According to Anne Marie Thomas of Insurance Hotline, small lies consumers tell when applying for insurance falsely inflate the cost for everyone. In fact, roughly 15 per cent of people’s insurance premiums go toward covering false claims.
http://www.insurancebusiness.ca/news/white-lies-are-being-told-by-clients-poll-189171.aspx
The Court of Appeal for Ontario recently ruled in favour of the Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company, in a lawsuit over a disputed auto insurance claim, which The Dominion said was barred by a two year limitation period but which the claimant alleged was handled in bad faith.
Nova Scotia boasts one of Canada’s most-effective auto insurance systems. Premiums are among the lowest in the country, with the average policy cost sitting around $780 a year. Compare that to Ontario, where drivers pay about twice that amount.
An awful lot of Canadians are literally sick of their legal problems and that’s having an impact on health care costs, according to new findings of a study by the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice.
Almost 40 percent of people between the ages of 18 and 35 reported experiencing a physical health problem as a direct result of their legal problems. The number is even greater for people between 55 and 64 at 61.5 per cent.
http://www.cfcj-fcjc.org/sites/default/files//CostofJustice_overivewfactsheet%20.pdf
The problem with the Ontario auto insurance system, however, is not who is delivering it but the system itself. All drivers, including those who have never been in a collision, pay for rich and often unnecessary benefits. These high premiums line the pockets of those in the “car accident business” like tow truck drivers, lawyers and auto repair shops. These players drain much-needed resources and, in some cases, defraud the system by staging collisions, falsifying medical claims and exaggerating auto body repair costs.
http://www.thespec.com/opinion-story/5475887-insurance-bureau-working-for-better-system/
Despite the interdisciplinary nature of law, lawyers rarely turn to medicine to look for the intersection between the two fields.
TORONTO, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – March 12, 2015) – When Ontarians think of terrible driving conditions, car accidents and bad visibility, winter is usually the season that comes to mind, yet the most severe accident-related injuries occur during the summer months. Emergency personnel have come to label this three month period that follows spring as “trauma season”.
OTTAWA — Making sure wounded ex-soldiers — most notably amputees — don’t have to repeatedly verify their injuries to retain their benefits is proving much easier said than done for Veterans Affairs Minister Erin O’Toole.
It’s no secret that professional sports is big business, but the pressures put on some team doctors to nurse high-priced star players back to health is leading to the over-prescription of drugs and ultimately harming the athletes in the long run, an investigation by the fifth estate reveals.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/pro-sports-doctors-may-be-over-prescribing-drugs-to-players-1.2991961