Avoid The Delay! How to obtain Benefits on an Urgent Basis

We all know of instances where an insurer will not approve benefits urgently required. There is a tendency to assume that once a requested benefit is in dispute, it will take a significant period of time to resolve, leaving accident victims without the care, treatment and benefits they urgently require. This is not the case.

Section 279(4.1) of the Insurance Act together with Section 65 of the Dispute Resolution Practice Code (3rd) specifically allows for urgently required benefits to be paid immediately pending a full determination of the merits at arbitration. It is possible, in certain instances, to use this process to obtain an arbitrator’s order that the insurer pay the required benefits within one month of the insurer’s denial.

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