Ontario insurance
Why are Ontario drivers better than B.C. drivers? I spoke to my brother and a friend in Toronto and Lindsay. They own two cars each – Audi, Saturn, Subaru and Kia – and they pay less than $900 in total each for car insurance. I own a Subaru Outback and a sports car that is insured for six months a year and I pay over $2,300 for both.
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Protect Your Insured From Being Added To Litigation
When an opposing party brings a motion to add an insured to existing litigation, the courts usually allows the party to be added, unless there are clear reasons not to do so, such as an expired limitation period. Consent is usually provided, as the threshold to add a party is low. Yet, recent developments show that a court may look deeper and assess the strength of the claim and evidence in support, to determine whether the addition of a party is improper, from the outset.
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What to Do If You’re in A Ride Sharing Accident with Uber, Lfyt, or Others
According to the Globe and Mail, there are 52,000 ride sharing drivers in Canada, carrying thousands of passengers per day. If you’re among them, you may wonder what would happen if you were involved in a personal injury accident while using a ride sharing service, and who would cover the costs of the accident. As you’ll see, the answer isn’t always straightforward.
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Insurance defence lawyers struggling to keep costs down: Vaughan
Despite the lack of headline-grabbing landmark decisions in the last year, these are lively times for lawyers who practise insurance defence in personal injury cases, Toronto insurance defence lawyer Heather Vaughan tells Canadian Lawyer.
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“Outsiders” and “Insiders” Can Change the Justice System Together
In the last five years, the engagement, skill and experience of individuals representing themselves in the justice system has changed in a number of very important ways.
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National Health Expenditure Trends, 1975 to 2018
November 2018 — Use the National Health Expenditure Database (NHEX) to discover how much is spent on health care annually, in what areas money is spent and on whom, and where the money comes from. Learn more about comparative expenditure data at the provincial, territorial and international levels, as well as Canadian health spending trends from 1975 to the present.
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Human Rights Tribunal ruling on insurance companies and CPP-D: Reilly v. Ford
In a disappointing decision released on January 18, 2019, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario ruled that insurance companies do not discriminate when they deduct benefits received from a Canada Pension Plan Disability pension from long-term disability insurance payments.
Reilly v. Ford Motor Company of Canada Limited, 2019 HRTO 101 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/hx50l