October 2011

Agent pleads guilty, taken into custody

Lonna Monday, October 31, 2011 Add Comment Edit

Former Washington insurance agent Jasmine Jamrus-Kassim pleaded guilty this morning to 10 counts of theft for stealing more than $1 million ...

Children's open enrollment ends Monday, Oct. 31

Lonna Thursday, October 27, 2011 Add Comment Edit

If you need an individual health plan for your child or want to add them to your insurance, you have until Monday, Oct. 31. After that, unle...

New Minor Injury Guideline

Lonna Wednesday, October 26, 2011 1 Comment Accident Benefits, Insurance Act Edit

The new Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS) came into effect September 1, 2010. Among the key amendments, there has been a reduction...

Does insurance cover space junk crashing to earth?

Lonna Monday, October 24, 2011 Add Comment Edit

If pieces of a satellite crash on your home or car -- or on you -- does insurance cover that? Yes, according to the Insurance Information I...

Municipality attempts to exert rights to shoreline road after discovering a 150 year old By-law

Lonna Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Add Comment Municipal Law, Summary Judgment Edit

Meaford (Municipality) v. Grist [2011] O.J. No. 4188 This is an interesting case regarding an 1854 By-law that had been found in 2004, whic...

Is the weather really getting worse? Insurer's data suggests yes

Lonna Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Add Comment Edit

Munich Re, a major reinsurance company, this summer released a very interesting report on natural disasters, and the data suggests that, as ...

Red cars, insurance and speeding tickets

Lonna Monday, October 17, 2011 Add Comment Edit

There's an urban myth out there that holds that the color of a car affects your insurance rate. The rumor is so pervasive that some insu...

Don't get fooled by official-looking health insurance website

Lonna Friday, October 14, 2011 Add Comment Edit

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is warning consumers about a site that "has the appearance of being an off...

Premera refiles rate request

Lonna Thursday, October 13, 2011 Add Comment Edit

Premera Blue Cross has refiled a rate change for its individual health plans - this time seeking a 4.7 percent increase. We disapproved it...

The Importance of Causation

Lonna Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Add Comment Causation, Duty of Care Edit

In Lancaster (Litigation Guardian of) v. Santos , [2011] O.J. No. 3706 , the County of Dufferin was added as a third party in an action aris...

Insurance company not paying a life insurance claim? Here's what you can do...

Lonna Monday, October 10, 2011 Add Comment Edit

Generally, insurance companies can only deny life insurance proceeds within the first two policy years for two reasons. This is called the &...

Where you can find a flu shot

Lonna Friday, October 7, 2011 Add Comment Edit

Here's a new site, developed by the feds, where you can type in your zip code and immediately get a list of local pharmacies, etc. that ...

Insurance agent who sold fake policies sentenced to more than two years in prison

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An insurance agent who sold hundreds of thousands of dollars in fake business-insurance policies has been sentenced to more than two years i...

How to avoid buying a flood-damaged car

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With hurricane and storm season winding down, an insurance industry organization is warning about the likelihood that flood-damaged vehicles...

Court of Appeal Comments on s. 132 of the Insurance Act

Lonna Wednesday, October 5, 2011 Add Comment Duty to Indemnify, Insurance Act Edit

The Court of Appeal recently commented on s. 132 of the Insurance Act. Section 132 provides that a person who obtains a judgment against an...

Scammed seniors will be repaid more than $1 million

Lonna Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Add Comment Edit

Retirees who lost more than $1 million to an unscrupulous insurance agent will be repaid, under an agreement reached between the insurance c...

Class-action settlement covers hundreds of thousands of insurance customers

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Hundreds of thousands of people who were led to expect more interest than they got from annuities are eligible for a multi-million dollar cl...

Turned down for life insurance? Here's what you can do...

Lonna Monday, October 3, 2011 Add Comment Edit

If you apply for life insurance and get rejected, it's usually due to a specific health condition. Here’s what you can do to appeal thei...