Claims

Why this vehicle accident defendant tried to quash $850,000 settlement

Adjusters handling auto liability claims shouldn’t be too quick to settle and take what the plaintiff’s lawyer is saying with a grain of salt. These are among the takeaways from Thursday’s Supreme Court of Canada decision in Fleury v. Paulus. Bassman Paulus was rear-ended Nov. 20, 2008 by a vehicle driven by Michael Fleury, whose […]

By Greg Meckbach | June 14, 2019

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How this cyber breach defendant got a six-figure cost award

Defendants who won a class-action lawsuit were recently awarded $166,000 to reimburse them for legal costs, but the plaintiffs are appealing. Casino Rama, located near Orillia, Ont. was the target of a cyber breach in 2016 by an unknown criminal. As a result, a lot of information on vendors, employees and customers was stolen. In […]

By Greg Meckbach | June 13, 2019

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What is costing Alberta auto insurers the most

Third-party liability coverage continues to be the bane of Alberta auto insurers’ existence, the province’s Automobile Insurance Rate Board (AIRB) revealed in its 2018 annual report. Provincial auto insurers collect 53% of every dollar for third-party liability coverage, but are paying 59% towards the costs of claims, AIRB said in its annual report, released Tuesday. […]

By Jason Contant | June 13, 2019

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CU Total Loss Series: Bending Time

Total Loss Series, Part 3: Solutions Imagine Canada’s auto insurance industry saving millions of dollars each year in total loss costs and passing that along to Canadian drivers in the form of premium decreases. And all by simply reducing total loss cycle times by a week. How can the industry do this? In the first […]

By Greg Meckbach | June 13, 2019

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