Disability Insurance Explained

In this interview, Toronto personal injury lawyer Allan Chapnik explains disability insurance. What is disability insurance? AC: At its simplest, disability insurance is an insurance company’s promise to pay you a certain amount of money each month when injury or illness prevents you from working and earning your pay. So, if you can’t do your job because […]

Video: Catastrophic Designation Changes To The SABS

Toronto personal injury lawyer Alex Voudouris was asked to speak at the OBIA Advisory Council (OAC) meeting this month. The topic was Catastrophic Designation Changes to Statutory Accident Benefits. Here is a video of his presentation, with questions from the audience: Catastrophic Designation Changes to the SABS, Alex Voudouris, Pace Law Firm, at OBIA Advisory Council (OAC) Meeting, […]

Changing The Definition Of Catastrophic Impairment

Toronto Personal Injury Lawyer Albert Conforzi: The Financial Services Commission of Ontario(FSCO) is holding a catastrophic impairment roundtable to discuss changes to catastrophic impairments under the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule (SABS). We have in Ontario a curious situation. The SABS requires utilization of the American Medical Association Guides to the Assessment of Permanent Impairment (4th edition). This determines how […]

FSCO Finally Doing Something About Meditation Backlog

Toronto Personal Injury Lawyer Alex Voudouris: I read with interest this piece from Canadian Underwriter: The Financial Services Commission of Ontario is reaching the midway point of a six-month pilot aimed at streamlining part of its mediation process and saving mediators’ time. Effective Jan. 2, the pilot program allows the parties involved in mediation who have […]

Read What You’re Signing

James Metcalfe – Director of Immigration: Sometimes Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) gets it right, but it takes a long time.

Can Insurance Companies Spy On Your Social Media Accounts?

Toronto Personal Injury Lawyer Nancy Young: For many years, insurance companies have been hiring private investigators to conduct surveillance on personal injury claimants. However, the right to spy doesn’t stop with the physical world. In the past few years, the laws of Ontario have expanded to allow snooping in cyberspace. This includes the contents of your […]