On April 1, Ontario’s Licence Appeal Tribunal’s (LAT) Automobile Accident Benefits Service (AABS) was officially open for business. After 26 years, the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO)’s Dispute Resolution Group stopped accepting new applications.
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INSUREYE CONSUMER EXPERIENCE
Understanding the June 1st Accident Benefit Changes
THE CHANGES EXPLAINED
Province wants to shut down CCACs, expand role of LHINs
TORONTO — Ontario’s Liberal government introduced legislation Thursday to improve patient care through better integration of the many service providers in the province’s $50-billion health-care system.
Toronto judge halts charges against man until government pays for lawyer
A Toronto judge has criticized the income cutoff for legal aid funding in Ontario as “not realistic” given the face of poverty in Canada.
Economical Insurance Company v Fairview Assessment Centre Inc., 2016 ONSC 3169 (CanLII)
[6] In order to initiate a valid claim for SABs, each SABs claimant signed and submitted to the plaintiffs a standard Application for Accident Benefits (OCF-1). The applicable provisions concerning consent are set out at Part 12. Each SABs claimant has expressly consented to the plaintiffs’ collection, use and disclosure of their personal information and PHI for the legitimate purposes of, inter alia, investigating and processing their claims, obtaining or verifying information relating to their claims in order to determine entitlement and the proper amount for payment, recovering payment from insurers and others liable in law for amounts that the insurer pays in connection with their claims and preventing fraud and detecting fraud where there are reasonable grounds to suspect fraud.
Auto insurance: What do you get for a million dollars?
Ontario car insurance injury benefits are changing, effective today. The payout for catastrophic injuries is dropping from two million dollars to one million, prompting anger on the part of victim advocates. Open lines with personal injury lawyer David MacDonald on how far a million dollars will go.
Listen to the show: http://www.cbc.ca/player/AudioMobile/Ontario%2BToday/ID/2689763721/
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Libby Znaimer “Fight Back” Radio program at Zoomer radio with Jokelee Vanderkop
June 1 and the hefty cuts to auto insurance benefits plus a redefinition of what is catastrophic, working against someone who is catastrophically injured, came into effect. We are told that our premiums are going down. The catch is that they are only going down for some (7%) max so far, but benefits are also down. Nice way to finance the premium reduction for those with perfect driving records. Libby Znaimer of Zoomerradio, with her program, “Fight Back”, had me on her show yesterday to give an opinion other than what an insurance broker would represent.
Listen to the show: http://www.zoomerradio.
More on upcoming appearnaces:
Cuts to auto insurance start today
“It isn’t just Ontario’s most injured auto accident survivors that are being asked to pay the price for higher insurer profits” says Rhona DesRoches, Chair of FAIR, “the length of time that an injured person can collect from their insurer has a much shorter time frame and this will affect the public supports systems we have in the province.”
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Ontario Auto Insurance: Lower-Premium means cuts to coverage
“Some [benefits and coverage] have been reduced, some options for increased coverage have been eliminated or changed, and some new options have been introduced,” warned the Financial Service Commission of Ontario.
http://www.640toronto.com/