Oct 7, 2019 | Coverage, Priority Dispute
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. Please read more.
Jun 27, 2019 | Priority Dispute
Can the insurer, who is required to waive reliance on the priority rules and pay accident benefits, still pursue indemnification from the priority insurer? A Superior Court judge says “yes”. In Continental Casualty Company v. Chubb, the claimant was catastrophically...
Jun 5, 2018 | Priority Dispute
A priority dispute between Wawanesa, Northbridge and Allstate arose following the death of an insured truck driver. The truck driver had a policy of insurance on his personal vehicle (Allstate) and a policy of insurance on his work truck (Northbridge). His wife also...
May 16, 2018 | Priority Dispute
Does Uber’s fleet policy with Intact provide primary accident benefits coverage to passengers who do not have their own auto insurance policies? The first arbitration decision on this issue says “yes”. Background In July 2016, FSCO approved a new standard fleet...
Apr 25, 2018 | Court Proceedings, Priority Dispute
Is a school bus company making a bus available for an employee driver’s regular use “at the time of the accident”, if she is not allowed to use the bus at the time of an accident? In TD Insurance v. Dominion, the claimant worked for a school bus company, providing...
Mar 27, 2018 | Court Proceedings, Priority Dispute
As Ontario’s auto insurance industry was waiting anxiously, the Court of Appeal for Ontario released an interesting decision on priority dispute notices to claimants. In Dominion v. Unifund, an accident benefits claimant was not notified of the priority dispute...
