The charges are the result of an investigation opened in 2014 by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman after lawyers for scores of New York and New Jersey homeowners filed civil lawsuits claiming that altered engineering reports had led to them getting less insurance money than they deserved.
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Consumers will take auto insurance liability when using semi-autonomous vehicles
One of the most interesting aspects of the autonomous vehicle rise is who will be liable to insurance companies. If the car is doing the driving, then it and the manufacturer would be at fault. Most carmakers have agreed that this should be the case. However, that legal loophole will only exists once driverless vehicles need no human input.
Few palliative care patients at risk under Ontario’s new opioid policy: study
Only a small number of palliative-care patients in Ontario will be affected by the province’s plan to stop paying for high-dose opioid medications under its public drug programs, a new study shows.
Comment: More needs to be done to treat chronic pain
For many of my patients, this is manifest as migraine headaches. Migraine is one of the most common diseases in the world, more prevalent than diabetes and asthma combined, and the direct and indirect cost of migraine in Canada has been estimated at more than $700 million annually. Particularly incapacitating is chronic migraine, which is a throbbing, debilitating headache that can last 15 or more days a month. Can you imagine living with a painful headache most of your life?
Concussions and The Minor Injury Guideline
The Minor Injury Guideline has become a thorn in many of our sides since its introduction on September 1, 2010. Since then, a person who suffers a sprain, strain, whiplash associated disorder, contusion, abrasion, laceration or subluxation as a result of a car accident falls under the Minor Injury Guideline (MIG) for accident benefits.
http://oatleyvigmond.com/
Meeting The Definition Of “Accident” As Defined In The SABS
The recent appeal decision of Director’s Delegate Evans in Salamone and Aviva (Appeal Order P15-00072, June 16, 2016) considered whether or not a heart attack, while driving, which resulted in a car accident and injuries, qualified as an “accident” for the purposes of claiming accident benefits under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule.
What to do (and not to do) in the Event of an Auto Accident.
Whether it’s January or July, the risk for an accident is always present when we hit the roads.
If you happen to be involved in a crash, here’s what you should do, and not do.
http://blog.caasco.com/
Car insurer’s fraud effort drives good customer away: Mayers
Insurance companies are in the business of assessing risk; based on that, they set their prices. In the GTA, Brampton and Scarborough are higher-risk places to insure a car, because insurance companies have a higher claims experience there. So you pay more for car insurance if you live there.
Motor Vehicle Insurance Laws Specific to Ontario, Canada
Under the Canadian No-fault law, car accident victims are allowed to sue the other party for damages in addition to the insurance settlement. Insurance companies pay benefits out according to the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS), but these payments may not be enough to remedy expenses in a fault MVA. In the rare case that neither party has insurance, the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund takes care of the injured party’s expenses.
http://www.newsinsurances.co.
New Rule 48.14
Effective January 1, 2015, a new Rule 48.14 brought significant changes to the administrative dismissal regime in Ontario. After several hundred claims and almost $10 million in claims costs in just three and a half years, LAWPRO was happy to see old Rules 48.14 and 48.15 revoked
http://www.practicepro.ca/