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Burden Shifting: Implications of the BC Health Care Cost Recovery Act |
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The cost of providing health care services in British Columbia is an ongoing budgetary challenge for the provincial government. Provincial data indicates that the daily cost of operating the health care system in British Columbia is $35 million. Approximately 43% of government spending goes to health care on an annual basis.
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Kim A. Wigmore and David J. Wallin
Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation
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MADE IN CHINA: Avoid Importing Risk |
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A recent survey found that more than 90% of multinational corporations report that China is important to their global strategies, with 52% calling it critical. With a growing number of Canadian companies doing business with China, prudent Risk Managers are assessing the potential risks involved in their companies' strategies.
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Paul McCague
McCague Peacock Borlack McInnis & Lloyd LLP
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Coverage Triggers: Canadian Perspective |
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Most construction and insurance claims are relatively straight forward having arisen from a sudden event which causes immediately identifiable property damage - such as a fire, collapse, equipment failure, electrical malfunction or flood. However, claims involving continuous or progressive property damage which does not immediately become a manifest following the operation of an insured peril often present a difficult coverage analysis from an insurance perspective.
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David E. Liblong and Peter F. Yaniszewski
McCague Peacock Borlack McInnis & Lloyd LLP
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10 Things Property & Casualty Insurers Should Know |
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Major revisions to the British Columbia Insurance Act are poised to take effect soon.
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John A. Vamplew
Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation
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The Health Care Costs Recovery Act: A Significant Change For Insurers |
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Insurers in British Columbia face potentially significant increased cost exposure as a result of new legislation passed on May 26, 2008.
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William C. Glover
Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation
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New Court of Appeal Decision on Tender Awards |
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On May 23, 2007, the Court of Appeal delivered Reasons for Judgment in Continental Steel Ltd. v. Mierau Contractors Ltd. 2007 BCCA 292. This decision provides further insight into the circumstances in which an owner or contractor who is soliciting bids can reject the lowest price tender.
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David K. Plunkett and Graham R. MacLennan
Whitelaw Twining Law Corporation
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Canadian Courts' Approach To Bifurcation Of Bad Faith Claims On First Party Property Losses |
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The trend as seen in the United States of insured conjoining bad faith claims with suits arising from denial of first party property losses is, perhaps not surprisingly, making its way into Canadian insurance practice and jurisprudence with increasing frequency.
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Havelock B. Madill, Q.C.
Brownlee LLP
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