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Insurer’s Top 5 insurance fraud claims of 2023

March 25, 2024 by Jason Contant

An intoxicated driver who reported her car stolen to avoid the consequences of impaired driving and fake invoices for high-end jewellery reportedly stolen from a vehicle were among Saskatchewan Government Insurance’s (SGI) Top 5 insurance fraud claims of 2023.  The

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Is third-party liability a significant driver of auto claims costs?

August 10, 2023 by Jason Contant

Subrogation for third-party liability (TPL) in Saskatchewan doesn’t appear to have a significant impact on the cost of insurance for drivers in the province, a Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) spokesperson suggested to Canadian Underwriter.  In Saskatchewan, the public insurer subrogates

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Insurer reveals Top 5 auto fraud claims of 2022

March 21, 2023 by Jason Contant

Some claims show obvious elements of fraud but others go above and beyond. Such was the case with Saskatchewan Government Insurance’s (SGI) Top 5 “eyebrow-raising” attempted auto insurance frauds from 2022. SGI released last week their Top 5 list of

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Number of impaired drivers issues alarm bell for insurer

August 29, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

Saskatchewan Government Insurance statistics show a record this year in impaired driving offences.  The province’s law enforcement stopped 497 impaired drivers, including 292 drivers who were charged with Criminal Code offences this July, according to SGI’s Traffic Safety Spotlight.  “While

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SGI announces first woman president and CEO

May 19, 2022 by Alyssa DiSabatino

Penny McCune will become the first woman to serve as president and CEO of Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI), effective June 1.   She succeeds former president and CEO Andrew Cartmell, who retired on April 4, 2022, after a 12-year tenure

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Saskatchewan spotlights steep distracted-driving fines

December 2, 2021 Canadian Underwriter Staff

Five hundred and eighty dollars. And … four demerit points. That’s how much a first offence for using a cell phone while behind the wheel will cost a Saskatchewan driver, Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) said as part of an October

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Why this auto insurer is proposing a ‘rate rebalance’

June 2, 2021 by Jason Contant

Public auto insurer Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) is proposing a “rate rebalancing” that will result in a net 0% overall change for provincial Auto Fund rates, effective next January. Reflecting current frequency and severity trends, and in an effort to

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Cheque is in the mail: Insurance rebates coming to Saskatchewan drivers

May 11, 2021 The Canadian Press

REGINA – Saskatchewan’s Crown-owned insurer says it will start mailing rebates on vehicle insurance this week. Saskatchewan Government Insurance says 709,000 cheques are to be sent out. The rebates apply to all vehicles, motorcycles, trailers and snowmobiles for which insurance

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Public auto insurer to issue pandemic rebate cheques

February 26, 2021 by Jason Contant

Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) is the latest public auto insurer to announce customer rebates for drivers resulting from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Both Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) announced rebates in January and

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Game-changer: SGI CANADA and CSSI pilot real-time Data Exchange for policy change requests

June 18, 2020 Custom Software Solutions Inc.

REGINA, SK AND VIDEN, MB, JUNE 18, 2020/insPRESS/ – SGI CANADA and Custom Software Solutions Inc. (CSSI) are pleased to announce they are piloting the first real-time, personal lines policy change request transaction in Canada, starting and ending in the broker

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How to ensure social distancing while road-testing drivers

May 13, 2020 by Greg Meckbach

Saskatchewan Government Insurance is resuming road tests – suspended since mid-March – for some drivers. SGI had suspended driving tests in order to reduce the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus. And so how to resume testing while social distancing

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How this statutory benefits ruling hinged on the word “the”

November 5, 2019 by Jason Contant

Saskatchewan’s highest court has ruled in favour of the province’s government auto insurer in a case involving statutory death benefits paid collectively to three dependant children. The Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan’s ruling in Johnson v Saskatchewan Government Insurance, released