Insurance coverage for mortgage fraud was not excluded where the mortgage proceeds were paid to the borrower’s lawyer despite an exclusion clause where payment of mortgage proceeds was made to any person or entity other than the borrower

12. June 2018 0
Insurance law – Mortgage insurance – Exclusions – Fraud – Interpretation of policy – Practice – Appeals Nodel v. Stewart Title Guaranty Co., [2018] O.J. No. 1872, 2018 ONCA 341, Ontario Court of Appeal, April 9, 2018, G.J. Epstein, D. Paciocco and I.V.B. Nordheimer JJ.A. The insured was a private mortgage lender and the victim ...

The insured sought coverage under his Ontario automobile insurance policy following an accident on an uninsured ATV in British Columbia. The ATV was not covered by the policy because the ATV was not an “automobile” under the Ontario policy.

12. June 2018 0
Insurance law – Automobile insurance – Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule – Automobile – definition – Interprovincial issues – Practice – Appeals – Standard of review Benson v. Belair Insurance Co., [2018] O.J. No. 1883, 2018 ONSC 2297, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, April 9, 2018, G.B. Morawetz R.S.J., J.A. Thorburn and E.R. Tzimas JJ. The ...

The insurer was not acting in bad faith or in breach of the terms of the policy when it discontinued coverage after the insured refused to attend a medical examination without being able to video record the examination

12. June 2018 0
Insurance law – Automobile insurance – Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule – Independent medical examination – Bad faith – Breach of policy Greenidge v. Allstate Insurance Co., [2018] A.J. No. 416, 2018 ABQB 266, Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench, April 6, 2018, K.G. Nielsen J. The insured refused to attend an independent medical examination arranged by ...

If notifying an insured of cancellation of coverage by registered mail, the onus to prove that the mail reached the post office is on the insurer

12. June 2018 0
Insurance law – Automobile insurance – Cancellation of policy, time cancellation in effect – Rights and duties of insurer – Interprovincial issues McBrien v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia, [2018] B.C.J. No. 611, 2018 BCSC 553, British Columbia Supreme Court, April 6, 2018, L.A. Warren J. Following a motor vehicle accident, the insurer argued it ...

Strata building sprinkler system held to be a plumbing delivery and distribution system, and therefore defects in material and labour for the sprinkler system enjoyed a two year warranty

09. March 2018 0
The strata building sprinkler system was held to be a plumbing delivery and distribution system, and therefore defects in material and labour for the sprinkler system enjoyed a two year warranty. Insurance law – Homeowner warranty insurance – Coverage – Expired policy – Property – Strata Corporations Strata Plan 4249 v. Travelers Insurance Co. of Canada, ...

Insured’s fleet policy excludes underinsured motorist coverage, but coverage found in personal vehicles’ policy

09. March 2018 0
A notation of “PP/LC” which qualified a grant of underinsured motorist coverage excluded coverage for the insured as he was neither a private passenger nor driving a light commercial vehicle, but coverage was found in another policy with a similar underinsured motorist coverage clause that did not contain the qualifying notation. Insurance law – Automobile ...

Insured awarded mental distress and punitive damages where insurer found to have failed to act in good faith in the handling of the insured’s disability claim

09. March 2018 0
The insurer was found to have failed to act in good faith in the handling of the insured’s disability claim and the insured was awarded mental distress and punitive damages. Insurance law – Disability insurance – Punitive damages – Mental distress – Medical examination – Good faith Godwin v. Desjardins Financial Security Investments Inc., [2018] ...

Insurer required to pay settlement agreement on behalf of insurer despite his having operated a snowmobile contrary to the terms of his criminal probation order

10. January 2018 0
An insured who operates a motor vehicle contrary to a criminal court order is nevertheless authorized to operate a motor vehicle pursuant to Statutory Condition 4(1). Insurance law – Automobile insurance – Statutory provisions – Exclusions – Appeals – Practice – Settlement of action Middleton v. Pankhurst, [2017] O.J. No. 5661, 2017 ONCA 835, Ontario Court of Appeal, November ...