Not so rugged North dept.: Snow removal contractors across Canada are struggling with rapidly rising liability insurance premiums. “Rates for snowplowers have gone up about 500 per cent over the past two years,” said Rocco Scarano, a broker with Dynes Insurance Brokers in Richmond Hill. The reason, say those involved, is the growing willingness of claimants to blame the contractors for slip-fall incidents. “Slip and falls are anathema to the snowplowing industry because everybody thinks they should get 30 grand for a slip and fall. These settlements individually aren’t huge, but cumulatively, they’re hugely costly,” said Catherine Swift of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business. (“Slip-and-fall lawsuits on the rise”, Canadian Press/CTV, Jan. 19)
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Not so rugged North dept.: Snow removal contractors across Canada are struggling with rapidly rising liability insurance premiums. “Rates for snowplowers have gone up about 500 per cent over the past two years,” said Rocco Scarano, a broker with Dynes Insurance Brokers in Richmond Hill. The reason, say those involved, is the growing willingness of […]
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