2015 Insurance Case Law Round Up (webinar)
It has been another busy year in the Ontario courts for the insurance industry. In this insurance law webinar, Mitch Kitagawa updates participants on decisions from 2015 which will touch upon how files are handled in the future.
Cases covered include:
Green may not always mean “go”
Sant v. Sekhon 2013 ONCA 623
Does your policy define the word “accident”
Van Berloe v. Aim Underwriting Limited 2014 ONSC 4648
Are interest rates retroactive?
Cirillo v. Rizzo 2013 ONSC 2440 and El-Khodr v. Lackie 2015 ONSC 4766
Brokers Must Explain to Insureds What Perils are Not Covered
Corrigan v. Crain & Schooley 2015 ONSC 3721
E-mail from adjuster constitutes waiver of the proof of loss requirement
O’Byrne v. Farmers’ Mutual Insurance Company (Lindsay) 2013 ONCA 543
The limitations period for commercial property policies
Boyce v. The Co-Operators General insurance Company 2013 ONCA 298
Subrogation rights unaffected by insured’s bankruptcy proceedings appealed
Douglas v Stan Ferguson Fuels Ltd. 2014 ONSC 4709
The webinar also includes an update on the new statutory deductibles for bodily injury clams.