Publications

Fillmore Riley LLP, Manitoba, July 14, 2012 – There has been a lot of commentary in the media about naïve Canadians inadvertently failing to provide full disclosure on their applications for travel and disability insurance.  A CBC Marketplace episode highlighted a number of situations where people completed insurance applications, thinking they were covered in case of illness or medical expenses.  In the broadcast,...

Fillmore Riley LLP, Manitoba, July 18, 2011 – This article considers insurance issues which arise on the insolvency of an insured.  In particular, we look at the obligation of trustees in bankruptcy to maintain existing coverage, and the competing concern which some insurers have, that the insolvency of the insured constitutes a material change of the risk. Section 24(1) of the Bankruptcy &...