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Your Source For Daily Insurance News & AnalysisCombatting Fraud: Tips from Insurance Canada
During this unprecedented time Tom Hawkins, West Bend Mutual Insurance’s Director of Claims predicts that fraud will increase dramatically, …
CMPA proposes ‘industry-wide solution’ to insurance conundrum
The excerpted article was written by Jordan Pinto Source: Realscreeen The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) is in the process of developing a proposal that, if accepted, would see the federal government serve as a backstop for COVID-19 insurance claims....
AP FACT CHECK: Trump vs. Twitter on truth and consequences
By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward And Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump and Twitter tangled over truth and consequences this past week as the social media giant flagged the president's tweets for spreading false information...
Dysfunction in long term care takes toll on overburdened workforce
THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ Conditions in long-term care are breaking the people who staff nursing and retirement homes, leading to worse care for the vulnerable seniors who live there, the head of the Canadian Support Workers Association said. About 82 per...
How finding a ministerial home for CMHC caused ‘madness’ in November
By Jordan Press THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ The head of Canada's federal housing agency wrote a one-word email in November to sum up the time it took to figure out just which newly shuffled cabinet minister was responsible for the agency, which oversees billions in...
Air Canada increases size of financing deal to roughly $1.4 billion
MONTREAL _ Air Canada has increased the size of a financing deal announced earlier this week to roughly $1.4 billion as it works to bolster its coffers to deal with the pandemic. The company says the shares in the offering have been priced at $16.25 apiece. It plans...
Insurance Policies, 1 Insured: Who Defends The Action, Who Pays The Costs Of The Defence, And Who Controls The Defence?
The excepted article was written by by Van Krkachovski and Ryan Smith McCague Borlack LLP This was a dispute between AIG Insurance Company of Canada and Lloyd's Underwriters in respect of the duty to defend a claim brought against the City of Markham. The City rented...
SGI: Speeding and work zones – Here’s what you need to know
Did you know that driving 100km/h past an emergency vehicle with lights flashing results in a $570 ticket and 3 demerits? Many drivers go over the speed limit or drive too fast for conditions. Driving at an unsafe speed can greatly increase the severity of a crash;...
COVID 19 aid programs will have to end, others to be modified, Trudeau says
By Jordan Press THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA _ The federal government is in talks with business and labour groups to figure out the future of billions in emergency aid, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said one day after a warning that current spending was sustainable for...
Singh wants Ottawa to send military allegations of nursing home neglect to RCMP
OTTAWA _ NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he wants to see the RCMP investigate conditions in long-term care homes in Ontario following allegations in a report of neglect and abuse in five homes being helped by the military. Singh says he has written to Public Safety...
