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On July 15, 2015, the Ontario court granted an Order approving settlement of the Castor Holdings litigation.

The plaintiffs in the underlying action, Art and Wendy Douglas, owned property in Kingston where there was an oil leak in January of 2008.

The B.C. Supreme Court recently weighed in on the significance of a Plaintiff's work history on claims for loss of earning capacity in Riding-Brown v. Jenkins, 2014 BCSC 382.

The decision in this case allows recreational facilities and other service providers, and their insurers, to breathe a sigh of relief.

In our Insurance Bulletin on the B.C. Insurance Amendment Act, 2009, we noted that many policies excluded loss or damage, including fire, caused by vandalism or malicious act while the property was vacant and that such exclusions would no longer be permitted in the future.

A growing issue in personal injury litigation has been the propagation of adverse cost insurance, also known as "after-the-event" insurance.

Adverse cost or "after the event" ("ATE") insurance is a relatively new coverage which is quickly gaining popularity among Plaintiffs in Canada.

A recent decision by the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench (the Court or ABQB) affirmed the duty of utmost good faith owed by insurers to their policyholders.

Yesterday afternoon, the Alberta government introduced amendments to the Insurance Act (Alberta) and the Captive Insurance Companies Act (Alberta) as the next step in its initiative...

Every policy comes with mandatory minimum coverage.

Are payments offered through a conciliation process designed to make moral amends covered by commercial general liability (CGL) insurance?

In Bahniwal v. The Mutual Fire Insurance Company of British Columbia 2016 BCSC 422 the Plaintiff was the owner of a property on which several structures were located.

In Lloyd's Underwriters v. Blue Mountain Log Sales Ltd., 2015 BCSC 630, the British Columbia Supreme Court considered whether an insurer was obligated to pay for pre-tender defence costs.

The Ontario government just announced massive changes to the provincial no-fault automobile insurance regime. The changes come into effect July 1, 2026 and will make all coverage optional except for medical rehabilitation...

In 2015, American and Canadian courts released a number of decisions of interest to fidelity claims professionals.

An aircraft accident involving a floatplane occurred during landing. The accident resulted in the death of the rear seat passenger and pilot.

The line between legitimate tax planning and unsuccessful tax avoidance is indistinct. Courts routinely grapple with whether a taxpayer has crossed the line from legitimate tax planning to unsuccessful tax avoidance.