There is no getting around it: claims adjusters will encounter difficult and demanding claimants. But when a claimant grows unreasonable and combative, demanding too much, what is the best course of action for an adjuster wanting to advance a truly fair settlement and meet fiduciary duties to his or her employer?
http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/news/tried-and-true/1003654632/?type=Print%20Archives
Today, Ontario passed the Making Ontario’s Roads Safer Act to help ensure that the province’s roads are among the safest in North America.
New measures, adopted by the regulator last Thursday and Friday, also include calling on the province to get tougher with physicians who sexually abuse patients, calling for “mandatory revocation” of doctors’ licences in all cases of “physical sexual contact” with patients.
http://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2015/06/01/md-watchdog-becoming-less-secretive.html
It’s investing 1.8-million dollars in the new Abilities Connect Fund — a one-year pilot project in partnership with the Ontario Chamber of Commerce.
TORONTO – Changes to auto insurance benefits for motor vehicle accident victims passed in the Ontario legislature Wednesday as part of the provincial budget.
“God help us all,” Tammy Kirkwood said upon hearing the news. “We’re getting a lot less coverage for a lot more money and I’m not sure why.”
Kirkwood was one of hundreds of protesters at Queen’s Park rallying against reductions in auto insurance benefits which they say will have the most effect on victims with catastrophic injuries.
The 47-year-old Orillia woman said protesters were “flabbergasted” that the provincial government “was trying to disable our resources and our funding to recover.”
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/06/03/hundreds-rally-against-cuts-to-auto-insurance-benefits
TORONTO – Last month’s Ontario budget continued the erosion of accident benefits for victims in motor vehicle accidents.
The reductions are most significant for those suffering from catastrophic injuries.
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/05/30/bad-news-for-crash-victims
“The frequency of accidents occurring during parking and maneuvering has increased by more than 30% over the past ten years,” says Rüdiger Hackhausen, Head of Claims at Allianz Versicherungs-AG. “These accidents make up 44% of auto liability incidents with physical loss or damage, and 39% of full physical damage collisions.”
Maia Bent was elected President of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) on May 22, 2015, at the association’s Annual General Meeting in Toronto. Ms. Bent has served on the association’s Board of Directors since 2008, and has been a member of its Executive Committee for the past three years. Ms. Bent will lead the organization during the 2015-16 year. Here is her inaugural blog post as the new OTLA President.
Four members of the Canadian Council of Insurance Regulators (CCIR) announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that allows for authorities to pursue “simpler and more effective” means of cooperation and information sharing across jurisdictions.