Honourable J. Douglas
Cunningham, former Associate Chief Justice of the Ontario Superior
Court of Justice.
Senior Manager,
Insurance Policy Unit
Industrial and Financial Policy Branch
Ministry of Finance
95 Grosvenor Street, 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M7A 1Z1
Industrial and Financial Policy Branch
Ministry of Finance
95 Grosvenor Street, 4th Floor
Toronto, Ontario M7A 1Z1
Dear FSCO:
According to the Ontario Automobile Insurance Dispute Resolution System Review Interim report,
beginning in 2007 FSCO
began to experience a dramatic increase in Applications for
Mediation.
In 2006 – 07,
FSCO received 13,053 new applications and in 2011–
12,
received 35,727 applications — a
174 per cent increase.
As
a result, FSCO was not able to meet the legislated 60- day time line
for mediation and a backlog of files awaiting assignment to a
mediator developed.
At
the end of December 2011, there was a backlog of approximately 30,700
files,
FSCO
was receiving an average of 2,949 new Applications for Mediation
every month and claimants
were waiting in excess of 11 months for mediation.
The
FSCO backlog created forced settlements.
Victims
of insurance had no choice but to sign forced settlements because
Insurance Companies cut benefits off just
before settlement.
When
victims were told that mediation could take up to or more than a year
to get heard. We had no choice. With no income, no justice, disabled,
what can you do, we got screwed.
By
purposely creating this backlog, these forced settlements were
illegal, immoral, and insurance companies profited greatly by them.
I
suggest that all the victims of these forced settlements be
compensated.
Why
not
a class action lawsuit
in this regard?
No
names have been posted on
this blog in
accordance to the forced settlement agreement. That’s
why you don’t hear from the victims of insurance.
Sincerely,
Administrator,
Cc:
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