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TORONTO – OK, hands up all of you who actually believed Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals when they promised NDP Leader Andrea Horwath last year that they’d roll back car insurance rates 15% by August of this year.
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/07/16/car-insurance-rate-cut-a-promise-no-one-should-have-believed
FSCO approved 30 private passenger automobile insurance rate filings during the second quarter of 2015. A total of 26 insurers submitted the filings. These 26 insurers represent 52.75 percent of the market based on premium volume.
http://www.insblogs.com/auto/second-quarter-rate-filings-0-6-percent/5713
A wrong fax number resulted in privacy breach in Hamilton affecting some 500 recipients of disability payments.
On Thursday, Vicky Venancio — who suffered a severe spinal cord injury when a car hit her while she was biking on her way to work in June 2012 — met with Alberta Health Minister Sarah Hoffman to share her story.
The Financial Services Commission of Ontario, which regulates the province’s insurance sector, says rates for 26 companies representing 52% of the market increased an average of 0.6% in the second quarter.
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/07/15/ont-auto-insurance-rates-go-up-despite-pledge-to-lower-them
The Insurance Bureau of Canada has gone on record to decry Sousa for misleading Ontario policyholders, with Ralph Palumbo accusing the party of sticking with a figure it “pulled out of thin air” and maintaining that Ontario’s auto insurance rates remain “far too high.”
http://www.insurancebusiness.ca/news/auto-premiums-fall-short-of-liberals-pledge-193274.aspx
“Our plan to tackle auto insurance fraud and reduce costs is working, but we want to go even further,” said Sousa. “We will continue to work on behalf of Ontarians to make premiums more affordable while still providing support and protection for all Ontario drivers.”
http://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/5735641-ontario-auto-insurance-rates-rise-slightly/
“Kathleen Wynne promised rates would be heading south, instead they’re heading north – she doesn’t seem to know whether she’s coming or going when it comes to keeping her promise of lower insurance rates, and it’s Ontario families who are paying the price,” said Singh.
http://www.northumberlandview.ca/index.php?module=news&type=user&func=display&sid=35559
When injured accident victims think about damages, they often think of those valuations in very linear terms; as if they’re on a straight line.
Being in a car accident is stressful and scary enough without the added anxiety of trying to understand how it will affect your insurance. We’ve compiled a list of some of the more common auto insurance terms to help you understand what happens next in case you are faced with a collision.