Social Media, The Workplace, and You!
A look at how social media is being used in the insurance industry, how it is allowed within our networks, and what should or shouldn’t be permitted by employers.
What Canada can learn from the Australian flooding
Watching the pictures of the severe flooding in Australia, and thinking about all the folks who are now displaced, has turned my thoughts to similar catastrophe events in Canada. Whether the Fraser River…
A new direction for a new year
2010 turned out to be an extremely difficult year to be in the claims business. Aside from fantastic weather across the country, which lead to an overal reduction in claims…
Ontario court waffles on when to hear a threshold motion.
For a long time, the idea of the injury threshold to tort claims in Ontario has been considered “under attack” by the legal system. The threshold, which outlines that a…
Toronto a “hotbed” of Staged Automobile Accidents
There is a great article in today’s Globe and Mail (thank you to the Ontario Insurance Law Blog for the link) regarding the Insurance Bureau of Canada‘s recent warning around staged automobile…
One day into the reforms…
We are one day into the new auto reforms in Ontario, and one day into the confusion. Transition rules, who is still using what form, what everything means. Whee, fun!…