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According to the province, the new WSIB president and CEO was selected through an open, fair and impartial competition, which was reviewed and pre-approved by both the conflict of interest commissioner and the integrity commissioner. Teahen’s nomination is subject to review by the Standing Committee on Government Agencies.
http://dailycommercialnews.
Canadian doctors developed the Poverty Tool to address poverty as a health issue and risk. The tool offers a three-step approach that will aid doctors, health care providers and nurses to tackle poverty in a hospital setting.
The Safety, Licensing Appeals and Standards Tribunal Ontario (SLASTO) has issued an update on the Auto Insurance Dispute Resolution System Project in regards to the transfer of Ontario’s auto insurance dispute resolution system from the Financial Services Commission of Ontario to the Licence Appeal Tribunal of SLASTO.
Get on the list to receive future updates from SLASTO about the new process. Send an email with your name, organization, mail and email addresses to DRStransformation@ontario.
Now in its seventh year, the 2015 annual Allstate Canada Safe Driving Study has revealed that car collisions are on the rise all throughout the country.
http://www.insurancebusiness.
The Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO) is warning consumers that Insurance In The 6ix is not licensed to conduct insurance business in Ontario.
http://www.newswire.ca/news-
In today’s case (Kijowski v. Scott) the Plaintiff was involved in a 2011 collision caused by the Defendant. The Plaintiff suffered various soft tissue injuries and also suffered from chronic dizziness and imbalance issues. These were expected to be permanent.
A spokesperson for the WSIB said in a statement that the board registers more than 200,000 claims each year and that 92 per cent of all workers that have been injured and lost time from work are safely working at full wages within one year.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
The rally was one of many across the province staged in conjunction with the Ontario Federation of Labour’s protest at the Ministry of Labour in Toronto. The OFL released a report in November which alleged the WSIB has been ignoring the recommendations of doctors.
http://www.ourwindsor.ca/news-
Re “Law unfair for car crash victims” (Alan Shanoff, Dec. 6): Alan Shanoff, as a frequent critic of Ontario’s auto insurance industry, is right to take a hard look at the provisions of Bill 15 and the Licence Appeal Tribunal. However, by concluding that accident victims will be denied justice under a new system, he is raising fears without justification or evidence. The previous dispute resolution system was badly broken — victims continue to wait years for answers and compensation. Moving to the Licence Appeal Tribunals is designed to make the dispute resolution system more efficient and fair. We must make every effort to make a new system work — accident victims deserve nothing less.
Steve Kee
Insurance Bureau of Canada
(How does having less experienced arbitrators and mediators help accident victims? As for delays in getting answers and compensation, are you saying the insurance industry bears no responsibility for that?)
There is good reason for motor vehicle accident (MVA) victims to fear LAT adjudication rulings. The justification of that fear starts with the composition of the Advisory Committee to structure the LAT. Four out of the five participants are all pro-insurance. The only consumer group has no knowledge of anything to do with insurance. True, the old system under FSCO needed revamping