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WICC Fundraising Event

Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade (WICC) platinum sponsor Cunningham Lindsey has launched an innovative fundraising event, ‘The Biggest Losers,’ that intends to turn personal losses into WICC’s gains. Employees Martin Moran, Albert Poon, John Seyler, Kenny Huang and Mike Laberge have accepted a challenge to lose weight over the next six months. Each will try […]

January 31, 2010

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Insurers under-reporting fraud to police: StatsCan

Insurance companies beset by fraudulent claims are under-reporting the fraud to police, according to a Statistics Canada report, Survey of Fraud Against Businesses. The report is based on a survey covering about 7,500 business establishments and head offices from the retail, banking, health and property insurance sectors. The study found just under half (about 45 […]

January 31, 2010

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Should judge or jury hear cases involving multi-accident scenarios

Is a jury capable of assessing damages in cases involving multi-accident scenarios, overlapping injuries and complicated medical evidence? In Hossnyv. BelairInsurance, an insured was injured in three separate motor accidents between 1997 and 2004, the first of which led to a trial before a judge. The judge’s decision on damages in the first accident was […]

January 31, 2010

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Nova Scotia court throws out charter challenge against cap for minor auto injuries

In Hartling v. Nova Scotia, the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has thrown out a Charter challenge to the province’s $2,500 cap for minor auto injuries, saying the cap does not discriminate on the basis of either sex or disability. In his 104-page decision, Supreme Court of Nova Scotia Justice Walter Goodfellow said the evidence […]

January 31, 2010

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