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Ontario Auto Insurance Three Year Review Report

by Admin4
Every three years, the Insurance Act requires the Superintendent of Financial Services to undertake a review of Part VI of the Act (Automobile Insurance) and regulations involving auto insurance coverages and risk classification systems. 
The Superintendent must give a report to the Minister of Finance which sets out the results of the review and any recommendations made by the Superintendent, and other information requested by the minister.
The Superintendent’s Report on the Three Review of Automobile Insurance, 2014 [PDF Document]​ the most recent report of the Superintendent, was tabled by the Minister of Finance on July 31, 2015.

IBAO CEO Panel speakers call for more choice for Ontario consumers in auto insurance

by Admin4

Ontario’s auto policy should be changed to allow more choice for consumers, some insurance carrier chief executive officers suggested Friday, though Intact Insurance’s president expressed concerns about the change in catastrophic impairment coverage that takes effect next June.

http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/news/ibao-ceo-panel-speakers-call-for-more-choice-for-ontario-consumers-in-auto-insurance/1003862473/?&er=NA

Ontarians pay too much for car insurance, report finds

by Admin4

There’s a survey attached to this story. Have an opinion on who is responsible for the poor insurance coverage we now have? Here’s a spot to share your point of view.

A new report from the York University Schulich School of Business suggests drivers in Ontario “pay far too much” for car insurance.

http://www.680news.com/2015/04/10/ontarians-pay-too-much-for-car-insurance-report-finds/

Ontario government botches rollout of welfare technology

by Admin4

Did the Ministry of Community and Social Services learn nothing from the first fiasco? Does Helena Jaczek, the apparently imperturbable minister responsible for social assistance, think it is acceptable to spend $50 million of taxpayers’ money to iron out the glitches in a $242-million computer program? Is she concerned that her government is disrupting the lives of people struggling to live on the $656 a month it provides? There is no sign of it.

http://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2015/10/25/ontario-government-botches-rollout-of-welfare-technology.html

Canada Social Report Social Assistance Combined Summaries, 2014 Published March 2015

http://www.caledoninst.org/Publications/PDF/1062ENG.pdf

Preventable Medical Error Is Canadian Healthcare’s Silent Killer

by Admin4

In Canada, medical errors and hospital-acquired infections claim between 30,000 and 60,000 lives annually. Thousands more are injured. Then there is the ocean of emotional harm that engulfs families when a loved one is lost to the kind of hospital mishap experts say is often preventable.

http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/kathleen-finlay/medical-error-deaths_b_8350324.html

Translation company doesn’t pay or is slow to do so, say workers

by Admin4

A Mississauga translation company that does millions of dollars in business with public agencies and well-known corporations takes months to pay professional interpreters, or fails to pay them altogether, say dozens of people who have worked for the firm.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/able-cbc-investigates-1.3283950

Profits Soar for Ontario Auto Insurance Companies

by Admin4
The stated aim of the deductible is to eliminate “nuisance” cases from the system. But that is achieved by the threshold. The deductible is just another way to line the pockets of auto insurance companies. If the Ontario government sees the need to tie the deductible to inflation,why are no-fault accident benefits not tied to inflation?

Practical Strategies Webinar: What You Need to Know about Accident Benefits Heading into 2016

by Admin4

http://www.pialaw.ca/who-we-are/news-events/what-you-need-to-know-about-accident-benefits-heading-into-2016/

Include Occupational Therapy on Extended Health Benefit Plans

by Admin4

Occupational Therapy helps clients get back to work when faced with physical disability – sign the petition!

https://www.change.org/p/include-occupational-therapy-on-extended-health-benefit-plans …

Insurance Bureau of Canada responds to OTLA study on auto insurance costs in Ontario

by Admin4

“This trial lawyers’ study is misleading Ontario consumers. It is not an academic study. There are a number of factors contributing to the cost of auto insurance, including not only distracted driving and fraud – but also the exorbitant fees that trial lawyers are themselves demanding of innocent accident victims,” said Ralph Palumbo, a spokesman for Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC).

http://www.shopinsurancecanada.ca/blog/news/insurance-bureau-of-canada-responds-to-otla-study-on-auto-insurance-costs-in-ontario/