by SBA Lawyers | Apr 11, 2018 | Court Proceedings, Coverage
A recent Court of Appeal decision outlined the breadth of an insurer’s duty to defend. In Ernst v. Northbridge Personal Insurance Corporation, the application judge ruled that the insurer had a duty to defend the driver of an ATV. The insurance policy extended...
by SBA Lawyers | Apr 7, 2018 | Disability
Employers often provide their employees with access to long-term disability benefits through a group benefit plan. These benefits are usually provided and administered by a third party insurer. The insurer’s role is to manage the disability claim and adjust the file...
by SBA Lawyers | Mar 14, 2018 | Court Proceedings
In the March 8, 2018 decision of Lipovetsky v. Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, the plaintiff brought a motion to the Superior Court of Justice for a more fulsome affidavit of documents from the defendant insurer. The most interesting allegation in their motion...
by SBA Lawyers | Feb 26, 2018 | Employment Practices Liability
With the expansion of Employment Practices Liability Policies (“HR Malpractice Insurance”) and employment practices endorsements in CGL policies, employment related disputes are becoming a growing portion of claim handlers’ workloads. The most common dispute that...
by SBA Lawyers | Feb 8, 2018 | Disability
In the recent decision of Kerwin v. Manulife Financial, the Ontario Superior Court dismissed a summary judgment motion by Manulife, declining to find that funds received in a retirement package are deductible from long term disability benefit payments. As a...
