preventative measures to help ensure their insurance coverage remains in place and facilities are maintained. To further contain the spread of COVID-19, Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces effective Mar. 24 at 11:59 […]
By Jason Contant | March 31, 2020
With the Ontario government ordering the closure of bars and nightclubs, this should eliminate – temporarily – one category of commercial liability claim. “I don’t think claims will be launched against commercial hosts at this time,” said Mouna Hanna, an insurance defence lawyer with Dolden Wallace Folick LLP. She was referring specifically to lawsuits arising […]
By Greg Meckbach | March 27, 2020
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