Quebec insurers’ duty to defend: Moving towards a solution

By André Legrand, Thierry Dorval and Petra Vrtkova (February 4, 2021, 12:46 PM EST) -- On Dec. 10, 2020, in the Quebec National Assembly, Minister of Finance Éric Girard tabled a bill (the bill) titled An Act respecting mainly the implementation of certain provisions of the Budget Speech of 10 March 2020. Among other things, the bill sought to address challenges surrounding Article 2503 of the Civil Code of Quebec (CCQ), which provides for the uncapped duty of liability insurers to pay the defence costs of their insureds above policy limits....