A new database will allow the public and insurance industry participants to access the names of people and firms disciplined by the various regulators in Canada.
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Docs dispute transparency
Insurer argues that only ‘proven and credible findings’ relevant to ‘patient safety’ be disclosed –
That, as the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association has stated, is a distortion of the principles upon which physicians have been given the power of self-regulation. Concerns for the protection of privacy of physicians in this context are misguided and conflict with the mandate of acting “first and foremost in the interest of the public.”
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/11/29/docs-dispute-transparency
CPSO: New! More doctor-specific information now available on the Public Register
Nothing in here that will help protect auto accident victims from predatory IME providers
http://www.cpso.on.ca/uploadedFiles/CTAs/External_CTAs/docsearch/New-Information-Public-Register.pdf
Should Your Genetics Be Available to Insurance Companies?
Ontario is proposing a change to the Ontario Human Rights Code aimed at protecting people’s genetic information from being used by insurance companies and employers. This would allow more people to have genetic testing done, for health or research purposes — testing they would possibly not do if they had to disclose the test results to insurers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/robert-l-brown/genetic-testing-canada_b_4356584.html
Ontario appeal court rules Wawanesa must defend homeowner policyholder sued over injury to child
The Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled this week against Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, upholding an earlier ruling declaring that the carrier has a duty to defend a homeowner’s insurance client being sued in a third party claim over a traffic accident that injured their daughter — despite a clause in the policy excluding claims for bodily injury to others in the household.
Arbitrator rules in favour of Ontario auto claimant refusing to attend insurer’s medical examination
“Given that an insured person’s treating practitioner must provide a factually based medical opinion to support a claim for treatment outside the MIG, I find it is reasonable to require an insurer who chooses to refuse to pay an initial claim to counter with something more than simply a desire ‘to determine if your impairment is predominantly a minor injury as described in the Minor Injury Guideline,’ as Unifund has done in this case,” Sapin wrote.
FAIR receives a generous donation from Oatley Vigmond LLP at the Nov 1, 2013 Conference
FAIR receives a generous donation from Oatley Vigmond LLP at the November 1, 2013 Conference on Auto Insurance, ‘Overcoming Challenges in a Challenging System.
Fair Survivors FAIR would like to thank Oatley Vigmond LLP and all of those who attended and participated in the conference and who generously contributed to FAIR Association of Victims for Accident Insurance Reform. This donation will go a long way in our work to advocate for better, fairer treatment and coverage for all of Ontario’s injured drivers and to bring greater public awareness to the many challenges MVA victims face.
Recent Clinical Research in the Treatment of Concussion Symptoms Reveals Previously Unrecognized Symptoms
New research is explaining the relationships of previously unrecognized symptoms
TGIF? Not So Fast! Allstate Canada Data Reveals Friday has Highest Car Collision Rate
“Collision Rates Across Canada Down by 5.3%, According to Safe Driving Study ” – so why are our rates so high?
Highway robbery: Pirates on the highway are costing Ontario drivers billions
Drivers can earn commissions of up to 20 per cent on everything from bodywork to legal services to medical care. Some drivers have told the PTAO about doctors offering them a flat fee of $1,000 for bringing in a new patient after an accident.