Alliance in the News
Monday, February 20, 2012
Car Insurance: I Cut My Costs by $300 By Asking
Monday, February 20, 2012
"No Fault" Means No Benefits When You Most Need Them
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Intact Posts Best Underwriting Performance in 5 Years
Intact Financial Corporation (TSX: IFC) reported an underwriting profit of $118 million in 2011 Q4, up significantly from the $21-million underwriting profit it reported in 2010 Q4. "O...
>>moreWednesday, February 01, 2012
Car Insurance Appeal Backlog forces Agency to Reach Out to Private Firms for Help
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Claim for Mental Distress Puts Pressure on Insurance Companies
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Ontario Auto Insurance Changes Affecting Rehab Coverage
By Mike Crawley, CBC News
Ontarians injured in car accidents are finding out that in many cases, the rehab prescribed by their health providers will not be covered by their insurance.
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Car Injury Claims Increasingly Denied
By Mike Crawley, CBC News
A Hamilton speech therapist says car insurance companies are increasingly rejecting her recommended treatments for people who’ve been hurt in accidents.
Deidre Sperry helps her clients recover from brain injuries. Those w...
>>moreSunday, January 22, 2012
Ontario Insurers Leave Catastrophically Injured at risk
BY ALAN SHANOFF, TORONTO SUN
While the insurance industry has loudly proclaimed the pervasiveness of insurance fraud, it has been quietly leading a battle to deny benefits to the most seriously injured car accident victims.
That battle is being w...
>>moreSaturday, January 21, 2012
Autos.ca - Crash Victims are being denied in Ontario
Toronto, Ontario – Insurance companies in Ontario are turning down an increasing percentage of requests for the assessment and treatment of serious injuries sustained by motor vehicle crash victims, according to a new survey.
The survey, spearhea...
Monday, December 26, 2011
Toronto Sun - Report Invites Questions
The Interim Report of the Ontario Auto Insurance Anti- Fraud Task Force released earlier this month is more interesting for what it doesn’t report than what it does.
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/12/16/report-invites-questions
>>moreTuesday, December 13, 2011
Insurance Inquiry needed 31 Ontario Auditor General’s report provides more ammunition for the industry’s critics
By Alan Shanoff, Toronto Sun
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Toronto Sun - Deny and delay on Hamilton man's insurance claim
By Michele Mandel ,Toronto Sun
First posted: Thursday, November 17, 2011
HAMILTON - William Huang flatlined on the operating table at St. Michael’s Hospital.
It was just ten days before Christmas last year and the 52-year-old millwright was deliver...
Sunday, November 06, 2011
Toronto Sun - Adjusters forgetting ethics
I’d suggest insurance adjusters invest in new fax machines and get more organized.
By Alan Shanoff ,Toronto Sun
First posted: Saturday, November 05, 2011
“The Adjuster shall so act as to promote public confidence in insurance companies through fa...
>>moreWednesday, November 02, 2011
Toronto Sun - ‘Generous’ accident benefits?
Contrary to insurance industry claims, Ontario has lowest minor injury benefits in Canada.
Click here to read the rest of the story.
>>moreFriday, October 21, 2011
CBC - Auto Insurance Issues with Host Rita Celli
Howie, Sacks & Henry Managing Partner Adam Wagman was featured on CBC Radio One today at noon discussing auto insurance issues with host Rita Celli and answering listener questions.
Please click the link below to listen to today's episode:
http://w...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Devastating accident leaves cyclist struggling with insurance payout
"If I had been hit by somebody with the highest amount of insurance, I would probably be in better shape," said Charlene Groh.
You can view this story at: http://www.moneyville.ca/article/1072191--devastating-accident-leaves-cyclist-struggling-with...
Wednesday, October 05, 2011
Toronto Sun - Political silence on car insurance
A new Fraser Institute study confirms what Ontario car drivers know.
We pay the highest auto insurance premiums in Canada, an average of $1,281 annually in 2009, the latest year for which figures are available.
To read the entire article please c...
>>moreWednesday, October 05, 2011
Toronto Star - Roseman: Car insurance should be election issue
If the upcoming Ontario election is about pocketbook issues, why is no one talking about car insurance?
>>moreFriday, September 30, 2011
CFRB 1010 Interview with Alliance President Nick Gurevich
The Alliance’s Nick Gurevich and car accident survivor, Dino Le Donne speak with Mike Bullard on CFRB 1010 Radio about changes to auto insurance and they affect every day Ontarians.
>>moreSaturday, September 17, 2011
Toronto Sun – Accident victims still waiting. Being able to obtain insurance benefits on a timely basis is no easy task.
If justice delayed is justice denied, then Ontario car accident victims are certainly getting the short end of the stick.
http://www.torontosun.com/2011/09/16/accident-victims-still-waiting
>>moreSunday, September 11, 2011
600CKAT North Bay News – Insurance a key focus as election approaches
A summary of the CKAT News interview with Alliance spokesperson Justine Hamilton.
The election campaign is underway in Ontario and one group is looking to see auto insurance become an issue. The Alliance of Community Medical and Rehabilitation Prov...
>>moreSaturday, September 03, 2011
Toronto Sun – Benefit reductions a big risk
Accident victims should be entitled to medical and rehabilitation benefits based on need.
>>moreTuesday, August 23, 2011
CFRB 1010 - Interview with Alliance Spokesperson Patricia Howell
The Alliance's Patricia Howell speaks with Mike Bullard on CFRB 1010 Radio about changes to auto insurance.
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Toronto Star - Toronto drivers face hefty insurance hikes
Ashkan Alavi wants to know why he’s paying more money for less insurance.
The 44-year-old physicist expects to pay just over $1,500 this year in auto insurance premiums, up from nearly $1,150 last year.
Click here to read the full article.
Sunday, August 07, 2011
Toronto Sun - Bilked by auto insurers? Always crying poor, it's time for car insurance companies to open their books.
You’ve got to hand it to the insurance industry’s public relations efforts.
Here we are, eight weeks until the Ontario provincial election and there’s hardly a peep about insurance as an election issue.
Click here to read the full article.
>>moreSunday, March 27, 2011
Toronto Sun - Why are Torontonians auto insurance rates soaring?
Last year, the auto insurance industry told consumers we would soon pay less for less coverage.
But in the end, we are just paying more - in some cases a lot more - and getting less - a lot less. Why does that keep happening?
>>moreIn The News
Monday, February 20, 2012
Car Insurance: I Cut My Costs by $300 By Asking
Monday, February 20, 2012
"No Fault" Means No Benefits When You Most Need Them
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Intact Posts Best Underwriting Performance in 5 Years
Intact Financial...