News Advisory - Ontarians Pay Too Much for Auto Insurance while Company Profits Soar
Major Report to be Released
Friday, April 10, 2015
10 a.m.
Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel
Simcoe Room (lower level)
525 Bay St., Toronto
TORONTO, April 9, 2015 /CNW/ - Ontario drivers pay far too much for insurance, says a new study by York University Schulich School of Business Professors Fred Lazar and Eli Prisman. In 2013 alone, consumers likely overpaid by $840 million.
The Ontario Trial Lawyers Association, which commissioned the report, calls for a review by Ontario's Auditor General.
Professor Lazar will brief the media on the study on Friday, April 10, 2015 at the Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel in Toronto.
What: New study showing that Ontario motorists overpay for insurance
Who: Professor Fred Lazar
York University Schulich School of Business
When: Friday, April 10, 10 a.m.
Where: Marriott Eaton Centre Hotel, Simcoe Room, (lower level) 525 Bay St., Toronto M5G 2L2
Professor Lazar will be available for interview
About the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association: Founded in 1991, the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) is an organization of more than 1,600 plaintiff lawyers, law clerks, articling students and law students. Our purpose is to promote access to justice for all Ontarians, preserve and improve the civil justice system, and advocate for the rights of those who have suffered injury and losses as the result of wrongdoing by others, while at the same time advocating strongly for safety initiatives. For more information, visit www.otla.com.
SOURCE Ontario Trial Lawyers Association
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John Karapita, Director of Public Affairs, OTLA, Tel: 289-242-8577; David Israelson, eon Communications and Research, Tel: 416-918-4611
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