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SAAR and SGI meeting update

By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – April 10, 2019 – Saskatchewan Government Insurance hosted its first of several town hall meetings on Tuesday night. The meetings provided Saskatchewan repairers with information about what is expected from the new tiered compensation policy the insurer had announced last month. As Saskatchewan Association of Automotive Repairers executive director […]

Collision Repair

Wednesday Wisdom: SAAR executive director Tom Bissonnette

By Lindsey Cooke Toronto, Ontario – April 9, 2019 – A month ago, at the Saskatchewan Association of Automotive Repairers (SAAR) Spring Show, Saskatchewan Government Insurance made the announcement of its new accreditation system for repair shops in the province. Sorted into two tiers, shops have one year to pull together the money to invest […]

Auto Insurance

Acid spill results in more than 4,400 claims with more coming in

By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – April 9, 2019 – One year after the sulphuric acid spill that trailed through a highway in British Columbia and insurers are still dealing with claims. Teck Trail Operations sells sulphuric acid to International Raw Materials (IRM), which contracts with a transportation provider to transport the acid. Sulphuric acid […]

Auto Insurance

SGI to address repairers’ concerns at town hall meetings

Toronto, Ontario — April 5, 2018 — This week, the Saskachewan Association of Automotive Repairers will host several town hall meetings with representatives of Saskachewan Government Insurance. The meetings will provide Saskachewan repairers with the opportunity to discuss their concerns about recently announced training and equipment fees, and a new tiered compensation policy. Last month, […]

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Editor’s Log: Out of the Dumpster Fire

By Gideon Scanlon Toronto, Ontario — April 5, 2018 — A year-and-a-half after the province’s Attorney General David Eby described the Insurance Company of British Columbia’s finances as a “dumpster fire,” the province has put in place a cap on minor injury pain and suffering penalties. The goal is to prevent legal fees from building […]

Collision Repair

A week in review – April 5, 2019

By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – April 5, 2019 – What really happened this week? What were some of the big headlines? Don’t worry, Collision Repair has recapped the five biggest car-collision-related headlines of the week. SGI’s accreditation program hurts small-town shops Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) announced last month at Saskatchewan Association of Automotive Repairers (SAAR) Spring […]

Trial Lawyers Association of B.C. takes ICBC to court

By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – April 3, 2019 – The Trial Lawyers Association of B.C. is taking the provincial government to court, over one of the new insurance policy changes that ICBC set. On Monday ICBC placed a number of changes into effect for drivers in the province that are expected to save the […]

SGI’s new rules might impact small town repair shops

By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – April 2, 2019 –- Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) announced last month that all 260 shops in the province would have one year to achieve new training and equipment requirements or else they would lose their accreditation with SGI. SGI will be implementing differential compensation, a tiered accreditation model. In order […]

ICBC changes come into effect

By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario — April 1, 2019 — British Columbia auto insurance rates rose by 6.3 percent on Monday, unfortunately for drivers, the news was no April fool’s joke. The increase, which will translate into approximately $60 per customer, was given approval by the B.C. Utilities Commission back in January. Also coming into effect April […]

SGI’s Michele Morrison shares her passion for the industry

By Jordan Arseneault  Toronto, Ontario — March 27, 2019 — Michele Morrison, director of salvage administration and finance for SGI began working for the public insurer in 1997, and became involved with the Saskatchewan Auto Recycler’s Association through a promotion she received from the public insurer in the fall of 2016. She took on the role of […]

A week in review – March 22, 2019

By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario — March 22, 2019 — What really happened this week? What were some of the big headlines? Collision Repair has recapped the five biggest car-collision-related headlines of the week. 1. How the Federal Budget will impact the collision repair industry Canada’s 2019 Federal Budget was officially tabled to Parliament on Tuesday and is […]

British Columbia’s insurance dilemma

By CRM staff  Toronto, Ontario — March 21, 2019 — As of April 1 British Columbia and Alberta will have substantially similar auto insurance systems, the key difference, however, will be the price. A recent MNP study found that B.C. drivers pay up to 60 percent more for auto insurance as compared to those in Alberta […]

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