View the video here on your mobile device. The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia has added a policy to its Corporate Policy Guide, saying that employees cannot consume alcohol during the workday, even if it’s on an unpaid meal break. According to a copy of the memo obtained by the Vancouver Sun newspaper, prior authorization [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. The B.C. government plans to toughen motorcycling rules after a report from the B.C. Coroners Service made recommendations. Between 2000 and 2007, 286 motorcycle-related deaths were reported to the Coroners Service. In light of the rising number of fatalities, B.C.’s chief coroner convened a death review panel [...]
ICBC is sharing some true tales of fraud. In this case, a learner driver finds out that lying does not come cheap. The young driver learned an expensive lesson about the perils of ignoring the requirements of the Graduated Licensing Program and then lying about it. Driving without an experienced driver over 25 in the [...]
ICBC is sharing some true tales of fraud. In this case, a misrepresentation in an insurance renewal proves costly. A recent crash teaches us all a lesson about the importance of correctly answering the annual insurance renewal question: “Are you the principal operator?” Falsely declaring someone else as the principal operator saved one owner a [...]
ICBC is sharing some true tales of fraud. This one results with probation, community service and a fine. Two hours after his car was destroyed by fire, the owner called police to report it stolen. Evidence presented in court led to a confession that he had set fire to the car himself to collect the [...]
ICBC is sharing some true tales of fraud. This one involves bad timing with police reports. One owner called police to report a stolen car – two hours after it was involved in a crash. He told police it had been stolen two days earlier but he just now noticed it was missing. His story [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. Sixteen senior ICBC employees from claim centres across the province have been let go, according to ICBC spokesman Adam Grossman. Grossman said the 16 non-union employees were let go as part of general staff changes, and not as a result of any wrongdoings. Grossman told the Vancouver [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. Despite preparing for an extra quarter of a million visitors, establishing satellite offices and staffing extra employees, ICBC says that the Olympic traffic concerns were not that serious. Ash Megalli, 2010 claims services manager at ICBC said that preliminary numbers indicate that there were about 20 percent [...]
B.C. New Democrats claim the Liberal government is looting the Insurance Corporation of B.C. to pad provincial coffers when it could have been cutting auto insurance rates, but the government says its actions will actually save tax dollars. Opposition finance critic Bruce Ralston referred to the provincial budget, which indicates the government will take $778 [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. With more than 250,000 visitors expected in the Lower Mainland and Whistler for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, BC roads will be busier than ever with extra passenger and commercial vehicles, taxis, buses and pedestrians. ICBC says it is anticipating an increase in claims [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. Former ICBC specialty vehicle program manager and rare auto collector Nigel Matthews has joined Hagerty Insurance Canada. Based in the US, Hagerty is a leading supplier of collector’s auto insurance and moved into Canada last year after forming a partnership with Aviva Canada. Mr. Matthews writes about [...]
View the video here on your mobile device. The RCMP announced that their investigation into the sale of vehicles repaired at ICBC’s Burnaby-based research and training facility resulted in a determination that there was no criminal activity. The RCMP has recommended that no charges be laid against individuals employed by ICBC or against the corporation [...]
Two brothers, Parveen Saini and Naveen Saini, face a combined total of 33 counts of fraud following one of the most extensive fraud cases ICBC has ever investigated. Their trial began on September 18 at the Surrey Provincial Court. ICBC’s Special Investigation Unit launched a probe after receiving an anonymous tip that the brothers were [...]
A Vancouver resident has been ordered to pay a $1,000 fine after being convicted of trying to bribe an ICBC employee. Kim Hen Huynh was trying to qualify for a BC driver’s licence but had already failed seven previous road tests when he arrived at the ICBC Driver Services Centre in Burnaby on August 21, [...]
A Bella Coola, British Columbia woman found out the hard way that the imprint a signpost leaves on a car’s front end is vastly different from that left by an animal. In September 2007, Lorna Vogelaar told ICBC that she was driving along a remote stretch of Highway 20 outside Hagensborg, in the area of [...]
