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Collision Repair

The ICBC Crisis Explained — Part 1: The public and the private

Collision Repair magazine’s coverage of the crisis facing the Insurance Company of British Columbia, a public insurer with a near monopoly in the province, has received considerable attention from readers around the country. One of the most frequent requests made to our editorial team over the course of the crisis has been for us to […]

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Winter tires make Intact Insurance skid

By CRM staff Toronto, Ontario – July 24, 2018 — Intact Insurance was left out in the cold by drivers the company discounted for claiming to have winter tires. Jean-Farncois Larochelle, director of Intact’s data lab, pointed to evidence that proved drivers with winter tires “were having worse loss ratios” than those who went without […]

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Allstate Canada’s Quebec study on distracted driving

By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario — July 21, 2018 — Allstate Canada has issued a disturbing new report on Quebec’s driver. The insurance company has discovered that nine every 10 of the province’s drivers are participating in dangerous distracting behaviours while behind the wheel. What is worse? Fewer than half understand the dangers this […]

ICBC skewered by collision spike

Vancouver, B.C. — July 17, 2018 — The Insurance Company of British Columbia has had another tough year. After a series of drastic cost-saving measures were taken to protect the public insurer from financial ruin were taken by the new provincial government, B.C. Drivers have had their claims reach record levels. In a new report, […]

Provincial Attorney General David Eby described last year's $3.8 billion loss as a 'dumpster fire.' The record number of car accidents in B.C. has left the ICBC on the hook for almost $5 billion in costs.

Collision Repair

Ontario gets pay-as-you-go insurance

By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario – July 12, 2018 — Ontario will now have access to Canada’s first pas-as-you-go auto insurance plan. The CAA MyPace program allows consumers to pay for insurance based on their vehicle usage. Casual drivers who log less than 9,000 kilometres a year will stand to benefit most from […]

CAA MyPace is now available in Ontario

Fore the win

By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario – July 12, 2018 — Enterprise Rent-A-Car hosted its 23 annual charity golf tournament Tuesday, raising $40,000 for the Women in Insurance Cancer Crusade. It was the 11 consecutive year that Enterprise has made WICC the supporter of choice. Approximately 170 guests attended the daylong event, which included […]

Enterprise hosted its 23 annual charity golf tournament Thursday

Quebec cracks down on distracted drivers

Montreal, Quebec — July 2, 2018 — Quebec drivers should put down their phones or risk facing the province’s wrath, and some new, painful fines. Those caught using cellphones while driving will now recieve tickets of up to $600 and five demerit points. Those with cell-phone related scandals in their past face even more harsh […]

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MPI pushes for a 2.2 percent hike

Winnipeg, Manitoba — June 3, 2018 — Manitoba Public Insurance has proposed premium increases that will cost the average driver about $30 per vehicle per annum — a 2.2 percent hike. MPI made the request to the Public Utilities Board in June, who are likely to approve it at some point this summer. With […]

Manitoba public insurance might be on the rise

ICBC’s estimator overload

By CRM staff Vancouver, B.C. — June 21, 2018 — The scandal-ridden Insurance Company of British Columbia(ICBC) has hired 43 new estimators to oversee repairs performed in Fort St. John and Prince George, with plans to bring on 17 more. “We understand that British Columbians needing auto repair work have concerns about possible overbilling, and […]

ICBC will be taking on 60 new estimators tasked with conducting appraisals in British Columbia's north.

Get ready for the 16th annual CRASH IT Golf Tournament

Get ready to rev your (golf cart) engines. Registrations are now open for the 16th annual Calgary Regional Appraisers Souther Hospitality Invitational Tournament (CRASH IT). This year’s gold tournament will be held at the Hamptons Golf & Country club on July 18, with a 7:30 a.m. breakfast, and a 9:00 a.m. shotgun start to the […]

This year's CRASH IT tournament will be held at the Hamptons Golf & Country club on July 18.

ICBC’s latest strategy for restoring its finances? Rate cuts for glass repairs

Victoria, B.C. — June 12, 2018 — The Insurance Company of British Columbia (ICBC), a publicly owned auto insurer, announced it will lower the amount it pays glass repairers by 25 percent, a move that has caused an outcry from members of the automotive community. With a virtual monopoly on B.C. automotive insurance, the […]

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Bodyshop owner claims Aviva’s secret cameras broke laws

By CRM Staff Toronto, Ontario — May 28, 2018 — Next month, an Ontario court will deal with the question: Is secretly placing cameras in a private business against the law? The question comes after insurance company Aviva Canada planted cameras in cars which were sent and repaired at ten Toronto-area autobody repair […]

Cos Licursi, the owner of Eugene Collision in Toronto, is arguing Aviva’s secret investigation of ten Toronto-based repair facilities is criminal. (Mary Webster/CBC)

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