Claims
An expert should not care which side hires them, because the truth is still the truth.
By Ron Koerth | June 1, 2007
6 min read
On May 10, four lawyers from McCague Peacock Borlack McInnis & Lloyd LLP spoke at the Canadian Independent Adjusters' Association's Ontario Region educational seminar about changes to the Commercial General Liability policy, ambiguous wording in policies, changes to the Ontario limitations regime and emerging trends in personal injury awards.
By Laura Kupcis | June 1, 2007
If insurers, reinsurers and risk managers could have one wish granted, it might well be for a potion to control the cost of catastrophic injury claims. In spite of the implementation of caps on awards for whiplash-type cases in many jurisdictions, the increasing cost of bodily injury claims remains a major concern. Catastrophic injuries are […]
By Ralph Fenik and Phil R. Thorpe | June 1, 2007
A Series of Articles Provided by the Insurance Institute of Canada
June 1, 2007
Laval, Qubec police have broken up an alleged auto theft ring that may prove to be the biggest ever uncovered in Canada. Police estimate there are more than 700 fully assembled vehicles, plus 200 with parts removed on the 1,000-square foot lot of Recyclage d’Auto Yasmine in Laval, reported the Montreal Gazette. An investigation by […]
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The B.C. government has capped at $1 million the vicarious liability car rental companies–and by extension, their insurers–face for accidents and damages caused by customers who rent vehicles. “Currently, car rental companies face unlimited liability for accidents and damages caused by their customers,” the B.C.’s attorney general said in a press release. “Changes will limit […]
2 min read
Mitchell International has released a report examining owner/policy-holder’s experience with direct repair programs and the impact on satisfaction and loyalty. According to researchers, in the collision repair industry customer satisfaction and customer loyalty are more closely linked than in other markets. Because of the nature of automotive collisions, the most important transaction a repair shop […]
Ontario’s Court of Appeal has deemed the 2002 biting of an outdoor worker by a West Nile Virus-carrying mosquito an accident and has awarded the worker $130,000 of coverage under his policy. Ryszard Kolbuc was working as a plasterer when he was bitten by the virus-carrying mosquito, rendering him a paraplegic. At the time of […]
The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) is unveiling a winter storm- and tornado-resistant home in Edmonton, Alberta. The home retrofit includes: anchoring cabinets, office equipment and bedroom furniture to walls; bracing TV stands, televisions and refrigerators with appliance straps; outfitting the washing machine with armoured water supply hoses; anchoring the hot water heater; installing […]
The Co-Operators have donated a Bullard T4 thermal imaging camera to the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service, with a contribution from Staying Alive Inc.The imaging device is used to identify sources of heat in burning buildings. The hottest objects are tagged with blue spot colour, while the Super Red Hot feature allows firefighters to see heat […]
8 min read
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