The conviction and jail term handed out to an Aviva Canada policy holder is welcome news for an industry looking to get tough on fraud.
http://www.insurancebusiness.ca/news/jail-term-applauded-by-insurer-185723.aspx
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Social Security Tribunal says more than 14,600 Canadians are now waiting for a hearing
From Canadian Insurance News Blogspot http://cinsurancenews.blogspot.ca/2014/11/social-security-tribunal-says-more-than.html
Mr. Speaker, on Tuesday the chair of the Social Security Tribunal confirmed that there are significant delays in the processing of cases: 14,677 cases are languishing on her desk.
At this rate it will take 11 years to clear the backlog just for the income security section. That is shameful. For over a year, Ms. Brazeau has been in regular contact with the minister about the lack of staff at the tribunal, but the minister is asleep at the switch.
How can the minister allow such an administrative nightmare?
WSIB says no to U.S. program that inspired double amputee to walk
The WSIB won’t allow double leg amputee Giuseppe Chessari to go back for new prosthetic limbs to the U.S. company that treats hundreds of patients like him. http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2014/11/23/wsib_says_no_to_us_program_that_inspired_double_amputee_to_walk.html
Workplace safety board still rewards dangerous employers
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.”
Judicial vacancies delaying cases in Ontario
Judges and lawyers in Ontario Superior Court are complaining that several vacancies for judges are seriously delaying criminal trials coming forward
Court upholds $1.15 million damages award
“The Court of Appeal has clearly affirmed the jury’s right to make its finding of fact, unless it’s plainly unreasonable,” Chamberlain said. “That’s a very high threshold.
Bill 15, Fighting Fraud and Reducing Automobile Insurance Rates Act, 2014
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
‘Make it impossible for him to do business again’
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
Link driver testing to premium point: broker
“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
Canada’s Ontario Cuts Motor Insurance Premium: But Denies Right To Sue Insurance Firms Inviting Protests
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.