The result of this amendment is the alignment of the prejudgment interest rate used in calculating court awards for non-pecuniary losses made under a motor vehicle liability policy with the rate determined under the Courts of Justice Act, as it may be revised from time to time. The current interest rate is 1.3 per cent.
http://www.fsco.gov.on.ca/en/auto/autobulletins/2014/Pages/a-15-14.aspx
WINNIPEG An angry man who blew up his own vehicle tops the list of Manitoba Public Insurance frauds for 2014.
City staff continue to work hard to ensure there are no payment errors for those Sault residents in need of Ontario Works cheques for January 2015.
As part of reforms to physiotherapy services, Ontario is expanding access to physiotherapy services to improve access for Ontarians by integrating physiotherapists into family health care settings.
Auto accident victim medical files are “routinely being altered to suit Ontario’s insurers need to save money,” says the board chair of FAIR.
Excessive legal fees represent the chief impediment for access to justice for most people.
Ontario’s no-fault insurance scheme for car accident victims has been changed, effective September 1, 2010. As a result of these changes, the benefits available to individuals who have been injured in a car accident have been significantly reduced.
http://www.obj.ca/Blog-Article/b/11738/The-New-Insurance-Landscape-for-Automobile-Accidents
It is easy to see how files with good potential for subrogation are missed: a loss has been adjusted and paid out. The file can be closed. Pursuing subrogation means keeping the file open and making a further investment in expert fees, legal expenses and general overhead costs. Why throw good money after bad, except in the most certain of cases?
http://www.claimscanada.ca/issues/article.aspx?aid=1003406494
The College of Physicians and Surgeons wants to hear from patients about what information should be disclosed about a doctor’s troubled history.