The study, now in its seventh year, measures insurance customer experiences with their primary auto insurer in Canada. Customer satisfaction is measured across five factors (in order of importance): interaction; price; policy offerings; billing and payment; and claims. Insurers are ranked in three provinces: Ontario, Alberta and Quebec.
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Andrea Horwath’s Auto Insurance Credibility Problem
Andrea Horwath’s credibility on auto insurance rates has been publicly called into question…by one of her own candidates.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/story/1350321/andrea-horwath-s-auto-insurance-credibility-problem
The worst of both worlds
When Ontario’s Lieutenant Governor David Onley granted Premier Kathleen Wynne’s request to dissolve the legislature, it wasn’t only the proposed budget that was put to the sword. Work also stopped on a key piece of legislation designed to reduce automobile claims costs. http://www.insblogs.com/auto/worst-worlds/
Why do Ontario lawyers who steal rarely go to jail?
They treat client trust accounts as their personal piggy banks, facilitate multi-million-dollar frauds and drain retirement savings of the elderly. While most lawyers caught stealing from their clients are reprimanded, suspended or disbarred by the profession’s regulator, the vast majority avoid criminal charges, a Star investigation reveals.
Torstar News Service found that more than 230 lawyers sanctioned for criminal-like activity by the Law Society of Upper Canada in the last decade, stole, defrauded or diverted some $61 million held in trust funds for clients.
http://metronews.ca/news/toronto/1022986/why-do-ontario-lawyers-who-steal-rarely-go-to-jail/
Get In The Know: The Difference Between Government and Private Auto Insurance – How To Choose
Everyone wants affordable and dependable auto insurance that provides the coverage they require. Some people think the answer to their needs is instituting a Government-run auto insurance program.
Red flags raised over insurer financial data
In response to complaints that insurance industry financial details are impossible to pin down, the Ministry of Finance commissioned a report on transparency and accountability in the sector but perhaps surprisingly chose the accountants for the Insurance Bureau of Canada to prepare it.
Restricted access to justice
Two Ontario laws affect people suing to recover damages for injuries from automobile accidents
But under Ontario law only people suing to recover damages for injuries suffered in automobile accidents are subject to two laws that restrict access to justice. http://www.torontosun.com/2014/05/03/restricted-access-to-justice
Engaging the unengaged a huge challenge for politicians
Complicating matters is Andrea Horwath’s NDP, which at present has few economic policies at all, beyond raising corporate taxes and giving tax credits to employers in return for new hires. Believing the electorate has little appetite for policy ambition, the New Democrats have mostly focused on populist pitches such as lower auto-insurance rates. It’s a strategy that all but rewards Ontarians’ cynicism and complacency, although that’s not to say Ms. Horwath’s likeability couldn’t help her reach some corners of the electorate that might otherwise tune out. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/engaging-the-unengaged-a-huge-challenge-for-politicians/article18412464/
Assessing Damages in Catastrophic Injury Claims (Ontario)
Catastrophic Injury claims, by their very nature, are the most serious car accident claims which a personal injury lawyer will face during their legal career.
New Ontario prosecution office to focus on auto insurance fraud
The Ontario government announced Thursday it plans to develop an office dedicated to investigating and prosecuting “serious fraud,” including fraudulent auto insurance claims, to prohibit credit unions from promoting auto and home insurance online and to raise wages for some personal support workers.