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I’m very disappointed at the approach of the article Auto insurers raking in cash while cutting benefits, study finds(Oct. 30). It’s based on a flawed study, paid for by personal-injury lawyers and skewed for their benefit.
http://www.lfpress.com/2015/
(PRLEAP.COM) TORONTO, ON, November 3, 2015 – The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) remains the most expensive region in Ontario for auto insurance data from ShopInsuranceCanada.ca shows, but premiums in the other Ontarian cities are lower, falling the greater the distance from the GTA region. The online resource for auto insurance found that the neighborhood of Brampton is the most expensive for average premiums over a year, while the general Greater Toronto Area is home to rates that are above the provincial average of $1,538.00.
http://www.prleap.com/pr/
Critically injured crash victims may be forced to remain in hospital because a change in auto insurance coverage will make it harder for them to receive home care, a London doctor warns.
http://www.lfpress.com/2015/
Last week, the Superior Court of Ontario heard a case where a driver who sustained a serious brain injury from an auto collision sued her insurance broker for neglecting to inform her about enhanced IRBs that were available to her for a “modest additional premium.”
http://www.insurancebusiness.
Much of current medical expert evidence in personal injury cases is superficial, speculative and unnecessary. This article briefly highlights some reasons for the growth of improper expert evidence along with two promising grounds to reel in the runaway expert train.
The province of Ontario is being urged by an auto insurance expert to embrace a consumer based approach to lower premiums and to increase competition between providers. That is the view of Holly Bakke, principal of Strategic Initiatives Management Group LLP and a past New Jersey commissioner for banking and insurance.
The evolution of technology is rapidly affecting how insurers are underwriting policies and settling claims as telematics help blend computers with wireless communication.
The story illustrates the huge penalty for being a young, male driver in Canada’s most expensive car-insurance market. It doesn’t matter how well you drive, accident and claims statistics are against you until you’re about 25.
http://www.thestar.com/
A group of Sudbury psychologists is slamming an organization established to help injured workers, saying it is traumatizing them a second time and defrauding employers paying premiums for it.
http://www.thesudburystar.com/
Insurers have slashed coverage for Ontario drivers just as they’re racking up sky-high profits, says a critical report for a lawyers’ group pushing for an industry audit by the province’s spending watchdog.
http://www.lfpress.com/2015/