Canadians have been duped into believing that we can keep hunger at bay by donating to our local food banks. We teach our children to give to those who are not as fortunate and have less than we do. But, after three decades it’s time to implement sustainable solutions that will allow every Canadian to have financial and food security.
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Does Finance Minister even care about motor vehicle accident victims or just the Insurance Bureau of Canada?
Your editorial comment “A budget plan from fantasyland” of November 28, 2015 regarding Finance Minister Charles Sousa’s overly optimistic budget projections with pie-in-the-sky deficit-slaying predictions and annual revenue growth expectations of 4.5% is on the mark but doesn’t go far enough. Sousa is also in fantasyland when it comes to his Ministry’s handling of the auto insurance file with its Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) bed fellow. Telling Ontarians that we have the best auto insurance benefits in the country, based primarily on the fact that Ontario has a Catastrophic (CAT) injury category, certainly doesn’t tell the whole story. Other provincial jurisdictions may not have a CAT category as part of their government-regulated Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS), but they pay what is necessary to support the paraplegics, quadriplegics and other such critically-injured people who require daily round-the-clock support for the rest of their lives, so they don’t end up on welfare.
http://deniedbenefitclaims.com/blog.html
Ruling is a game-change for auto claims
FSCO held a preliminary issues hearing to assess the extent of Waldock’s injuries, and an arbitrator ruled in favor of Waldock but postponed the issue of hearing costs to a later date. When eventually making his decision, the FSCO arbitrator commented that State Farm’s medical examiner “failed to follow the accepted guidelines to determine whether a person is catastrophically impaired, and ruled against the insurer based on its denial of catastrophic impairment on a flawed report.”
http://www.insurancebusiness.
‘Unfair’ to exempt structured monies from child expense claims
The story of Zoe Childs, a victim of a horrific drunk driving accident, was in the headlines about a decade ago when the Supreme Court of Canada decided hosts of parties cannot be held liable for serving alcohol to a person who goes on to cause a car crash.
Ontario needs to speed up auto premium reduction, says expert
Holly Bakke recently presented to an expert panel about the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) and suggested that the organization undergo an “overhaul” driven by smarter regulations that provide consumers with a greater degree of choice.
Ontario trucking implicated in alleged insurance fraud
A man and woman in Windsor, Ont., have been apprehended in connection with an alleged insurance scam that involved stealing dump trucks, selling the vehicles to unaware third parties and then pocketing the subsequent insurance claim money.
Allstate ranks best and worst Canadian cities for auto accident claims
According to the insurance company’s data from its seventh such study, there’s been a 7.3 per cent increase in collisions reflected in a rise of Allstate insurance claims to 5.57 per 100 vehicles from 5.19 in the last study.
Retrial Ordered After “Inconsistent” $765 Jury Award in Personal Injury Claim
In today’s case (Harder v. Poettcker) the Plaintiff proceeded to jury trial after alleging injuries in a collision. The jury found the Plaintiff 85% at fault for the crash and awarded a total $5,100 in damages, which were all based on out of pocket expenses and awarded nothing for non pecuniary damages. After applying the split of fault this left an award of $765.
Tis the Season for Winter Tires and Ontario Insurers are playing Scrooge with the Discounts
In April’s provincial budget, the Ontario government promised to make insurance companies pass the savings associated with winter tires along to Ontarians who use them. The initiative was touted as being part of the government’s ongoing effort to make automobile insurance more affordable.
How high-paid health bosses blew it: Hepburn
The bosses involved are the chief executive officers of the 14 Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) in Ontario. These government agencies, which have been embroiled in controversy for several years, are responsible for co-ordinating access to home and community care services, such as nursing, physiotherapy and personal support workers.