Home is where risk is when carrying on (insurance) business

By Christine A. Viney, Ian Thompson and Hana Syed (March 15, 2023, 12:37 PM EDT) -- In Vale Canada Limited v. Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Company of Canada, [2022] O.J. No. 5520, the Ontario Court of Appeal distilled a 70-page decision about an insurance coverage dispute being fought across multiple jurisdictions into one straightforward conclusion: “A comprehensive general liability insurer, underwriting primary or excess insurance coverage for Ontario risks, connects itself to Ontario for jurisdictional purposes and thus commits itself to defending, in Ontario, claims arising out of those risks.”...