Ontario’s most expensive cities for auto insurance
By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario — February 26, 2019 —Drivers in the Greater Toronto Area continue to pay the highest auto insurance rates in Ontario. According to Kanetix.ca’s InsuraMap, GTA drivers in the five most expensive cities are paying $500 to $1,000 more in insurance premiums compared to the provincial average of $1,473. Ontario’s most […]
SGI’s January Spotlight
By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario – February 22, 2019 –- Saskatchewan Government Insurance’s January spotlight was a familiar theme, as the public insurer chose to focus on impaired driving. “Impaired driving remains the number one cause of fatalities on Saskatchewan roadways,” said Tyler McMurchy, SGI Media Relations manager. “By continuously featuring the topic in our spotlights […]
NATA reinforces its commitment to CASIS
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – February 11, 2019 – The National Automotive Trades Association held its annual meeting in Toronto last month, with speeches from their new president and discussions about what the association’s future looks like. “The role of NATA in recent years has been to ensure that there is fairness and equity […]
Unsatisfied customers
By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario – February 5, 2019 – British Columbia drivers are calling for a change when it comes to their auto insurance options. According to survey results released from the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), 82 percent of British Columbians said that they want more choice in the auto insurance market and that […]
IBC calls for changes in NL auto insurance rates
By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario — February 4, 2019 — The Insurance Bureau of Canada believes changes need to be made to Newfoundland and Labrador’s insurance rates, and the national organization isn’t alone. The NL Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities released a report that summarized the public hearings on auto insurance rates that transpired over […]
IBC pacific vice president agrees — B.C. needs private insurance
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – January 31, 2019 – British Columbia has the highest premiums in the country, and it is only going to get worse. Vice president of the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) for the Pacific region Aaron Sutherland strongly agrees that a private sector of auto insurance would decrease prices for […]
Reasons behind the increasing insurance rates for Canadian drivers
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — January 25, 2019 — According to LowestRates.ca auto insurance for Canadians have risen quite a bit in comparison to 2017. In their Q4 results of 2018, they found that drivers in Alberta saw a 10.05 percent increase and drivers in Atlantic Canada saw a climb of 3.75 percent. In Ontario, […]
MPI releases third quarter results
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — January 19, 2019 — Manitoba Public Insurance is trending in the right direction. The public insurer reported a net income of $87.4 million for the first nine months of its fiscal year ending on November 30, 2018, representing an increase of $26.1 million over the same period last year. The […]
ICBC looks to cut costs
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — January 18, 2019 –– Attorney General David Eby is exploring the idea of capping or restricting the costs associated with using expert reports in ICBC cases, as reported by Global. According to Eby, ICBC has received surprising increased costs from a rise in lawyers’ commission reports used to support their […]
Ontario government looks at lowering auto insurance
By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – January 11, 2019 – Ontario stands as the second-most expensive province for auto insurance in the country, but that could soon change. The Ontario government launched a review of the province’s auto insurance system Wednesday, in hopes of lowering the rates of drivers paying the most expensive premiums. The […]
