Why the MIG Arbitration Should Concern Us
Alexander Voudouris and Eva Campbell will explain and discuss from their different perspectives, the decision on his appeal of Scarlett and Belair. Nadia Perruzza
will identify the pitfalls to avoid when documenting the needs of the seriously injured.
We’d ask if democracy and debate were on holiday in December 2013 when these drastic changes were passed – changes that will limit access to care that affects those who are the most injured. There is, or should we say was, case law that defined incurred expenses that insurers did not agree with but is that a reason to circumvent thoughtful discussion and debate in order to bolster Ontario’s insurance industry profits?
FAIR submission to 2014 Pre-Budget Consultations Jan 23 2014
According to Justice Janet Wilson’s conclusions in Moore v. Getahun on Jan. 14, counsel’s practice of reviewing draft expert reports must stop and meetings with experts to go over the reports are no longer acceptable.
According to Justice Janet Wilson’s conclusions inMoore v. Getahun on Jan. 14, counsel’s practice of reviewing draft expert reports must stop and meetings with experts to go over the reports are no longer acceptable.
The name, Insurance Bureau of Canada, may sound as if the IBC is part of or affiliated with the government or some Crown agency, but that’s not the case….The IBC is a creation of Canada’s private insurance companies. It’s an association that represents them. Basically, the IBC is a lobby group.
http://www.torontosun.com/2014/01/24/lobby-group-doing-its-job
Re “Time to speak up about car insurance” (Alan Shanoff, Jan. 12): It must be because current insurer profitability is so healthy that Ralph Palumbo from the Insurance Bureau of Canada has no choice but to continue recycling numbers that are five and six years old, and compares Ontario’s costs to those provinces with more extensive public funding for rehabilitation (“Injuries drive costs,” Letters, Jan. 19). I suppose that if we are to go into ancient history then I, too, could quote record profitability numbers for insurers from eight years ago. But why do that? I would rather talk about current insurer profitability which sees insurers collectively pocketing almost 60¢ out of every dollar we consumers pay for accident benefits. These numbers are published by the independent General Insurance Statistical Agency. Palumbo refers to insurer examiners as “attending to the interests of the injured before all else” while painting claimants and the healthcare providers who treat them as abusers.Treating providers are also regulated health professionals whose professional colleges can impose sanctions on them, too. I wonder how many sanctions have been applied to insurance assessors for poor performance compared to the clients’ own treating providers?
Laurie Davis, Executive Director, Ontario Rehab Alliance
(One type of fraud occurs when criminals rip off car insurers through phony accident and medical claims. Another, equally wrong, occurs when insurers fail to honour valid insurance claims from injured accident victims who bought their insurance policies in good faith) http://www.torontosun.com/2014/01/24/letters-to–the-editor-jan-26
http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/news/the-greater-whole/1002876486/?type=Print%20Archives
The revised MIG and OCF-18 reflect the recent change made to the SABS in which a pre-existing condition must have been documented by a health practitioner prior to the accident. The change is reflected in Section 4 of the MIG which deals with impairments that do not fall under the guideline. As for the OCF-18, changes have been made to the introductory Note box on page 1 and to the second question in Part 4.
http://williehandler.blogspot.ca/2014/01/fsco-has-released-revised-mig-and-ocf-18.html
Join Ontario’s Information and Privacy Commissioner, Dr. Ann Cavoukian, and esteemed guests as they address these important issues on International Privacy Day: January 28, 2014, 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. You can view the event via live webcast
http://www.realprivacy.ca/
A Look at Some Startling Trends and the Possible Consequences for Consumers – interesting US article