Insurance Insights: MPI seeking consumer and industry feedback on current insurance models
Winnipeg, Manitoba — Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) is currently seeking public and industry feedback on insurance rate changes that would reward safer driving and make riskier driving more costly. Specifically, the public insurer is seeking feedback on changes to the basic insurance model in the province after the Public Utilities Board directed MPI to look […]
Status Quo: MPI applies to utilities board for no rate change, expanded safety rating scale
Winnipeg, Manitoba — It’s the time of year when insurance companies come to the Public Utilities Board, hat in hand, pleading for its favour in the coming years—in this case, Manitoba Public Insurance is pleading for no rate changes for the 2024/25 fiscal year. The general rate application was submitted Thursday alongside a press release […]
A New Direction: Conduct review of MPI CEO linked to Project Nova pitfalls, board confirms
Winnipeg, Manitoba — Manitoba’s public insurance corporation said goodbye to its CEO on Tuesday and subsequent reporting from the CBC shows that Eric Herbelin’s dismissal is in fact linked to his handling of Project Nova. This dismissal of MPI’s highest-ranking executive comes immediately following a review carried out to assess Herbelin’s conduct, the results of […]
Kicking the Can: MPI external review aims to ‘buy time’ ahead of election, NDP MLA says
Winnipeg, Manitoba — Manitoba Public Insurance’s long-delayed “Project Nova” online transition effort has yet again found itself in the crosshairs of the Opposition in Parliament amid criticism of last Monday’s call for an external organizational review of the insurer. Matt Wiebe, a New Democrat MLA representing the Concordia district in Winnipeg, called out the province’s […]
