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Does Ontario need a consumer insurance bureau?
The Ontario government’s response to rising auto insurance premiums is “akin to bringing a bazooka to a pocket-knife fight” and as a result, the province is desperately in need of consumer watchdog organization, according to two personal injury lawyers writing for Law Times.
http://www.insurancebusiness.ca/news/does-ontario-need-a-consumer-insurance-bureau-199621.aspx
Provincial News: Ontario’s Shame and Scandal – how the injured and disabled are punished by government policy
TORONTO, November 17, 2015 PRESS RELEASE – Ontario auto insurers are poised to make higher profits on the backs of Ontario’s disabled and injured MVA victims in 2016 while continuing to build up the provincial deficit by downloading the expense of victims to the taxpayers. Recently passed legislation means that coverage for the most injured MVA victims will be cut in half.
http://www.northumberlandview.
Vaillancourt v Sloss, 2015 ONSC 7031 (CanLII)
[17] The plaintiff has used the following language in describing his counsel and her law firm:
They are more concerned with their payment than my proper representation putting their needs before mine.
Where is the muscle?
Wallbridge, Wallbridge have let themselves be intimidated by the defence.
They try to manipulate the system.
The firm’s conduct has been suspect and misleading.
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2015/2015onsc7031/2015onsc7031.html
NATURE OF THE APPEAL AND BACKGROUND
The Respondent, Mr. Ilir Kraja, was injured in an August 1, 2012 motor vehicle accident. As a result, he applied to his first-party automobile insurer, the Appellant, Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, for statutory accident benefits under the 2010 Schedule.[1]
The Respondent seeks enhanced accident benefits on the basis that he sustained a catastrophic injury, as defined by subparagraph 3(2)(d)(i) of the 2010 Schedule. That provision reads:
(2) For the purposes of this Regulation, a catastrophic impairment caused by an accident is,
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(d) subject to subsection (4), brain impairment that results in,
(i) a score of 9 or less on the Glasgow Coma Scale, as published in Jennett, B. and Teasdale, G.,Management of Head Injuries, Contemporary Neurology Series, Volume 20, F.A. Davis Company, Philadelphia, 1981, according to a test administered within a reasonable period of time after the accident by a person trained for that purpose …
https://www5.fsco.gov.on.ca/AD/4685
Provincial News: Ontario Chamber of Commerce pleased that WSIB is ahead of schedule to eliminate unfunded liability
In November 2015, the WSIB announced that it’s on track to eliminate the unfunded liability (‘UFL’) by 2022 – five years ahead of a legislated timetable to reach financial sustainability. The elimination of the UFL will eventually result in lower premiums paid by employers who fund the system.
http://www.northumberlandview.
Discipline hearing told MD tried to thwart investigation
A doctor whose patients fell seriously ill after he treated them in unsterile conditions attempted to thwart an investigation by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, his disciplinary hearing has heard.
Food bank use on the rise Canada: Report
OTTAWA – Food Banks Canada is using its annual report on the number of people using food banks in the country to push anew for the federal and provincial governments to do away with the social assistance programs.
http://globalnews.ca/news/
Speaker’s Corner: It’s time for a consumer insurance bureau in Ontario
Personal injury professionals have expressed much consternation of late about the drastic changes to the Insurance Act and the statutory accident benefits schedule. Paralegals, who for years have derived a nice living from accident-benefits work, are expressing worry about their livelihoods, as are the clinic owners, chiropractors, assessment companies, and, of course, the tort lawyers who all line up to take a piece of the personal injury pie.
Canadian drivers worried by usage based auto insurance
Current usage based models in Canada use telematics machines to show in general how much a vehicle is used, under what driving conditions, and how it is driven. This general approach is becoming increasingly popular with providers, with most major companies confirming their adoption of this type of auto insurance. It is however becoming clear that usage based coverage will become even more specific and companies will be following the lead of U.S. based providers.
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