ICBC Rates

• 19-year-old Kamloops student takes protest to ICBC HQ, says youth getting ‘screwed’

  "There's so many personal stories of people getting screwed over, so we're out here to protest," said Austin Kovacs.

  Nov 8, 2019
  
• British Columbians pay the highest on average in car insurance in Canada

  On average, British Columbians pay $327 more for insurance per year than they would in Ontario.

  Politics

  Aug 13, 2019
  
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• ICBC seeks 6.3 per cent rate increase

  The Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) announced on Friday it is seeking a rate increase.

  Dec 14, 2018
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• ICBC is spending 50 per cent more on vehicle damage than in 2012. Is it getting value for money?

  The insurer spent nearly three quarters of a billion dollars in 2017 at body shops alone.

  Dec 11, 2018
• Lend your car out from time to time? There’s now an ICBC fee for that

  ICBC says the new $50 annual premium reflects the fact that one in five cars involved in crashes is borrowed.

  Sep 28, 2018
• Don’t expect ICBC changes to make it easier on your wallet

  It is hard to argue against penalizing bad drivers and 'rewarding' good drivers, although the word 'rewarding' may be overstating things a bit.

  Commentary

  Aug 17, 2018
• David Eby expected to announce changes to ICBC rates

  Earlier this year, the province promised changes that would see good drivers pay less and bad, or risky drivers, pay more for basic insurance.

  Aug 9, 2018
• B.C. RV drivers paying $1K more for insurance than Alberta counterparts: Taxpayers Federation

  "There's only one reason for that, and that's because ICBC is the only place to go," said spokesperson Kris Sims. "They are a forced government monopoly."

  Consumer

  Jul 19, 2018
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• Of 3.3 million drivers, ICBC gives top discounts to 2.6 million of them. That could drop soon

  "What determines what is and is not a bad driver?" asked a spokesperson for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

  Politics

  Mar 14, 2018
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• ICBC looks at penalizing drivers instead of vehicle owners, among many proposals for change

  "The question is who is a bad driver and how much more should they pay."

  Politics

  Mar 5, 2018