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Ontario can’t reduce auto premiums 15% without Bill 171: Brokers’ group
The Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) is urging provincial politicians to vote in favour of a bill that proposes to make several changes to the auto insurance dispute resolution system.
AUTO INSURANCE: Bill 171 l Bill 189
http://www.scribd.com/doc/220786096/Auto-Insurance-l-Bill-171-Bill-189
Legal decisions changing Bodily Injury claims processes
Toronto, April 29, 2014: Adjusters and insurers are urged to be very specific in outlining to the insured person all the reasons why Insurer Examinations are reasonably required, or there may be serious consequences, warns Laurie Walker of Granite Claims Solutions and Jason Frost of Hughes Amys LLP.
http://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/inspress/productDetail.aspx?id=13275&er=NA
FAIR Submission on Bill 171 April 30 2014
Why is there no effort on the part of our government to fix this dishonest insurance system that at best can be described as run by insurance companies who are incompetent at handling the claims of their own customers and at worst as a dysfunctional corrupt system that is harming vulnerable injured Ontarians. Bill 171 further entrenches the existing abuses and then makes it more attractive to insurers to increase their rate of denials by rewarding them financially for doing so. By reducing the prejudgement interest insurers owe on payments to MVA victims that they failed to make in the first place, it is the insurers who will benefit. Bill 171 rewards those unscrupulous or incompetent insurers.
How does that fit in with an elected official’s duty to protect the best interests of Ontarians?