Insurance Blogs hosted by Canadian Underwriter
Insurance Blogs hosted by Canadian Underwriter
It seems the road to more affordable auto insurance once again winds its way through further benefit cuts. Those aren’t the only changes proposed in the 2015 Ontario Budget but it remains an ongoing piece of controlling the cost of Ontario premiu…
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The Supreme Court of Canada has reversed the Ontario Court of Appeal’s decision in Zurich v. Chubb. The claimant was driving a Ford Windstar that she had rented from Wheels4Rent, a car rental agency. On September 23, 2006, she had…
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Just in advance of the Ontario Budget announcements which are expected to include new auto insurance changes, FSCO has released the rate filing approvals for the first quarter of 2015.A total of 39 insurers submitted filings which represents 73.48 perc…
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If you are involved in the auto insurance sector, yesterday was an interesting day. The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association released a study conducted on their behalf by two York University professors suggested that insurance companies make too muc…
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New inspection powers that were included in the Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014 come into effect on April 1, 2015.The Consumer Protection Act, 2002 has amended to regulate consumer transactions involving tow and storage…
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I’m featured in the news report below on Uber and insurance.
Mon, Mar 23: Customers who used ride-sharing services like UberX may be at risk if the driver is involved in an accident. As Sean O’Shea reports insurance experts say drivers are violating insurance rules and may be putting themselves and their fares in jeopardy.
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The Ontario government has launched a review of the mandates of the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) and the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario (DICO).The mandate reviews were announced as part of the 2014 Ontario Fall Economic Sta…
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As an occasional writer, I appreciate good use of language. My collection of favourites includes three sentences used by various telephone customer service representatives. They contain a small lie. But as a wanna-be marketer, I find it really tickles my…
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