Claims

Royal Canadian Mint To File Claim Related To Unreconciled Gold

The Royal Canadian Mint intends to file a claim under its all risks insurance policy to offset approximately $15.3 million worth of unreconciled gold. The Mint commissioned Deloitte and Touche to conduct an audit to determine if the unreconciled difference in gold was the result of an accounting or transaction recording error. The report concluded: […]

July 31, 2009

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First Insurer Must Pay AB Claim, Even If Only Connection With Claimant Is Fraudulent Insurance Slip

A first insurer in Ontario has a legal obligation to start paying accident benefits to an auto injury claimant, even though the only “sufficient nexus” between the claimant and the insurance company is information contained in an apparently fraudulent pink insurance slip. The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO), made the finding in Vladmir Danilov […]

July 31, 2009

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Alberta Appeal Court Rules That Auto Cap Legislation Does Not Infringe The Charter

The Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled that the province’s legislation introducing a $4,000 cap on insurance claims for minor auto injuries does not infringe the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In doing so, the appeal court overturned a lower court decision in February 2008 that found the Alberta cap legislation discriminated against victims […]

July 31, 2009

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Ontario Court Breathes New Life Into Two Longstanding Auto Claims

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice has overturned an order to dismiss, on account of delay, two motor vehicle insurance claims (each of which has lasted for six years or longer) that arose from an October 2001 auto accident. A court registrar made an order to dismiss the two cases on Feb. 18, 2009, after […]

July 31, 2009

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