Insurance
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April 15, 2026
CUPE calls on Ontario to reverse 30-year-old WSIB cuts
This week, Ontario increased Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) benefits for injured employees, a measure that the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) said is welcome but “far from enough to make up for years of cuts.”
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April 15, 2026
Samuel Guay joins RSS’s insurance law group
Robinson Sheppard Shapiro LLP (RSS) has added Samuel Guay to its insurance law group.
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April 13, 2026
Ontario increasing WSIB benefits for injured workers, over 65s
The Ontario government is proposing an increase to income replacement benefits that workers receive through the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) if they are injured on the job. The province said this was the first of such an increase in nearly 30 years.
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April 13, 2026
Should you make the first offer? Anchoring, aggression and strategy in settlement negotiations
Is it better to make a first offer in negotiations? And what about aggressive first offers — do they set an advantageous anchor or lead to insult and impasse?
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April 10, 2026
Ontario WSIB expansion leaves 1.5M workers uncovered, CUPE says
Ontario’s recent expansion of Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) coverage still leaves more than 1.5 million workers in the province without critical safety protections, according to the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE).
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April 10, 2026
SCC backs insurer in dispute over Quebec death declaration
In a unanimous ruling, the Supreme Court of Canada has clarified the degree of proof required to establish the “return” of a person declared dead under the Civil Code of Quebec. Under the Code, a court can declare a person dead if they have not been heard from in seven years. Known as a declaratory judgment of death, it allows for settlement of a person’s affairs such as permitting succession and dissolving a marriage.
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April 09, 2026
McLennan Ross adds Corey Luda to Edmonton litigation team
Corey Luda has joined McLennan Ross as an associate in Edmonton as part of the firm’s insurance defence and commercial litigation team.
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April 08, 2026
Ontario expanding WSIB coverage to 29K more frontline workers
The Ontario government is extending mandatory Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) coverage through new legislation that would protect 29,000 additional workers at all privately operated residential care facilities, retirement homes and group homes.
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April 08, 2026
Restituted art: ‘Seated Man With a Cane’ returns home
The Nahmad family is one of the leading collectors of artworks in the world and are said to have amassed approximately 4,000 paintings worth about $4 billion, most of which I understand is stored in the Geneva Freeport in Switzerland. The patriarch of the family is David Nahmad, while his son Helly runs the Helly Nahmad Gallery in New York. Other members of the family are involved in different galleries in London and New York.
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April 08, 2026
The rule of law is not a given
Most of us who have grown up in Canada, whether we realize it or not, have always taken the rule of law for granted. We never really thought about it, or what it even was, but that is precisely the point. It has always just been there, like oxygen. You don’t think about oxygen until you have trouble breathing. We as a society are now having trouble breathing.