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Claims Canada - April/May 2010

Features

Fighting Fraud - Five Perspectives
Fraud costs the insurance industry an estimated $1.3 to $2.6 billion annually -- 10 to 15 per cent of claims paid. Reducing that figure takes the dedication of all areas of the claims field.

Damages Resulting from Fatalities
Determining damages for loss of companions and a new method for calculating loss of income

Back to the Future?: The New Auto Insurance Regulations

Blind to Fraud: The OPC's Guidelines on Covert Surveillance Unduly Inhibit Private Investigators

Preparing the Adjuster's File for Litigation -- Part II: Maximizing the Value of the Adjuster's File When Retaining Coverage Counsel

Part I: The Thin Red Line of Fraud Fighters The CASIU Story

Anatomy 101: Common Motor Vehicle Accident Injuries

McGrimmon v. Personal: Anomaly or Harbinger?

Departments

Spotlight

Celebrating 10 Years
QA Adjusting Company in Winnipeg is celebrating its 10th anniversary on April 10, and as owner Russ Malkoske looks back, he never could have imagined where his company would be today.

On The Scene

On the scene

CIAA's Creative Strategic Plan Update

Assured Automotive Group Grand Opening

McCague Borlack LLP ski day

Ontario Insurance Adjusters' Association (OIAA) Professional Development & Claims Conference

CICMA/CIAA Joint Conference Cocktail

Toronto Insurance Women's Association (TIWA) Wine and Cheese

President's Message

La Plume du Président

Message from the President

First Notice

A stroke speculatively caused by an auto collision entitles victim to accident benefits: FSCO

Only one Class 4 impairment required for injury victim to be deemed catastrophically impaired: FSCO arbitrator

Group disability benefits can be deducted from income replacement benefits: FSCO

Ontario arbitration case may have widened definition of 'catastrophic impairment'

Fulfilling legal obligation to advise of policy cancellation does not prove insured knew his policy had been cancelled: FSCO

Education Forum

Building on a Promise: Construction Surety Bonds