Personal injuries take victims by surprise. In addition to physical damage, they can bring with them psychological and emotional suffering. Often victims try to repress these feelings out of pride, fear, or guilt.
http://oatleyvigmond.com/mental-health-relief-victims-personal-injury/#.VP3iMuHBwdU
Insurance is, or should be, a straightforward equation: The premiums of the many pay for the losses of the few. However, the growth of fraud is turning this equation upside down. Given the bottom-line impact on the industry and the growing cost to policyholders, there is an urgent need for a fight against fraud.
http://www.ilstv.com/7-steps-toward-stamping-out-insurance-fraud/#.VPn0EeHBwdV
In today’s case (Lo v. Matsumoto) the Plaintiff was injured in a 2009 collision and was awarded damages at trial. The Plaintiff appealed the trial judgement arguing the damages for cost of future care was unreasonably low and that the trial judge was wrong in requiring the Plaintiff to testify as to the intention to pursue all recommended care items. The BC Court of Appeal modestly increased the award for care and in doing so provided the following comments on the evidence required to justify such a claim:
RSA plans to launch telematics for auto insurance customers in Canada this year and spend about $300 million on updating its computer systems, though its overall strategy remains unchanged, RSA Canada officials suggested to brokers and reporters Thursday.
Depending which way you see it, useage-based auto insurance is either an unwarranted and terrifying invasion of your privacy or the only fair way to determine your rates.
http://www.thestar.com/autos/2015/03/05/useage-based-insurance-growing-in-popularity.html
Fraud Prevention Month is underway across Canada, an awareness campaign by financial experts, police services, banks, and others. The goal is to help educate Canadians about the very real dangers of identity theft, and other forms of fraud.
http://www.lowestrates.ca/news/ibc-leads-car-insurance-fraud-awareness-fraud-prevention-1589
Echoing the words of some of Canada’s top insurance CEOs, three insurance suppliers and an auto parts company are sounding the alarm that driverless cars and the technology behind them could one day disrupt the way they do business.
There is absolutely nothing improper with counsel’s practice of reviewing draft expert reports, according to the Ontario Court of Appeal in its hotly anticipated January 29th decision in Moore v. Getahun et al (2015) ONCA 55 (OCA).
It is an unacceptable low level of information available, on the FSCO website or supplied to claimants by the insurer they paid to assist them, that is contributing to the volume of claims in the system and which eventually plays out in our courts.
As the Superintendent at FSCO it must surely fall under your mandate to ensure that the public service of Ontario is effective in serving the public in a non-partisan, professional, ethical and competent manner
Letter to Brian Mills, FSCO Superindendent Mar 4 2015 re lack of public information