Tampa attorney Matt Powell explains what you may want to know if you have to attend an insurance examination for your injury claim. Find out what you can expect at the exam, and what some of the tricks that can be used against you. This is from the US but some of the information applies to our system as well.
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Wynne takes steps toward ‘open government’
“TORONTO Premier Kathleen Wynne wants to fling open the doors of government.” But will she talk about the poor insurance coverage we have and how to fix that? Or why her government is so willing to listen to the insurance industry when it comes to catastrophic impairment coverage? Accident victims have plenty to say….
http://www.thespec.com/news-story/4166393-wynne-takes-steps-toward-open-government-/
How corporate Ontario gets its way at Queen’s Park: Cohn
What do you know about the lobbyist-industrialist complex that lubricates Ontario politics?
Secret medical cautions
CPSO’s remedial disciplinary action for doctors is kept confidential to protect docs’ reputations. It’s almost as if the cautions don’t really exist, as if they’ve been issued solely as an attempt to placate angry complainants.
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/10/18/secret-medical-cautions
Have Your Say – upcoming deadlines for comments
College of Physicians and Surgeons has launched a multi-staged initiative that will see them examine their information-sharing practices and determine how they might make more information available about decisions and processes. The College is inviting feedback on this consultation from the profession, the public and other stakeholders. Names of individual participants will not be posted, however the names of organizations will be posted. Check the CPSO website for further details about posting guidelines. Deadline for feedback: November 11, 2013 http://policyconsult.cpso.on.
Financial Services Commission of Ontario : The Insurance Policy Unit at the Industrial and Financial Policy Branch of the Ministry of Finance is seeking comments on the proposed regulations that “Give the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) authority to license and oversee business practices of health clinics and practitioners who invoice auto insurers”. Comments are due by November 24, 2013 http://www.ontariocanada.com/registry/view.do?postingId=14282&language=en
The use of future care reports for clients with traumatic brain injuries:
Given the extensive costs of these reports and the accounting reports to quantify them, we must not allow them to become a matter of course to the financial detriment of our clients.
http://insurancelawyermag.com/use-future-care-reports-clients-traumatic-brain-injuries/
Preparing an expert witness for trial
In a court action for damages arising out of an injury, judges and juries will rely upon the opinions of health professionals in order to understand and interpret the facts of a plaintiff’s claim.
http://insurancelawyermag.com/preparing-expert-witness-trial/
Examining Recent Developments in Auto Insurance
For the insurance industry to remain viable, a delicate balance must be struck between delivering meaningful compensation and holding down costs.
http://insurancelawyermag.com/examining-recent-developments-auto-insurance/
Stop or go?
There is plenty going on with Ontario auto insurance, including what some regard as the aggressive pledge by the government to reduce premiums an average of 15% over the next two years. But does this preoccupation with speed and mandated reductions produce unrealistic expectations and threaten to, ultimately, make things worse for consumers?
http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/news/stop-or-go/1002649250/?type=Print%20Archives
Privacy pause
It is not just media naysayers, but lawyers, consumer advocates and, increasingly, insurance brokers, calling for better and clearer rules on the use of telematics.