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Aviva Canada seeks average 5% rate increase in personal home and auto lines

Aviva Canada is putting through an average rate increase of 5% in personal home and auto lines after reporting a combined operating ratio of 102% in its 2017 year-end results.

https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/aviva-canada-seeks-average-5-rate-increase-personal-home-auto-lines-1004128454/

A guild to personal injury lawsuits for medical and rehabilitation professionals

http://www.mhalaw.ca/images/images/blog/Martin-Hillyer-Doctors-Guide.pdf

Spotlight shines on Basic Income poverty pilot project in Hamilton

The spotlight is shining on Hamilton’s role in a three-year experiment where about 1,000 people in the city living in poverty will receive a no-strings attached base income.

Media reports on the basic income pilot project in Ontario have recently been published in the U.K. and U.S., and a correspondent from PBS NewsHour was in town this week to interview participants.

https://www.thespec.com/news-story/8317857-spotlight-shines-on-basic-income-poverty-pilot-project-in-hamilton/?platform=hootsuite

Completing the Member Statement LTD Claim Form

As an Ontario Long Term Disability lawyer, I am regularly asked how people can avoid being denied LTD benefits when they are applying.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH2gQbDlBNI

Can you train your brain to drive longer into your golden years?

With over 3.5 million drivers who are 65 and older in Canada, according to data from 2010, there has been more discussion about what can be done to help ensure older drivers stay on the road, safely.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/features/can-you-train-your-brain-to-drive-longer-into-your-golden-years-1.3824552#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=8mQI6yK

No push from brokers to end B.C. government monopoly on auto insurance

Despite the fact that British Columbia’s government monopoly auto insurer lost almost $1 billion in the first nine months of last year alone, brokers in the province are not seeing a push from motorists to open the market to competition.

https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/no-push-brokers-end-b-c-government-monopoly-auto-insurance-1004128326/

Prescription opioids no better than over-the-counter drugs for chronic pain, study shows

A rigorous yearlong study offers new evidence against using prescription opioids for chronic pain.

In patients with stubborn back aches or hip or knee arthritis, opioids worked no better than over-the-counter drugs or other nonopioids at reducing problems with walking or sleeping. And they provided slightly less pain relief.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/opioids-prescription-pain-1.4564201

The mental-health crisis in law

This isn’t another story telling you that lawyers are depressed. It’s a story about a professional culture that is itself sick. It’s about bullying, loneliness, imposter syndrome and rage. But it’s also about lawyers who have found hope and strength

http://lawandstyle.ca/law/cover-story-the-mental-health-crisis-in-law/

FAIR

FAIR (Fair Association of Victims for Accident Insurance Reform) is a grassroots not-for-profit organization of Ontario’s car accident victims and their caregivers and supporters. Since 2011 FAIR has been a voice for those who have been injured in motor vehicle collisions and who have struggled with the current auto insurance claims system in Ontario.

http://pickinguppieces.net/fair/

Hurt in a car crash and denied by her auto insurer

http://truthaboutinsurance.ca/