Launch of ILS Introduction to General Insurance brings the classroom to the student with ILScorp’s Level 1 general insurance salesperson’s licensing program
Online budget simulator website lets B.C. residents attempt to balance province’s budget
Justice Jon Sigurdson ruled that making the IRP program invalid right away “may pose a danger to the public”
Changes must be made by June 30, 2012; Class action lawsuit launched
Auditor John Doyle says the province makes a 650 percent profit every time a driver’s license is renewed in the province
“Reduced investment income and rising bodily injury claims have their most significant impact on our basic insurance costs, which unfortunately means we need to increase our basic rates.” Jon Schubert, President and CEO, ICBC
Restoration firm adds Joe DeAngelis, Chris Johannesen and Steve McDonald to BC leadership team
Hailed as the toughest in Canada, B.C.s new impaired-driving laws took effect in September 2010
Since the Health Care Cost Recovery Act took effect April 1, 2009, almost 3,000 cases have been closed, with a cost recovery of $6.2 million for the province
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ICBC has released its financial report for 2010, a year which saw a reduction in both basic and optional insurance rates. The optional insurance rate reduction of three per cent means that ICBC’s optional insurance premiums have gone down by approximately 20 per cent over the past six years. “The basic insurance rate reduction of [...]
Yesterday, Canada’s newest premier introduced a new, smaller cabinet. British Columbia Premier Christy Clark announced her new cabinet, made up of 17 ministers plus the premier, reduced from the previous total of 24. Shirley Bond, MLA of Prince George-Valemount has been appointed as Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, a post that is responsible [...]
A disproportionately high percentage of young drivers in British Columbia are involved in car crashes. To address this growing concern, ICBC, along with the B.C. Film Commission and the Canadian Media Production Association, launched the 180 short-film contest in September 2010. The contest challenged 19 to 25 year olds in the province to create short [...]
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The last time BC drivers talked on their cellphone while driving was February 1, 2010. Or at least it should have been, as that’s when the province introduced legislation that restricted the use of mobile devices while driving. A new survey from BCAA has found that since the law has taken effect, 57 per cent [...]
ICBC’s driver licensing centres and systems will be unavailable Saturday, January 22, to upgrade information systems in a new data centre. This work was originally scheduled for earlier this month, but was delayed until this weekend. The disruption means the following driver licensing centres that are normally open on Saturdays will be closed: Metrotown (Burnaby) [...]
February 1 marks the one year anniversary of B.C.’s ban on hand-held cell phone use and texting while driving. The British Columbia Automobile Association (BCAA) wants to know if BC drivers are abiding by the rules, and if they think the new law is working. Until January 20, BCAA is surveying the province’s drivers through [...]
It’s been called a pig, a ghost, a monumental government screw up and a career killer. And that’s just what members of the B.C. Liberal government are saying about the harmonized sales tax, which they quietly introduced in July 2009 less than three months after a third consecutive election victory. Others haven’t been nearly as [...]
