British Columbia’s attorney general announced on Thursday that he has extended by two weeks the rate filing deadline for the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC). Attorney General and the minister responsible for ICBC, David Eby, said in a statement…
The British Columbia government has options at its disposal to address auto insurance problems in the province – ranging from leaving the Insurance Corporation of B.C. (ICBC) to shuttering the insurer – but all should include reintroduction of competition, concludes a new report commissioned by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF). CTF argues that “fast and furious changes” are needed in light of the “looming 30% hike to car insurance,” a figure noted in an Ernst & Young LLP (E&Y) report made public last month. Among its many observations, the…