In Ontario, death is cheap. A dead worker costs the system about the same as a worker with minor injuries, whether it’s from lost time or the purchase of a casket.
WSIB’s former chair, Steve Mahoney, once said: “The cost of a fatality can actually be lower than the cost of an injury, particularly if there are no dependants — just pay for the funeral, and it’s over.”
Judges and lawyers in Ontario Superior Court are complaining that several vacancies for judges are seriously delaying criminal trials coming forward
Bill 15
An Act to amend various statutes in the interest of reducing insurance fraud, enhancing tow and storage service and providing for other matters regarding vehicles and highways
http://www.ontla.on.ca/web/bills/bills_detail.do?locale=en&Intranet=&BillID=3007
Pleased that law enforcement and insurers are working together to rid the roads of fraudulent tow truck operators, one subscriber hopes that those who have been found guilty are never able to run the roads again.
http://www.insurancebusiness.ca/news/make-it-impossible-for-him-to-do-business-again-185649.aspx
“In the insurance industry, they are focusing on fraud, and they overlook the most basic thing – teaching people how to drive,” says O’Grady, the broker/owner of O’Grady & Associates Insurance Services Inc. in Tilsonburg, Ont.
http://www.insurancebusiness.ca/news/link-driver-testing-to-premium-point-broker-185642.aspx
The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association in Canada, is up in arms against Ontario’s newly passed legislation to reduce car and auto insurance premiums and tackle fraud. The legislation named as “Ontario’s Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Rates Act” was passed last week.
Last week, the Ontario government passed Bill 15 into legislation.
The bill relates to the Ontario auto insurance system, says Aviva Canada, and aims to:
http://www.advisor.ca/news/industry-news/how-ontario-can-further-cut-auto-insurance-rates-170211
Aviva Canada is today applauding the Ontario Government for their passing into legislation of Bill 15. The Bill, which relates to the Ontario auto insurance system and was easily passed in the Ontario Legislature last week, will:
Finance Minister Charles Sousa said the bill will fight fraud within the system and lead to faster settlements of disputed claims.
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/11/20/ontario-passes-new-auto-insurance-legislation