Issues and Activities

2003 Auto Insurance Rates Comparison Study - Interim Release “16 Cities in 4 Provinces”

Consumers across Canada are very concerned about auto insurance rates. Auto insurance is a unique and complex consumer product. How much a consumer pays for an insurance policy differs significantly across Canada. Consumers want to know, and this report answers, the following question:

How much would the same driver pay for auto insurance if they had the same vehicle, same driver record and identical claims history but lived in each of the cities included in this report?

click here for full report

Consumers’ Association Study Confirms Auto Insurance Rates In Nova Scotia Are As Much As 500% Higher

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

July 17, 2003

Consumers' Association Study Confirms Auto Insurance Rates In Nova Scotia Are As Much As 500% Higher Than Provinces With Public Auto
 

HALIFAX, July 17 /CNW/ - "Auto insurance rates are outrageously high in Nova Scotia compared to what consumers pay in the three western provinces with public auto systems", said Mr. Mel Fruitman, President of the Consumers' Association of Canada. The Consumers' Association at a press conference in Halifax today released the first results of its soon to be completed national study of auto insurance rates in ten provinces. 

Call On Insurance Corporation of British Columbia To Halt Plan To Increase Rates

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

July 6, 2003

Consumers' Association Calls On Insurance Corporation of British Columbia To Halt Plan To Increase Rates

OTTAWA, July 6 /CNW/ - The Consumers' Association of Canada called on the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia to halt its plan to implement a discriminatory auto insurance rating system consumers in other provinces are rejecting. "The rating system the Insurance Corporation of BC is planning on introducing next year is the same one that has harmed consumers in other provinces," said Mr. Mel Fruitman, President of the Association.

Consumers Will Get Less Auto Insurance Coverage and Pay More Under Nova Scotia’s New Plan

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

June 26, 2003

Consumers Will Get Less Auto Insurance Coverage and Pay More Under Nova Scotia's New Plan

OTTAWA, June 26 /CNW/ - "No matter how they try to position it, the Nova Scotia Government's announced program of fixing the problem of high auto insurance rates rides on the backs of consumers by capping benefits to victims of accidents," says Mel Fruitman, President of the Consumers' Association of Canada.

“No Frills” Auto Insurance In New Brunswick Fails To Deliver

Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

June 17, 2003

OTTAWA, June 17 /CNW/ - "New Brunswick's "No Frills" auto insurance fails to deliver what consumers' need", said Mr. Mel Fruitman, President of the Consumers' Association of Canada. "No Frills should be renamed the "Blame the Victim and protect the private auto insurance industry" plan.