Insurance law – Commercial general liability insurance – Property damage – Interpretation of policy – Exclusions – Excess liability – Practice – Appeal – Summary judgments Community Electric Ltd. v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, [2020] S.J. No. 53, 2020 SKCA 17, Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, February 21, 2020, R.K. Ottenbreit, L.M. ...
Insurance law – Homeowner’s insurance – Void policy – Material change in risk – Practice – Appeals Schellenberg v. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Co., [2020] B.C.J. No. 72, 2020 BCCA 22, British Columbia Court of Appeal, January 22, 2020, M.V. Newbury, G.B. Butler and P. Abrioux JJ.A. An outbuilding located on a property owned by the ...
Insurance law – Liability insurance – Errors and omissions policy – Coverage – Limit on liability – Interpretation of policy – Practice – Summary judgments Surespan Structures Ltd. v. Lloyds Underwriters, [2020] B.C.J. No. 33, 2020 BCSC 27, British Columbia Supreme Court, January 10, 2020, W.K. Branch J. A professional liability policy insuring a construction ...
Insurance law – Automobile insurance – Statutory obligations – Cancellation of policy, time cancellation in effect – Arbitration – Practice – Appeals – Standard of review Allstate Insurance Co. v. Ontario (Minister of Finance), [2020] O.J. No. 726, 2020 ONSC 830, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, February 6, 2020, B. Davies J. The insurer cancelled ...
Insurance law – Automobile insurance – Territorial limitations – Underinsured motorist – Practice – Appeals – Standard of review – Summary judgments – Availability Wage v. Canadian Direct Insurance Inc., [2020] A.J. No. 139, 2020 ABCA 49, Alberta Court of Appeal, February 4, 2020, B.L. Veldhuis, F.L. Schutz and M.G. Crighton JJ.A. The insured pedestrian ...
Insurance law – Group insurance – Long term disability benefits – Limitation of actions – Practice – Appeals – Summary judgments Clarke v. Sun Life Assurance Co. of Canada, [2020] O.J. No. 71, 2020 ONCA 11, Ontario Court of Appeal, January 8, 2020, D.M. Brown, G. Huscroft and G.T. Trotter JJ.A. The insured made a ...
Insurance law – Commercial general liability insurance – Professional negligence – Exclusions – Occurrence vs. claims based policy – Interpretation of policy First Condo Group Ltd. v. Lloyd’s Underwriters, [2020] O.J. No. 122, 2020 ONSC 146, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, January 8, 2020, P.M. Perell J. The insured was an engineering firm who prepared ...
Insurance law – Accident and sickness insurance – Priority coverage – Interpretation of policy – Entitlement to benefits – Practice – Appeals – Standard of review Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Intact Insurance, [2019] N.J. No. 392, 2019 NLCA 76, Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal, December 20, 2019, B.G. Welsh, L.R. Hoegg and W.H. Goodridge ...
Insurance law – Fire insurance – Extension – Interpretation of policy Be In Christ Church of Canada (c.o.b. Welland Brethren in Christ Church) v. Intact Insurance Co., [2019] O.J. No. 6485, 2019 ONSC 7412, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, December 20, 2019, D.L. Edwards J. A dispute arose following a fire loss. The insurer obtained ...
Insurance law – Life insurance – Misrepresentation by insurer – Practice – Summary judgments Kulp Estate v. Cumis Life Insurance, [2019] O.J. No. 6541, 2019 ONSC 7495, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, December 23, 2019, W.U. Tausendfreund J. The insurer brought a summary judgment motion to dismiss the insured’s claims on the basis that there ...
