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The BC Supreme Court distinguished accident-related injuries from the risks posed by a pedestrian’s pre-existing spinal condition and awarded $702,964 following an admitted-liability motor vehicle collision. Its assessment applied thin-skull and crumbling-skull principles to the evidence, without deciding any insurance coverage issue.
A vacant building's exposed rear wall breached its policy warranty despite repairs to a front fence. The insurer owed no indemnity for the fire, but repayment and final costs remained unresolved.
A fatal truck accident had two distinct causes. The Supreme Court held that a CGL automobile exclusion didn't eliminate coverage for the separate workplace negligence that contributed to the same loss.
Canadian renewal rates are falling, but US exposure, rebuilding exclusions and climate pressures complicate what those savings mean.
The Supreme Court held that Lombard owed a duty to defend the contractor against water-damage claims. The pleadings disclosed a possibility of covered property damage, and the successive policy exclusions didn't eliminate it.
Cyber losses are forcing businesses and insurers to confront a basic question: what does it mean for a modern company to be unable to operate?
Product-liability coverage can protect against third-party injury or property-damage claims caused by products, subject to policy exclusions.
Environmental liability insurance can address cleanup costs and third-party pollution claims that may fall outside ordinary property or CGL coverage.
Home policies may offer limited business protection but generally do not replace the commercial liability or professional coverage a business may need.
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