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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 8, 2024 5:18 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Last year ranks among the top five worst years on record in insured damage from extreme weather events, the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) said, but it wasn’t the worst. Noteworthy severe weather events …
Read More »Details of new federal dental insurance plan coming, sources say – National
By Laura Osman The Canadian Press Posted December 11, 2023 7:23 am Updated December 11, 2023 7:24 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Several government ministers are expected to launch Monday a new federal dental insurance plan that will provide benefits directly to eligible Canadian residents, though …
Read More »Cost, lack of insurance keeping Canadians from seeing the dentist: StatCan – National
With the federal government’s early steps for a dental care plan expected to be announced before the end of the year, new data from Statistics Canada suggests more than one in three Canadians had not visited a dentist over the span of 12 months between 2021 and 2022 — and …
Read More »‘Overwhelming response’ sees road tests still required: Manitoba Public Insurance – Winnipeg
Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) is slamming the brakes on waiving road test requirements for drivers-ed graduates. The announcement comes on the heels of what MPI said was an “overwhelming response from the driver education community.” For long-time instructor Avtar Sidhu, this U-turn away from the controversial policy, made in response …
Read More »Manitoba Public Insurance details contingency plans amid looming strike – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) says they plan to maintain some services amid potential strike action by Manitoba Government and General Employees’ Union workers. Approximately 1,700 unionized MPI employees are expected to be on the picket line beginning Monday at 7:30 a.m. if …
Read More »Major change is coming to auto insurance in Ontario. How will it affect you?
In December 2022, the Financial Services Regulatory Authority of Ontario (FSRA), made an announcement that could have major implications for auto insurance policies in 2024. The FSRA, which is the governing body for insurers in Ontario, changed the rules so that beginning next year, automobile owners will no longer be …
Read More »Ontario to expand deposit insurance coverage to credit unions for homebuyers
Ontario is expanding deposit insurance to credit unions for homebuyers. Public and Business Service Delivery Minister Kaleed Rasheed says the measures will help protect Ontario credit union members who are saving for their first home. The changes would apply to credit union members who have a first home savings account. …
Read More »Lytton, B.C. woman says insurance at risk over delays to rebuild fire-ravaged village
A Lytton, B.C., woman is calling on the province for help as she faces the potential loss of an insurance settlement over the loss of her home in the fire that razed the village to the ground. Tiffany Callewaert Haugan’s home was among the scores of properties destroyed when a …
Read More »Eby says ICBC safeguards in place amid latest complaints about no-fault insurance
B.C.’s premier says safeguards are in place to protect the public as they engage with the province’s no-fault insurance system. David Eby made the comments in response to a Global News question Thursday related to the case of a Vancouver woman who alleges ICBC has been fighting her over medical …
Read More »ICBC’s no-fault insurance faces constitutional challenge from crash victim, lawyers
Tim Schober was an active tennis player, cyclist, hiker and a practising lawyer well into his 60s before a car made an illegal exit on a Victoria highway and crashed into him while he was cycling to work last August. “By the time things settled down, I had a catastrophic spinal …
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