Is there any case law supporting the interpretation of coverage provisions in a private insurance policy?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Savard v. Royal & Sunalliance Insurance Company of Canada, 2012 ONSC 715 (CanLII):
Savard submits firstly that coverage provisions in private insurance policies are to be interpreted broadly in favour of the [page555] insured: see Amos v. Insurance Corp. of British Columbia, 1995 CanLII 66 (SCC), [1995] 3 S.C.R. 405, [1995] S.C.J. No. 74.
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