Courts are continuing to deal with the novel insurance claims resulting from COVID-19 related losses. In Sir Corp v. Aviva, 2022 ONSC 6929, Justice Ramsay of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice recently...

he COVID-19 global pandemic has resulted in serious restrictions on how we go about our day-to-day lives and has led homeowners and insurers to raise questions about policy wording and insurance coverage related to COVID-19.

A question frequently arises as to whether property insurance policies will cover business-interruption losses arising from COVID-19.

In Sir Corp. v. Aviva, 2022 ONSC 6929, the Ontario Superior Court found that COVID-19 did not constitute "direct physical loss or damage" to property required to trigger...

The COVID-19 pandemic could cause large losses for liability insurers covering nursing homes and long-term care facilities, and therefore further tightening of rates, a Canadian managing general agent predicts.

In this update, we address what programs may be available for workers and employers in response to the challenges being faced in workplaces.

While many Canadian courts continue to suspend two-year limitation periods for plaintiffs to file civil lawsuits against insurers and other defendants,...

In April, Even Greenberg, CEO of Chubb Limited, told Bloomberg that forcing insurers to pay for losses that policies do not cover or were not priced for would damage the insurance industry.

In a judgment handed down by the Western Cape High Court on 25 November 2020 in the matter of Interfax (Pty) Ltd v Old Mutual Insure Limited, luxury travel goods retailer,...

According to the 2019 ABA Private Target M&A Deal Points Study, in the US 52% of purchase agreements examined included references to representation and warranty insurance ("RWI")[1].

As Ontario enters another month of a government ordered lockdown of the economy because of the worldwide COVID-19 health emergency, businesses continue to struggle as they see their revenues and profits plummet.

In addition to the global health implications of COVID-19, voluntary and mandatory restrictions being implemented in an effort to "flatten the curve" of infection rates are disrupting business...

COVID-19 has unfortunately forced many businesses to make the extremely hard decision to lay off workers until the economy improves.

Can one house member sue another for injuries sustained in the house they share? The Ontario Court of Appeal says yes.

On April 1, 2020, Canada's Minister of Finance announced the federal government's plans for a comprehensive wage subsidy program that would cover up to 75 percent of an employee's regular wages for up to 3 months.

On the morning of March 18, 2020, we published an information bulletin to provide information, and address some of the most common questions faced by employers regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

The March 30, 2020 decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in MDS v. Factory Mutual flows from an unanticipated leak of heavy water containing radioactive Tritium discovered to be draining through a wall...

By way of our April 16, 2020 article Commercial All-Risks Property Policies and Business Losses in the Age of COVID-19, partner Celeste Small provided a cogent analysis as to how commercial all-risk property policies ...

The Ontario Supreme Court recently examined the ability to recover for lost revenue associated with the COVID-19 pandemic through standard form business interruption insurance policies.

A distant threat until recently, COVID-19 (aka Coronavirus) has now landed squarely on Canadians' doorsteps, prompting various levels of government to implement urgent action to ...