Claims

Has Intact noticed the impact of pot legalization on auto claims?

Recreational cannabis has been legal for nearly four months, but it’s too early for Canada’s largest property and casualty insurer to tell whether it’s having an impact on auto claims frequency. Senior managers with Intact Financial Corp. were asked Wednesday whether marijuana legalization is having an impact on Intact’s financial performance in personal auto. “From […]

By Greg Meckbach | February 6, 2019

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Aviva rolls out automated claim notification at collision reporting centres

Motorists insured by Aviva Canada will no longer have to make their own first notice of loss (FNOL) to the carrier if they report the accident to a collision reporting centre. This is because Aviva Canada is rolling out an automatic FNOL service at all collision reporting centres in Ontario and Alberta. “The customer and […]

By Greg Meckbach | February 5, 2019

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Prominent insurance defence lawyer named as judge

Insurance defence lawyer William S. Chalmers, managing partner at Hughes Amys LLP, has been appointed a judge of the Superior Court of Justice of Ontario in Toronto. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1987, Justice Chalmers practised law at Hughes Amys LLP for over 30 years. As an insurance defence lawyer, he handled more than […]

By David Gambrill | February 5, 2019

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Dozens of freight cars derail in fatal train accident

FIELD, B.C. – A Canadian Pacific freight train fell more than 60 metres from a bridge near the Alberta-British Columbia boundary in a derailment that killed three crew members, a union representative said Monday. The westbound freight jumped the tracks at about 1 a.m. near Field, B.C. Greg Edwards with the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference […]

By Greg Meckbach | February 5, 2019

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