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The redesigned Toyota Tundra was the only pickup truck rated with a good seat/head restraint crash protection by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).The tests were performed using the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC)-developed Head Restraint Measuring Device, says an ICBC release.2007 models of pickup trucks, SUVs and minivan seats were measured for […]
By Canadian Underwriter | July 5, 2007
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Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) is proposing to hold the line on auto insurance rates next year and provide its customers with a Cdn$49-million rebate in the spring.The public insurer has filed an application with the Public Utilities Board (PUB) proposing no increase in premium revenue for 2008-09 and a 7.5 % rebate, which would provide […]
By Canadian Underwriter | June 14, 2007
Women are better drivers than men, according to research done by kanetix.ca, an online quoting service for Canadas insurance marketplace. The results are based on a study of 2006s auto insurance shoppers, which looked at insurance shoppers as a whole, and then further broken down by gender. The study found that men are more likely […]
By Canadian Underwriter | June 11, 2007
Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (IBAO) vice president Peter Blodgett was in Peterborough on June 7 to kick off the launch of the Drive Safe Campaign, led by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP).Blodgett participated in the launch with Monte Kwinter, Ontarios minister of community safety, Donna Cansfield, the provinces minister of transportation, […]
By Canadian Underwriter | June 8, 2007
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B.C. insurance brokers do not want to be front-and-centre in the provincial government’s recent legislative initiative to deny auto vehicle licenses – and auto insurance – to people who haven’t made child support payments. Ted Lewis, the first vice president of the Insurance Brokers Association of B.C., told a convention of the Insurance Brokers Association […]
May 31, 2007
B.C. insurance brokers do not want to be front and centre in the provincial governments recent legislative initiative to deny auto vehicle licenses and auto insurance to people who havent made child support payments, a representative of the Insurance Brokers Association of B.C. (IBABC) told a brokers convention in Jasper, Alberta.IBABC 1st vice president, Ted […]
By Canadian Underwriter | May 10, 2007
The Saskatchewan government approved changes to auto insurance rates that will translate to an average rate cut of 7.1%, reports the CBC.In February of this year Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) applied to the Saskatchewan Rate Review Panel to generally reduce rates by 5% with rate rebalancing, which would mean about 448,000 Saskatchewan vehicles (53 per […]
The Autoplan Broker Road Safety Program (ABRSP) has funded a documentary targeting BC high school students in an attempt to decrease auto theft and auto-related injuries.A partnership of the Credit Union Insurance Services Association, Insurance Brokers Association of BC and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, the ABRSP funded the production as part of its […]
By Canadian Underwriter | May 7, 2007
A recent B.C. Supreme Court jury decision in Rallahan v. Siu and Litt reinforces the need for claimants to provide complete and accurate information when making a claim with auto insurers.The court ruled Balwinder Singh Rallahan failed to provide medical history to the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) when filing a claim. Its vital […]
By Canadian Underwriter | May 4, 2007
Chevrolet models hold the top spot for both highest and lowest death rates, according to a recent Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) study that examined the rates of driver deaths in collisions. The lowest death rate among more than 200 vehicles is the Astro minivan. The vehicle’s death rate was 7 deaths for every […]
April 30, 2007
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