The problem with cooking up pre-election promises you have neither the money nor intention of keeping is those promises rapidly fall apart after the election.
Kathleen Wynne’s broken promise in 2013 to cut auto premiums by 15% or Dalton McGuinty’s 2003 broken promise to cut rates by 10%, by way of example.
As Ontario’s auto insurance industry was waiting anxiously, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released an interesting decision on priority dispute notices to claimants.
In Dominion v. Unifund, an accident benefits claimant was not notified of the priority dispute between the insurers until after arbitration proceedings had been commenced. The issue was whether the late notice to the claimant precluded the appellant from contesting its liability to pay SABS and from proceeding with the arbitration.
On a sunny Saturday last October, I set out for a 120-kilometre bicycle ride from just north of Toronto to meet my fiancée and the rest of my cycling team near Midland, Ont. I have been a competitive cyclist since the age of 14, so this was a typical recreational ride for me. To avoid the danger of faster-moving traffic on highways and arterial roads, I had carefully planned a route that was mostly on quiet country roads. But despite my best efforts, I could not have predicted or prevented the tragic crash that was about to occur.
It’s no secret that Brampton is notorious for having sky-high car insurance rates. In fact, we have the highest car insurance rates in Ontario. Now, Ontario drivers could see car insurance rates start to cool down.
https://www.inbrampton.com/is-
In the course of an auto claim, claimants will often be required to visit a host of treating doctors and assessors over different points in time. Often times, these doctors and assessors will generate notes, records or reports that may be used as evidence later in the case.
http://otlablog.com/assessing-
KA was injured in a car accident on March 20, 2015 and sustained a number of injuries as a result. She applied to Aviva pursuant to the Schedule. KA initially sought to receive a number of benefits including IRBs, ACBs and several medical benefits.
Since 2003, Ontario Liberal leaders have repeatedly promised to lower the province’s punishing auto insurance premiums and deal with fraud partially responsible for driving up rates.
And they’ve repeatedly broken those promises.
Today, Charles Sousa, Minister of Finance, issued the following statement:
Our priority is to make auto insurance more affordable, address fraud in the system, and put victims first by providing better access to care for those injured in auto collisions.
https://news.ontario.ca/mof/en