A recent decision of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench demonstrates that policy holders must carefully consider the interplay between an insurance policy and its endorsements.

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.

Despite the popular belief that all product liability cases are appropriate for certification as class actions, the recent decision of O'Brien v. Bard Canada Inc. proves otherwise.

In Dams v. TD Home and Auto Insurance Company, 2016 ONCA 4, the Ontario Court of Appeal continued its trend of liberalizing relief from forfeiture...

An Ontario judge recently interpreted a data exclusion in favour of the insureds, ordering the insurer to defend claims arising out of an alleged website security breach.

Timely reporting to the insurer is essential for liability insurance policies structured on a claims-made basis.

The Alberta Court of Appeal ordered an insurer to defend claims made against the insured's cold storage business, which was sued when its warehouse thawed and damaged its customer's food products.

During the past twenty years, many provinces have simplified their legislation governing limitation periods. One remaining complexity is that courts have continued to assess...

In Mitusev v. General Motors Corp., the plaintiff was driving a van manufactured by the defendant, General Motors Corporation ("GM"), along a highway when he slid on a patch of ice.

A recent decision by the Ontario Court of Appeal, illustrates the difficulties faced by companies that try to challenge a jury’s findings.

The Alberta Court of Appeal recently addressed a recurring coverage issue...

In Capital Sewer Servicing Inc v Crosslinx Transit Solutions Constructors, the Court of Appeal for Ontario confirmed that covenants to insure do not, as matter of law, mean the covenantor agrees to assume the insured risk.

England's Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") was largely successful in its test case against eight (8) insurers...

Globalization of industry has resulted in materials and components often being supplied from multiple markets across the world.

In a recent decision of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ("ONSC"), the court interpreted a policy in which there was coverage...

The Ontario Court of Appeal released a brief decision on February 3, 2025, that underscores an important principle of insurance law: plain and undefined words are to be understood by their ordinary meanings.

In Puri Professional Corporation v. Lloyd's Underwriters, an Ontario judge found that the underwriters of a professional liability policy (the "Underwriters")...

Product manufacturers claiming spoliation have not received much assistance from Canadian courts.

The ONCA recently limited the application of a "delay" exclusion where damages awarded against the insured arose from two concurrent causes, notwithstanding that one of these causes was excluded from coverage.

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has issued the highly anticipated decision in MDS Inc v Factory Mutual Insurance Company.