What’s fair when it comes to setting automobile insurance rates?
Political pressure to keep automobile premiums low is a problem that has bedevilled Ontario insurers for some time now. The problem certainly isn’t new and it isn’t going away. It also crosses party lines. Four years ago, the Liberal government introduced legislation aimed at reducing auto insurance premiums by 15%. That goal was not achieved.
https://www.insblogs.com/auto/whats-fair-when-it-comes-to-setting-automobile-insurance-rates/8589
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Law firm in Windsor goes after insurance companies for $600M
Jennifer Bezaire, a partner at Greg Monforton and Partners has announced that she and her firm are members of the consortium of lawyers formed to start a series of class action lawsuits against six Ontario auto insurers and their regulator the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (“FSCO”).
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Trucker’s defence team calls fatal bicycle collision ‘tragic accident’ in dangerous driving trial
Conley, 40, has pleaded not guilty to both charges in the Sept. 1, 2016 early morning collision at the corner of Laurier and Lyon Street that killed 23-year-old Jahan as she was cycling to college classes that day, in a case that reignited concerns over bike and pedestrian safety on downtown streets.
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MANDEL: It’s too soon to release drunk driver Marco Muzzo
How can Marco Muzzo expect to be released on parole at his hearing Wednesday when barely three years have passed since — as the sentencing judge said — “In one fell swoop, he decimated an entire generation of the Neville-Lake family, its legacy and its future?”
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Green Experts Wonder How Legalized Cannabis Affects Auto Insurance
There is a strong alliance between cannabis advocates and environmental activists. They are often the same group. They both have tried to make some salient points about the need for changes in both regards.
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Banks caught red-handed upselling controversial insurance product
CBC News has been investigating issues surrounding a product called credit card balance insurance (or balance protection insurance) – a type of insurance that supposedly helps with credit card payments in the event a cardholder loses their job or gets sick.
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JACOBS: Ontario’s specialists file for divorce
Healthcare in Ontario has fallen behind other provinces. For 15 punishing years the Liberals attacked doctors. The lack of dialogue starved government initiatives of physician input. Instead the Liberals wasted billions of dollars that should have gone to front line care. Wait times grew. Patients suffered in crowded hospital hallways.