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Real estate title fraud and insurance: recent Ontario changes

  • McMillan LLP
  • -
  • Canada
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  • November 16 2007

Over the past few years Ontario has been hit by a wave of fraudulent real estate transactions involving identity fraud; that is, people either forging or fraudulently conveying or mortgaging properties using the identity of the registered owner

Insurer precluded from denying coverage under "settlement" exclusion in an all-risks policy

  • Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP
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  • Canada
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  • March 27 2009

The 2008 decision of the Alberta Court of Queen's Bench in Engel Estate v. Aviva Insurance Company of Canada, 2008 ABQB 645 ("Engel Estate") is an interesting discussion of both U.S. and Canadian case law on "All Risks" property coverage

Homeowners liable to contractor in construction lien proceedings but not indemnified by their property insurer for additional costs under the guaranteed replacement cost endorsement of their policy

  • Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • May 10 2010

In TGA General Contracting v. Cirillo (October 15, 2009), the Ontario Superior Court of Justice gave judgment to a contractor (“TGA”) in construction lien proceedings for unpaid work and materials and concurrently dismissed the homeowners’ claim against their property insurer (“Wawanesa”) for those amounts pursuant to the guaranteed replacement cost (“GRC”) endorsement of their homeowner’s policy following fire damage to their home

Cheecham v. Saskatchewan Government Insurance

  • Harper Grey LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • December 30 2010

The insured owned a single family rental property

Commercial general liability policies, defective workmanship and the Supreme Court of Canada

  • Robinson Sheppard Shapiro
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  • Canada
  • -
  • October 28 2010

The Supreme Court of Canada ordered Lombard General Insurance Company of Canada to defend its insured: Progressive Homes Ltd in a judgment rendered on Thursday, September 23, 2010

Coleman v. Great American Insurance Co

  • Harper Grey LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • February 23 2011

On September 1, 2006, Oldaker commenced action No. S065653 against the Insureds and others for, amongst other things, breach of duty to properly manage and administer a condominium common property and to promptly repair and maintain that property (the "Underlying Action"

Jamfamco Investments Ltd. v. Intact Insurance Co. of Canada

  • Harper Grey LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • November 12 2010

The applicant, Aviva Canada Inc., brought an application seeking a declaration that the respondent, Intact Insurance Company of Canada, was required to defend and indemnify Jamfamco Investments Ltd. and its principal, John A. Macdonald, in a civil action brought against them and their subcontractor, Murphy, in relation to alleged deficiencies in a log home constructed by them in 1990

Ensuring appropriate insurance coverage

  • McMillan LLP
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  • Canada
  • -
  • September 20 2010

A recent case demonstrates the importance of carefully reading an insurance policy and ensuring that the insurance policy remains in force

Minox Equities Ltd. v. Sovereign General Insurance Co

  • Harper Grey LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • September 30 2010

The insured owned a housing complex, for which it purchased a broad-form, all-risk policy of insurance from Sovereign-General Insuance Co. between 1993 and 2003

Start date for calculating pre-judgment interest in property insurance: Quebec Court of Appeal rules

  • Norton Rose Canada LLP
  • -
  • Canada
  • -
  • May 5 2011

What is the start date for calculating pre-judgment interest in property insurance in Quebec?