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Be clearer with limitation periods, appeal court tells insurers

May 2, 2022 by Jason Contant

Insurers should consider telling policyholders the specific dates when applicable limitation periods expire, and suggest that policyholders seek and retain counsel, legal experts recommend after an Appeal Court decision in Alberta. In Statt v SGI Insurance Services Ltd, a letter

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Top 5 wild and wacky insurance fraud claims

March 22, 2022 by Jason Contant

Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) saved approximately $6 million in 2021 from “hundreds of people” attempting to make fraudulent claims, the public insurer reported last week. “SGI’s Special Investigations Unit (SIU) investigates wild and wacky insurance claims, many of which turn

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How Gender X affects auto ratings for insurers

March 1, 2022 by Jason Contant

Public auto insurer Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) is the latest insurer to offer auto insurance clients the choice of no sex (blank) designations. The change will not affect SGI Canada customers in Saskatchewan, since gender or sex designation is not

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Auto insurer issues third COVID rebate

January 11, 2022 by Jason Contant

Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) is issuing its third COVID-19 auto insurance rebate in less than two years. The latest rebate totalling $312 million equals about $328 on an average private passenger policy, MPI said in a press release Dec. 30,

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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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Storms in Saskatchewan and Alberta cost $120 million: CatIQ

September 27, 2021 by Jason Contant

Two storms this summer across Saskatchewan and Alberta caused a total of $120 million in insured damage, according to initial estimates from Catastrophe Indices and Quantification Inc. (CatIQ). Severe storms beginning Aug. 31 brought flash flooding and large hail that

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Separate hailstorms bring 2,500 claims to date

August 4, 2021 by Jason Contant

Two hailstorms in late July have resulted in about 2,500 property and auto claims to date, a spokesman for Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) told Canadian Underwriter Tuesday. The storms ripped through Saskatchewan on July 22-23 and July 27-28. The larger

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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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Updated: What emergency relief will insurers offer customers? Here’s what they told us

May 31, 2021 by Adam Malik

Editor’s notes: This story has been updated to include additional information from Allstate. Insurance Bureau of Canada announced in 2020 that its members are offering reductions in auto insurance premiums for consumers whose driving habits have changed significantly. You can

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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