Regulatory failure leaves Ontario’s injured car accident survivors paying while insurance companies dodge responsibility
TORONTO, November 2, 2018 / It should concern all Ontarians that auto insurers are failing to pay the HST on goods and services required by injured MVA victims in recovery. Traumatically injured auto accident survivors are among the most vulnerable of patients and they should not have to fight their insurance company to get what they paid for.
The Ontario government has a duty to protect vulnerable citizens from predatory insurers and to ensure that we have the quality coverage we need if we are injured. FAIR has long been aware of the many oversight failures that have led to this class action and the continuing struggle of accident victims to access adequate resources for maximum recovery.
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Auto accident victims launch lawsuits against insurance companies over HST dispute
Six Ontario automobile insurers have been named in a series of class-action lawsuits by accident victims who are seeking millions in benefits they say they were denied because the insurer improperly subtracted the harmonized sales tax from their benefits packages.
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Class action lawsuits target insurance companies over ‘unfair and illegal’ HST calculations
Six of Ontario’s largest insurance providers are facing a series of class action lawsuits, which allege that the companies withheld benefit payments to thousands of accident victims.
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Six auto insurance giants named in lawsuits alleging they withheld millions in benefits
Six auto insurance giants have found themselves in hot water after a Toronto Star investigation revealed that a series of class-action lawsuits claiming $600 million in damages allege that the insurers withheld hundreds of millions of dollars in HST payments from car accident victims in the Ontario, despite repeated demands from the provincial regulator to pay up.
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Lawyers launching court actions against auto insurance companies in Ontario
A series of proposed class-action lawsuits launched against major insurance companies in Ontario claim the firms have been shortchanging auto-accident victims for years by breaking rules that govern payouts.
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Bill Tabled by Ontario PCs May Not Lower Car Insurance Rates in Brampton After All
It’s been a battle of the bills. Last month Milton MPP Parm Gill tabled a bill to end postal code discrimination, which is one of the main causes of higher insurance premiums in places like Brampton as compared to other Ontario cities.
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Lawyer group backs Brampton MPP’s bill to end auto insurance postal code discrimination
A group of Ontario lawyers experienced in litigating auto insurance cases released an open letter to the Ontario government supporting a bill tabled by Brampton East MPP Gurratan Singh to end auto insurance postal code discrimination.
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What you need to know about the new Police Record Checks Reform Act
On November 1, 2018, the Police Records Checks Reform Act (PRCRA) comes into force. Police record checks are searches of police databases that are conducted in order to screen a person to help determine their suitability for things like employment, volunteer position, a licence, etc.