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Citing “systematic disregard” for professional medical assessments of injured workers, advocates have asked Ontario’s government watchdog to launch an investigation into the province’s Workplace Safety and Insurance Board.

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/01/29/provincial-watchdog-urged-to-investigate-wsib.html

Read the submission to the Ombudsman: http://ofl.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016.01.29-OmbudsSubmission-PUBLIC.pdf

The average auto insurance premium in Ontario is 7% lower than it was nearly three years ago – when Ontario’s ruling Liberals pledged to cut auto rates by 15% over two years – and an Insurance Bureau of Canada official is expecting more reductions over the next quarter.

http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/news/ibc-anticipates-more-rate-reductions-from-ontario-auto-insurers/1004000117/?ref=enews_CU&ctid=1004000117

Statutory Deductible – The risk analysis associated with the resolution of ongoing motor vehicle tort claims in Ontario has been turned on its head following the surprising December 8^th decision by Justice Martin James of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Vickers v. Palacious, 2015 ONSC 7647 (Ont. S.C.).

https://www.thomsonrogers.com/resources/accident-benefit-reporter/articles/statutory-deductible-confusion/

Until recently, what auto insurers know about drivers has been very crude — a few demographic clues, like age and sex, and the occasional driving misdeed that happened to catch a police officer’s eye.

http://globalnews.ca/news/2480862/every-move-you-make-privacy-expert-wary-as-insurers-track-drivers/

Nearly 8,000 Canadians filed a complaint about a physician last year, but on average only about 54 doctors were formally disciplined in each of the past 15 years. Of those complaints, just over half were determined to require no further action.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/doctors-physicians-disciplinary-action-canada-1.3422953