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- Introduction
- Insufficient Insurance Coverage
- Exclusions
- Optional Benefits
- Conclusion
- Table of Authorities
- Notes
Given the changes made to the insurance scheme in Ontario in 2016 and the resulting vast reduction in damages available to be recovered from an insurer, the nature of the practice of insurance law has been altered in response, such that cases of this nature are drying up in the province. This has prompted discussion amongst members of the bar regar...
Perhaps the most obvious area where a broker may be negligent, and the one most commonly pursued before civil courts, is in failing to provide an insured with adequate coverage to meet their needs. There are a number of circumstances in which such negligence may arise, including the issuing of a homeowner’s policy some years ago and then failing to...
A second circumstance in which broker’s negligence may arise involves the broker arranging for issuance of a policy which excludes coverage in certain pre-defined situations. This type of negligence may arise in any number of scenarios, such as a commercial enterprise making use of vehicles for commercial purposes, and the broker failing to establi...
No discussion of the importance of advising a client about the need to add some additional, optional, benefits to one’s insurance coverage can be had without reference to the seminal Supreme Court of Canada decision Fletcher v Manitoba Public Insurance Corp.. In that case, the plaintiffs had purchased automobile insurance from the defendant insurer...
Broker’s negligence may arise in a variety of circumstances, including those discussed in this paper and other, relatively rarer circumstances (see Canada Brokerlink Inc. v Patterson , where the broker was held liable for advising the client that only one insurer was available to provide the type of insurance sought, when in fact the insured was ab...
1013799 Ontario Ltd. v Kent Line International Ltd, 2000 CarswellOnt 2865, 21 CCLI (3d) 312 (OSCJ). 1126389 Ontario Ltd. v Dalton, 2000 CarswellOnt 580, 20 CCLI (3d) 68 (OSCJ). Canada Brokerlink Inc. v Patterson, 2006 CarswellOnt 8766 (OSCJ). Carlino v H.F. Pat Simmonds Insurance Broker, [1995] OJ No 4210, 34 CCLI (2d) 165, 61 ACWS (3d) 848 (OCJ (G...
Fine’s Flowers Ltd. v General Accident Assurance Co. of Canada, [1977] ACWS 1021, 1977 CarswellOnt 54 (ONCA).2 Ibid, at paras 43 – 45. G.K.N. Keller Canada Ltd. v Hartford Fire Insurance Co., [1983] I.L.R. 1-1656, [1983] O.J. No. 340, 19 A.C.W.S. (2d) 333 (OSC (HCJ)). Prubant v Shillington Insurance, [2004] O.J. No. 4487, 134 A.C.W.S. (3d) 746 (OSC...
We regulate most of the insurance companies that provide insurance for homes, cars and businesses in Canada. The federal and provincial/territorial governments share jurisdiction over insurers. We supervise property and casualty insurers to ensure they remain financially sound.
Jan 3, 2020 · While the finding in this case is fact pattern specific, it continues the streak of decisions that hold insurance agents and brokers to a stringent duty: to not only provide information to their clients, but also to assess/determine the client's insurance needs and gaps, and advise accordingly.
