By Faiza Tariq ( March 23, 2023, 9:08 AM EDT) -- The Alberta Court of Appeal recently established a bright-line rule under s. 554(1) of the Alberta Insurance Act (the Act) and affirmed the common law principles of deterring fraudulent insurance claims. In Abbas v. Esurance Insurance Co. of Canada, [2023] A.J. No. 111, the insured, Ali Areda Abbas, submitted two claims arising from the same event and insurance policy. However, he wilfully made false statements in support of one of the claims, which the Court of Appeal found barred Abbas from recovering on any of his claims....