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From FSCO to the LAT: Procedural Changes to Accident Benefits Disputes

Written by Najma Rashid / Accident Benefits, Insurance / March 09, 2016
signpost reads LAT in front of FSCO offices in Toronto

  The 2015 Ontario budget announced on April 23, 2015 brings sweeping changes to the auto insurance accident benefits system. Catastrophic and non-Catastrophic funding limits were slashed, and drastic revisions to the definition of “catastrophic impairment” were proposed. There will be a huge procedural change as well; disputes under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (“SABS”) will no longer be subject to the jurisdiction of the Financial Services …

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Transition to the LAT

Written by Ontario Trial Lawyers Association / Accident Benefits, Association News, Insurance / March 07, 2016

The LAT is set to begin receiving applications for SABS disputes on April 1. OTLA is addressing significant concerns about the transition, specifically an insured’s ability to access the new dispute resolution process.

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Why you need optional car insurance benefits

Written by Andrea Girones / Accident Benefits, Insurance / February 18, 2016
a hand signs a form with a car in the background

Posted with permission from gironeslawyers.com Several changes to the Ontario Accident Benefits regime in recent years have meant that you do need many of the optional benefits offered by your car insurance company. Because these optional increases cost more money, many people opt not to purchase them. Unfortunately, it is only after they are injured in a car accident that people realize why the optional benefits are …

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New Laws Passed to Improve Road Safety for Pedestrians

Written by Michael Giordano / Automobile, Safety / February 03, 2016

2015 saw 38 pedestrians struck and killed on Toronto streets – the most annual fatalities of this kind in the past five years. The most vulnerable pedestrians – young children and the elderly – account for the majority of these deaths, with over 60% being seniors. According to the Chief Coroner’s Report on Pedestrian Deaths in Ontario, children and seniors are the most vulnerable pedestrians for …

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Tis the Season for Winter Tires and Ontario Insurers are playing Scrooge with the Discounts

Written by Laura Hillyer / Insurance, Safety / November 30, 2015

Winter tires are an important part of safe winter driving. The tire rubber is more flexible and contacts cold, icy roads in a way that all season and summer tires simply can’t. Shorter stopping distances and greater vehicle control translate to a lower risk of collision and, accordingly, decreased chance of an insurance claim. In April’s provincial budget, the Ontario government promised to make insurance …

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Next Halloween, Beware Headless Horsemen, Driverless Cars Roaming Streets

Written by Angela Comella / Automobile, New technology / November 04, 2015

By next Halloween, not only will we see Headless Horsemen roaming the streets but we may also see driverless cars alongside them! Before a call is made to Dr. Egon Spengler and the rest of the Ghostbusters; no – they aren’t ghost cars – they are autonomous vehicles and Ontario is set to become the first jurisdiction in Canada to begin testing them on our …

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