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It’s important for all claimants to understand that these claims are based on what the policy says. In our office, we refer to this concept as the four corners of the insurance policy.

http://www.torontoinjurylawyerblog.com/2015/04/long-term-disability-claims-how-ltd-policies-can-work-against-you.html#more-645

The road that Uber travelled into Toronto becomes murkier and more twisted each passing day. The municipal government is filing an injunction against Uber over allegations that the ride sharing service’s drivers are operating without the minimum $2 million liability insurance required by Toronto law for taxi drivers.

http://www.lowestrates.ca/news/more-bad-news-uber-toronto-police-charge-11-drivers-1640

TORONTO – Community and Social Services Minister Helena Jaczek is refusing to heed calls from opposition parties who demand she resign over the botched implementation of the social assistance computer system.

http://www.torontosun.com/2015/04/01/jaczek-dismisses-calls-for-resignation-over-welfare-computer-woes

Independent agents and brokers are falling behind in providing their clients with the kind of customer experience many insurance shoppers now expect, a joint report from Market Insight Group and Applied Systems reveals.

http://www.insurancebusiness.ca/news/insurance-agencies-are-failing-to-meet-customer-expectations-report-189934.aspx

more and more software being used in vehicles, and there are a growing number of digital services available to owners of cars and trucks, often provided by companies not affiliated with the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of the vehicle.This trend towards enhanced digitization in the auto sector is not new, and we at McCarthy Tétrault have chronicled it as well, most recently in a comprehensive paper titled: “The Networked Automobile and Legal Liability” (for a copy of this paper, please email us at info@mccarthy.ca).

http://www.ilstv.com/fipa-report-calls-for-unnecessary-regulation-of-auto-sector-privacy-are-other-sectors-of-the-economy-next/#.VR2StY5qRqF

A new generation of automobile features are wirelessly connecting our cars to manufactures, insurance companies and marketers. While these high-tech features are making drivers’ lives easier they are also generating a lot of data about them which has privacy advocates concerned

http://www.ilstv.com/report-funded-by-privacy-commissioner-raise-serious-concerns-about-what-cars-know-about-drivers/#.VR2SwY5qRqF

Adding to this site’s archives of pain and suffering awards for shoulder injuries, reasons for judgement were released today by the BC Supreme Court, Nanaimo Registry, assessing damages for a chronic shoulder injury caused by a collision.

http://bc-injury-law.com/blog/75000-nonpecuniary-assessment-chronic-shoulder-injury-2?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IcbcLaw+%28ICBC+Law%29

IBM Corp. announced this week it will introduce a computing service “that helps insurance companies extract insight from connected vehicles” and that The Weather Company’s professional unit will integrate its data with IBM’s analytics and cloud services.

http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/news/ibm-service-would-let-insurers-extract-insight-from-connected-vehicles-alert-clients-of-hailstorms/1003551051/s7vw03Wsv64srM2vx/?ref=enews_CU&utm_source=CU&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=CU-EN04022015

On March 26, 2015, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its decision in Westerhof v. Gee Estate2015 ONCA 206. Heard at the same time as the recently-released Moore v. Getahun, Westerhof has been championed by members of the Plaintiffs’ bar as a “big win for common sense” in the area of non-expert opinion evidence.

http://otlablog.com/top-five-highlights-from-westerhoff-v-gee-estate/

Ontario’s financial regulator has released an infographic to its website warning about the insurance risks related to ride-sharing programs.

http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/news/fsco-issues-warning-on-ride-sharing-programs/1003549453/