Publications

Cox & Palmer, Nova Scotia, November 24, 2025 – Being a director or officer of a company comes with many responsibilities – responsibilities that if not met are increasingly resulting in claims directly against directors and officers. This is true worldwide. In Global Insurance Law Connect 2025 Directors’ and Officers’ Global Trends report, it highlighted causes such as greater expectations by shareholders and increased legislative and...

SVR Lawyers, Alberta, November 24, 2025 – Bill 47, which upon proclamation, will become the Automobile Insurance Act (the “Act”), was introduced in the First Session of Alberta’s 31st Legislature in 2025. The Bill proposes a major overhaul of the province’s automobile-insurance framework by replacing the current fault-based model with a “care-first” or no-fault approach. The intent is to streamline compensation for...

CBM LLP, Fillmore Riley LLP, Alberta, Manitoba, October 24, 2025 – This webinar recording examines on five of the most significant issues impacting insurance coverage disputes today: Duty to Defend Waiver & Estoppel Bad Faith Reservation of Rights Letters vs. Non-Waiver Agreements Privilege Considerations Our panel of experienced insurance coverage counsel examine how courts are approaching these issues and what claims professionals need to know when...

Blaney McMurtry LLP, Ontario, October 22, 2025 – In the recent decision of Echelon General Insurance Company v. Unifund Assurance 2025 ONCA 324, the Ontario Court of Appeal allowed Unifund’s appeal settling the issue over whether arbitrators deciding priority disputes under Regulation 283 may routinely order one insurer to reimburse another insurer for its pre-arbitration expenses, outside of situations where s. 2.1(7) of Regulation...