Nothing in here that will help protect auto accident victims from predatory IME providers
http://www.cpso.on.ca/uploadedFiles/CTAs/External_CTAs/docsearch/New-Information-Public-Register.pdf
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Should Your Genetics Be Available to Insurance Companies?
Ontario is proposing a change to the Ontario Human Rights Code aimed at protecting people’s genetic information from being used by insurance companies and employers. This would allow more people to have genetic testing done, for health or research purposes — testing they would possibly not do if they had to disclose the test results to insurers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/robert-l-brown/genetic-testing-canada_b_4356584.html
Ontario appeal court rules Wawanesa must defend homeowner policyholder sued over injury to child
The Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled this week against Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company, upholding an earlier ruling declaring that the carrier has a duty to defend a homeowner’s insurance client being sued in a third party claim over a traffic accident that injured their daughter — despite a clause in the policy excluding claims for bodily injury to others in the household.
Arbitrator rules in favour of Ontario auto claimant refusing to attend insurer’s medical examination
“Given that an insured person’s treating practitioner must provide a factually based medical opinion to support a claim for treatment outside the MIG, I find it is reasonable to require an insurer who chooses to refuse to pay an initial claim to counter with something more than simply a desire ‘to determine if your impairment is predominantly a minor injury as described in the Minor Injury Guideline,’ as Unifund has done in this case,” Sapin wrote.
Recent Clinical Research in the Treatment of Concussion Symptoms Reveals Previously Unrecognized Symptoms
New research is explaining the relationships of previously unrecognized symptoms
TGIF? Not So Fast! Allstate Canada Data Reveals Friday has Highest Car Collision Rate
“Collision Rates Across Canada Down by 5.3%, According to Safe Driving Study ” – so why are our rates so high?
Highway robbery: Pirates on the highway are costing Ontario drivers billions
Drivers can earn commissions of up to 20 per cent on everything from bodywork to legal services to medical care. Some drivers have told the PTAO about doctors offering them a flat fee of $1,000 for bringing in a new patient after an accident.
Medical marijuana users launch proposed lawsuit after Health Canada privacy gaffe Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/medical-marijuana-users-launch-proposed-lawsuit-after-health-canada-privacy-gaffe
“There’s not just the social stigma associated with the marijuana use itself, there’s the social stigma with many of the illnesses that these individuals all suffer from.”
CBC – Tuesday : Without a lawyer
In two-thirds of family court cases, people are representing themselves. Why did you go that route? Did you get justice? http://www.cbc.ca/ontariotoday/2013/11/25/tuesday-without-a-lawyer/
Desjardins General Insurance Group reports solid third quarter
Net income of $45.4 million, up from $20.9 million in Q3 2012.