SABS Priority Disputes 101: Help!
What do you need to do to pursue a SABS priority dispute in Ontario? What are the timelines? What happens next? This is the first of several priority dispute articles in our insurance law series....
View ArticleSABS Priority Disputes 101: Reflection on Deflection
As an accident benefits adjuster, what do you need to do to when a claimant approaches you about a new claim? What do you need to send them? When is an application “complete”? What is deflection? Can...
View ArticleHickory Dickory Dock, COVID-19 Stopped our Clock
COVID-19 has frozen Ontario's limitation periods. What does this mean for SABS loss transfer and priority disputes?
View ArticleExtraterritorial Application of Insurance Act? ONCA is having None of It
Can Ontario's Insurance Act compel an insurer, who does business in Ontario, to pay Ontario benefits under an auto policy issued in another jurisdiction, when the accident occurs in the other...
View ArticleSABS Priority Disputes 101: Notice in 90
What happens when you fail to give a priority dispute notice to another insurer within the prescribed 90-day period? (it isn't good...)
View ArticlePriority Disputes 101: The Claimant
Ontario's priority dispute scheme places disputing insurers front and centre. However, claimants often have an important role in the process...
View ArticlePriority Disputes 101: The Final Frontier
When a priority dispute doesn't resolve in the normal course, the parties submit the issues to a private arbitrator. Oh .... there is also another notice provision that we haven't discussed yet!
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