Search results

Order by most recent / most popular / relevance

Results: 1-10 of 32

Suits between liability insurers now possible in Quebec

Norton Rose Canada LLP
-
Canada
-
September 4 2009

The question of whether a liability insurer that had paid out an indemnity owing to the negligence of its insured could seek reimbursement of a portion of that indemnity from another insurer covering the same risk had in recent years been the subject of debate in Quebec law

Ontario Court of Appeal denies a liability insurer the right to appoint defence counsel

Norton Rose Canada LLP
-
Canada
-
April 25 2008

The past few years have seen a number of rulings by the courts relating to liability insurers’ duty to defend their insureds

An insured may be represented by more than one lawyer in some circumstances

Norton Rose Canada LLP
-
Canada
-
September 30 2009

In Gagnon c. Sinotte, a decision handed down by the Quebec Court of Appeal on August 13, 2009, the Court recognized the right of a liability insurer whose insured is the subject of a countersuit to appoint an attorney to take up the defence other than the attorney already representing the insured in the principal action

Apportionment now

Norton Rose Canada LLP
-
Canada
-
May 21 2009

How, if at all, should the costs of defending a lawsuit be apportioned between the insurer and insured when only some of the claims made in the lawsuit are covered by the applicable insurance policy?

Supreme Court of Canada: insurers cannot always benefit from legal subrogation

Norton Rose Canada LLP
-
Canada
-
February 13 2008

A recent decision of the Supreme Court of Canada, in a case from Quebec, confirms the wisdom of insurers’ longstanding practice of obtaining a transfer of their insureds’ rights when they pay claims

The Quebec Court of Appeal innovates by recognizing “potential subrogation”

Norton Rose Canada LLP
-
Canada
-
June 19 2009

The facts in Kingsway are quite straightforward

The recourses of the Quebec Health Insurance Board and the Government of Quebec against persons responsible for bodily injury

Norton Rose Canada LLP
-
Canada
-
October 19 2009

Whether companies work in the services sector or the manufacturing sector, they occasionally face claims for bodily injury

When a liability insurer hesitates in taking up the insured's defence does it risk losing the right to appoint counsel?

Norton Rose Canada LLP
-
Canada
-
July 3 2009

The Quebec Court of Appeal recently had a chance to address this issue in Entreprises M. Bourget inc. c. Compagnie d'assurances Missisquoi

Clause permitting an insurer to limit or cancel coverage upheld by Quebec Superior Court

Norton Rose Canada LLP
-
Canada
-
January 18 2008

The Quebec Superior Court has upheld a clause in a credit insurance policy allowing the insurer to cancel or amend approved credit coverage

The Quebec Court of Appeal and the exclusions for criminal and intentional acts

Norton Rose Canada LLP
-
Canada
-
March 5 2013

On January 16, 2013, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld an exclusion for criminal and intentional acts invoked by an insurer in relation to fire

next >