Claims

Aviva ordered to pay $3.3 million in compensation to Catholic diocese

FREDERICTON – New Brunswick’s Court of Appeal has ordered an insurance company to pay over $3.3 million to the Catholic Diocese of Bathurst to cover the cost of compensation for decades of sexual abuse by priests. In a ruling released Thursday, Justice Marc Richard says Aviva Insurance Company of Canada breached its contract when it […]

By Jason Contant | October 21, 2018

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Crawford’s Top 3 claim loss predictions from marijuana legalization

Claims adjuster Crawford & Company (Canada) Inc. sees auto, commercial and workplace-related losses as the Top 3 claims arising from the legalization of marijuana. Auto losses related to cannabis usage; commercial losses to cannabis producers, retailers and distributors; and employee risk in the form of workplace health and safety, as well as workers’ compensation (occupational) […]

By Jason Contant | October 18, 2018

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Supreme Court to decide limits of pollution liability indemnification

Does a pollution liability indemnification agreement made in 1985 by a provincial government apply when the same government tries to force companies to pay environmental remediation costs 26 years later? Ontario judges disagree, so the question is now before the Supreme Court of Canada, which announced Thursday it is allowing Resolute Forest Products Inc. and […]

By Greg Meckbach | October 18, 2018

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Driver ticketed for smoking pot in car one hour after legalization

Winnipeg police issued a ticket on the first day of cannabis legalization. Police posted a picture of a ticket for consuming cannabis in a motor vehicle on Twitter. The ticket carries a $672 fine. Police say the ticket was issued in the morning and they reminded people that while consuming cannabis is now legal – […]

By Jason Contant | October 18, 2018

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