Ontario Auto Insurer Faces Lawsuit Over Credit Scores In Accident Benefits Claims

Friday, May 18th, 2018 Auto Litigation Risk Management

A major Ontario auto insurer is facing a lawsuit over allegedly using credit scores in adjusting accident benefits claims. The proposed class-action lawsuit — filed April 10 in Federal Court — is on behalf of all Canadians who made auto claims with The Personal Insurance Company after Jan. 18, 2012 “and who had their credit score information accessed by The Personal or its agents.” The insurer will be filing a statement of defence “in due course,” a spokesperson for Desjardins General Insurance Group Inc., The Personal’s parent company, told Canadian Underwriter Tuesday.

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https://www.canadianunderwriter.ca/insurance/auto-insurer-faces-lawsuit-credit-scores-accident-benefits-claims-1004131796/

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