Private Arbitration Decisions

Background

Property & Casualty – Auto Bulletin A-07/10 outlined the recent changes to Ontario Regulation 283/95.  This regulation sets out a mandatory process for private arbitration of all disputes between insurers over which insurer is liable to pay accident benefits to a claimant.  Effective September 1, 2010, Ontario Regulation 283/95 was amended by Ontario Regulation 38/10.

Other Information

• Auto Bulletin A-22/10

Decision Date​​​​​	​Names of Insurers in Dispute	Nature of Dispute​	D​​ecisio​​n​
​July 16, 2018	​Economical Insurance Group vs Security National Insurance Company and Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Company	​Priority Rules: Insured person & non-occupant struck by vehicle	​View Full Decision Size: ## kb​
​September 29, 2017	​TD Insurance Company vs. Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company and Trafalgar Insurance Company	​Priority Rules: Insured Person	​View Full Decision Size: ## kb​
​May 24, 2017	​ACE INA Insurance v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company	​Priority Rules: Insured Person	​View Full Decision Size: ## kb​
July 28, 2014	The Dominion of Canada General Insurance v. Intact Insurance Company and Unifund Assurance Company	Priority Rules: Insured Person	​View Full Decision
March 10, 2017	Wawanesa Insurance vs. Security National Insurance	Coverage Issues - Other Automobiles	​View Full Decision
October 20, 2015	Unifund Assurance Company v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance	90 Day Notice	​View Full Decision
January 16, 2017	Belairdirect Insurance v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance		​View Full Decision
April 19, 2016	Belairdirect Insurance v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance	Priority Rules: Insured Person	​View Full Decision
November 3, 2016	Unifund Assurance Company v. Security National Insurance Company		​View Full Decision
April 11, 2017	Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company v. State Farm Insurance and Aviva	First Insurer /Nexus, Priority Rules: Insured Person	​View Full Decision
February 27, 2017	CAA Insurance Company vs. Travelers Insurance Company	Insured Person	​View Full Decision
April 25, 2015	The Dominion of Canada General Insurance Company vs. Optimum Insurance Company	Coverage Issues: Cancellation	​View Full Decision
April 8, 2015	Unifund Assurance Company v. Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company	First Insurer /Nexus, Arbitration (Practice, Interest and Special Awards, Costs)	​View Full Decision
June 26, 2015	The Dominion of Canada General Insurance v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company	Priority Rules: Insured Person	​View Full Decision
December 19, 2014	Her Majesty The Queen In Right Of Ontario, As Represented By The Minister Of Finance v. The Dominion of Canada General Insurance	Coverage Issues: Cancellation	​View Full Decision
December 9, 2015	Security National Insurance Company and Unifund Assurance Company	First Insurer /Nexus, Priority Rules: Involved Vehicle	​View Full Decision
August 11, 2016	Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company v. State Farm and MVACF	​90 Day Notice	​View Full Decision
July 14, 2016	Security National Insurance Company and Belair Direct Insurance	​Priority Rules: Involved Vehicle	​View Full Decision
May 24, 2016	Aviva Insurance Company v. Economical Mutual Insurance Company and Unifund Assurance Company	​Arbitration (Practice, Interest and Special Awards, Costs), Priority Rules: Insured Persons, Priority Rules: Involved Vehicle, Coverage Issues: Other Automobiles	​View Full Decision
​May 12, 2016	​​Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Ontario as represented by the Minister of Finance ("The Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund") and Axa Insurance (Canada) Elite Insurance Company and Intact Insurance Company	​Priority dispute between insurance companies	​View Full Decision
​March 11, 2016	​​Jevco Insurance Company and Chieftain Insurance Company	​Priority Rules: Insured Persons	​View Full Decision
​December 21, 2015	​Intact Insurance Company Of Canada and Western Insurance Company	​Priority Rules: Insured Persons	​View Full Decision
​December 14, 2015	​Intact Insurance Company Of Canada and Economical Mutual Insurance Company	​Priority dispute between insurance companies	​View Full Decision
​December 4, 2015	​Jia Qing Ren and Jevco Insurance Company	​Priority dispute between insurance companies	​View Full Decision
​October 30, 2015	Echelon General Insurance Company v. Co-operators General Insurance Company	Priority Rules: Insured Persons, Coverage Issues  - Cancellation	​View Full Decision
​October 16, 2015	​Jevco Insurance Company and General Insurance Company	​Priority dispute between insurance companies	​View Full Decision
​August 13, 2015	​Co-Operators General Insurance Company and AXA Insurance (Canada)	Priority dispute between insurance companies	​View Full Decision  Size: ## kb​ Size: ## k​
​​August 12, 2015	​​Intact Insurance Company Of Canada and Economical Mutual Insurance Company	​Priority dispute between insurance companies	​View Full Decision
​June 9, 2015	​The Dominion Of Canada General Insurance Company, Intact Insurance Company and Unifund Assurance Company	​Priority dispute between insurance companies	​View Full Decision Size: ## k​
​April 17, 2015	​Unifund Assurance Company and Intact Insurance Company	​Priority Rules: Insured Person - whether the claimant was an "insured person" under one insurer's policy	​View Full Decision Size: ## k​
​February 3, 2015	​Perth Insurance, Aviva Canada, Intact Insurance Company and TD Insurance	​The 1 year time limitation with respect to initiating a priority dispute arbitration after serving Notice of Dispute and secondly, completing such arbitration within 2 years of its commencement	​View Full Decision Size: ## k​
​July 17, 2014	​Intact Insurance Company Of Canada and Economical Mutual Insurance Company	​Coverage Issues: Statutory Accident Benefits-Priority of Payment	​View Full Decision Size: ## k​
​April 11, 2014	​Belair Direct Insurance Company of Canada and Security National Insurance Company	​Coverage Issues: Statutory Accident Benefits-Priority of Payment	​​View Full Decision Size: ## k​
​September 11, 2013	​The Dominion of Canada General Insurance  Company Applicant and Lombard Insurance  Company, Lombard General Insurance Company, and Northbridge Insurance Company	​Coverage Issues: Statutory Accident Benefits-Priority of Payment	​View Full Decision Size: ## k​
​July 29, 2013	​Echelon General Insurance Company and Aviva Insurance Company	​Coverage Issues: Loss transfer dispute, determination of fault	​​View Full Decision Size: ## k​
​July 23, 2013	​State Farm Insurance Company and Jevco Insurance Company	​Coverage Issues: Cancellation	​View Full Decision  Size: ## kb​
​​January 8, 2013	​Economical Mutual Insurance Company and York Fire & Casualty Insurance Company	​Coverage Issues: Statutory Accident Benefits-Priority of Payment	​View Full Decision Size: ## kb​

 

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