Akeeter
October 4th, 2004, 11:53 AM
These are the last several paragraphs of this story about a PB rescue making a legal challenge in Ont. However I think the implications of the last paragraphs are a story in themselves. (Dog owners in the U.S. have long seen BSL as partly an Ins. Co money grab.)
Most Ins. carriers in Canada/Ontario are U.S. based. They routinely don't keep great stats on what goes on here, they often just apply what happens in the U.S. market to Canada.
So exactly How Much Imput does the primarily U.S. based Insurance Industry have with the Ontario Government? Is Ont. public health policy being made Here or There?? :confused:
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SPit bull ban may face legal challenge:
Pit bull ban may face legal challenge
Bylaw called unfair
Dave Hall
Windsor Star
October 2, 2004
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The bylaw requires pit bulls to be registered with the city, penned up when on the owners' properties, and muzzled and leashed when off those properties. They must also be microchipped and spayed or neutered. Owners are required to have $1 million in liability insurance along with a certificate of insurance, rather than merely proof of insurance.
Norm Kelk, of Ambassador Insurance Brokers, said "only one high-risk carrier has so far indicated any interest in writing such policies and issue a certificate of insurance.
"Regular home ownership policies cover animals but certificates are not issued for those types of policies," Kelk said.
"Mere proof of insurance does not provide notification to the city if the policy is cancelled but requiring a certificate makes the city a party to the policy and notification would be provided if it's cancelled."
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Kelk said premiums for a special-risk policy would typically be double that of a regular policy.
If Windsor's bylaw is challenged, it would be the second such challenge this year.
Last month, Superior Court Justice Richard Gates struck down a city bylaw which would have banned circuses featuring wild animals from staging performances in the city.
dhall@thestar.canwest.com or 255-5777, Ext. 408.
tory in Windsor Star:
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Most Ins. carriers in Canada/Ontario are U.S. based. They routinely don't keep great stats on what goes on here, they often just apply what happens in the U.S. market to Canada.
So exactly How Much Imput does the primarily U.S. based Insurance Industry have with the Ontario Government? Is Ont. public health policy being made Here or There?? :confused:
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SPit bull ban may face legal challenge:
Pit bull ban may face legal challenge
Bylaw called unfair
Dave Hall
Windsor Star
October 2, 2004
<< PREVIOUS | 1 | 2
ADVERTISEMENT
The bylaw requires pit bulls to be registered with the city, penned up when on the owners' properties, and muzzled and leashed when off those properties. They must also be microchipped and spayed or neutered. Owners are required to have $1 million in liability insurance along with a certificate of insurance, rather than merely proof of insurance.
Norm Kelk, of Ambassador Insurance Brokers, said "only one high-risk carrier has so far indicated any interest in writing such policies and issue a certificate of insurance.
"Regular home ownership policies cover animals but certificates are not issued for those types of policies," Kelk said.
"Mere proof of insurance does not provide notification to the city if the policy is cancelled but requiring a certificate makes the city a party to the policy and notification would be provided if it's cancelled."
More...
...Continued
Kelk said premiums for a special-risk policy would typically be double that of a regular policy.
If Windsor's bylaw is challenged, it would be the second such challenge this year.
Last month, Superior Court Justice Richard Gates struck down a city bylaw which would have banned circuses featuring wild animals from staging performances in the city.
dhall@thestar.canwest.com or 255-5777, Ext. 408.
tory in Windsor Star:
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