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Insurance industry: Key tax rates and updates features selected recent tax changes and cases, and tax rates.

Over the past two years, claims handlers have been presented with all sorts of unexpected challenges and changes. What lies in store for the industry in 2022?

Insurance industry: Key tax rates and updates features selected recent tax changes and cases, and tax rates.

The Court of Appeal has once again confirmed an insurers' right to the predictability of the two year limitation period in Bonaccorso v. Optimum Insurance Company Inc., 2016 ONCA 34.

A new Limitation Act came into force in British Columbia on June 1, 2013, which imposes a general two year limitation period on most claims...

The issue was whether the common words "accident" and "occurrence" in the Intact policy required that some resulting damage occur during the policy period for a duty to defend to be triggered.

A broker's negligence claim was dismissed because the broker was not required to recommend excess UMP coverage which the insured had consistently declined.

In the recently released decision of Spirito v Trillium Health Centre, 2013 ONSC 5238, the Ontario Superior Court limited the testimony of treating physicians who had not complied with Rule 53.03 of the Rules of Civil Procedure.

The decision by Arbitrator Alves in Anglin v. State Farm resolves the issue of whether an Insurer is able to deduct ODSP payments from non-earner benefits.

If you put winter tires on your car this winter, your insurance company owes you a discount. The announcement was made by the Ontario government on October 14, 2015. As of January 1, 2016, all insurance companies operating in Ontario are required to provide a discount to their policyholders using winter tires. The announcement was made by the Ontario government on October 14, 2015. As of January 1, 2016, all insurance companies operating in Ontario are required to provide a discount to their

The Nova Scotia Supreme Court recently reaffirmed the law that, where a plaintiff has been found to be contributorily negligent, his or her recovery is limited to the liability apportioned to each defendant individually.

The Ontario Court of Appeal decisions of Cobb v. Long Estate 2017 ONCA 717 and El-Khodr v. Lackie 2017 ONCA 716 now provide clarification on the application of the amendment to the rate of...

In the recent decision of Ramirez Carabantes v. Ivanhoe Cambridge, 2024 BCSC 520 (here), the BC Supreme Court dismissed a case in favor of a retailer due to inordinate and inexcusable prosecution delays...

Most Insurers are aware of the higher costs associated with litigation where the opposing party is self-represented.

The Ontario Court of Appeal has ruled in Truscott v Co-operators General Insurance Company, 2023 ONCA 267, that the appraisal process under Ontario's Insurance Act may be iterative.

The defendants successfully brought a motion to enforce a settlement agreement in a personal injury action.

The Ontario Government, in their quest to reduce automobile insurance premiums, announced substantive and procedural changes to the accident benefits world that will be taking effect soon.