In February 2008, Economica was retained by the Canadian Bar Association to prepare a series of reports on automobile insurance premiums in five provinces: Alberta, Ontario, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. We have now completed this work, having prepared two reports on Alberta and one on each of the other four provinces. The first article in this newsletter summarises the main findings of the first of these reports, Alberta’s Minor Injury Regulation: Automobile Insurance Profits, Premium Rates, and Costs.
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Economica’s Privacy Policy
This article provides a brief description of Economica’s privacy policy in light of Alberta’s Personal Information Protection Act.
Read More...Why have automobile insurance premiums been rising?
This article attempts to identify the causes of the dramatic increases in automobile insurance premiums that have been reported over the last two years.
Read More...Policies to deal with rising premiums
This article investigates a number of government policies that have been suggested for reducing automobile insurance premiums.
Read More...Management fees
In this article Derek Aldridge briefly discusses the concept of management fee awards for injured plaintiffs. He addresses the possibility that, while a plaintiff will incur additional costs when using a financial manager, she may also earn a higher return on her investments.
Read More...What is Econometrics?
In this article Chris Bruce and Kelly Rathje explain the fundamental principles of “econometrics”.
Read More...Employment of Persons With Disabilities: The Employment Equity Act 1986 to 1996
In this article, Gordon Wallace and Gail Currie of The Vocational Consulting Group show that the federal government’s employment equity program, introduced in Bill C62 (January 1985), has not reduced the impact of personal injury accidents on plaintiffs’ earning capacity.
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