ICBC is onto Something

The new insurance method, if approved by the B.C. Utilities Commission next year, would shift from a vehicle-based claims-rated scale to one that focuses on drivers and their records. Read […]
Published on May 14, 2012

The new insurance method, if approved by the B.C. Utilities Commission next year, would shift from a vehicle-based claims-rated scale to one that focuses on drivers and their records.

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/ICBC+floats+basic+insurance+plan+that+would+reward+good+drivers/6618816/story.html#ixzz1uu8X2mSd

 

Finally, an insurance company that starts to look at the risk of the drive instead of the vehicle,  I am the only drive on my farm and I object to paying again and again for liability insurance when that should only be on me as the driver.

The other change is to get rid of mandatory collision insurance on my own vehicle.  In Manitoba, that is a very regressive form of taxation that penalizes operators of older vehicles.

 

 

 

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