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Blaney McMurtry LLP, CBM LLP, Cox & Palmer, Fillmore Riley LLP, Kelly Santini LLP, McKercher LLP, Stein Monast, SVR Lawyers, Alberta, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, April 06, 2020 – RMC lawyers across Canada are preparing updates on the COVID-19 virus and its impact on the insurance industry. For full details on our COVID-19 National Response Team, please click here. Alberta Commercial All-Risks Property Policies and Business Losses in the Age of COVID-19 SVR Lawyers – Calgary Update on Rules of Court and Court Closures...

Stein Monast, Quebec, February 25, 2020 – L’Unique, assurances générales inc. v. Roy, 2017 QCCS 3971 and 2019 QCCA 1887 In January 2010, a fire broke out in a building where Dre Brigitte Roy (hereinafter the “Insured”) operated her dental clinic. At the time of the fire, the clinic held a property and business interruption insurance policy subscribed at L’Unique Assurances Générales...

Stein Monast, Quebec, January 28, 2020 – In a judgment rendered on April 15, 2019, the Superior Court stated on a claim by the owners of a building that had caught fire against their insurer, denying coverage on the ground that the insureds had been growing marijuana in the building, and that therefore the exclusion clause related to the use of an...

Stein Monast, Quebec, December 17, 2019 – Very recently, the Court of Quebec reminded us of the importance of asking the insured specific questions about his criminal record at the time of subscription1, even if that question was asked at the time of an earlier subscription with the same insurer concerning another risk. Facts In this case, the insurer of an individual...