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EDITORIAL – Auto insurance rebates will bring us closer to affordability

February 3, 2021 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I WAS BETTING on a $101 rebate on my auto insurance — it just seemed like the kind of thing politicians might do — but Premier John [Continue]

GUEST COLUMN – Next time you curse ICBC, look at the immensity of it

December 10, 2020 // 1 Comment

By PIERCE GRAHAM Kamloops I RECENTLY RENEWED my auto insurance, and also had to visit the ICBC main office in Kamloops to replace a lost Driver’s Licence. The visit was [Continue]

FORSETH – Few drivers on road but ICBC stubbornly refuses to give us rebates

May 9, 2020 // 3 Comments

JUST THE OTHER DAY our government owned Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, ICBC sent out a media release that began with the following eight words … “With [Continue]

EDITORIAL – When is ICBC going to do something serious to help drivers?

May 8, 2020 // 3 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. PEOPLE ARE DRIVING TOO FAST during this pandemic, according to ICBC. Monday, the insurance corporation called on drivers to resist the [Continue]

FORSETH – ICBC saves millions and offers drivers peanuts

April 18, 2020 // 2 Comments

ACCORDING TO ICBC, total claims costs for the nine-month period of April to December of last year totaled $4.28 billion … that’s an average of just under five [Continue]

EDITORIAL – No-fault auto insurance plan a political winner for NDP

February 10, 2020 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. NO-FAULT AUTO INSURANCE looks like it’s going to be a winner for John Horgan and David Eby. After discounting the idea of no-fault [Continue]

STONE – Dark economic storm clouds are thickening on B.C.’s horizon

January 11, 2020 // 5 Comments

By TODD STONE MLA, Kamloops-South Thompson THE BEGINNING OF 2020 marks the fourth calendar year with the NDP government in office and as we look ahead to the start of the new [Continue]

ROTHENBURGER – Why is auto insurance higher than property taxes?

November 5, 2019 // 5 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. I’M NOW PAYING MORE for auto insurance than for property taxes. I went in to renew the insurance on my vehicle and found the premium has [Continue]

TRAVIS – No pot of gold at the end of the private auto insurance rainbow

February 1, 2019 // 1 Comment

IMAGINE A LAND where drivers pay 55 per cent more for auto insurance than other drivers in Canada, a land where an insurance company may not cover you because of the city you [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Solution to dilemma over veterans’ licence plates easy

August 7, 2018 // 0 Comments

An editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE DISAGREEMENT over veterans’ licence plates is much ado about nothing. The special plates are a way of recognizing the service of [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Hit bad drivers in wallet, make training mandatory

March 8, 2018 // 2 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. THE B.C. GOVERNMENT’S latest public-input exercise is underway and this time it’s about auto insurance. The overall [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Blame the BC Liberals if/ when our ICBC premiums go up again

January 29, 2018 // 7 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. JUST FOR FUN, I dug out my file of auto insurance payments yesterday. I’m now paying roughly 35 per cent more on [Continue]

EDITORIAL – Photo radar and other questions about auto insurance rates

September 6, 2017 // 9 Comments

An ArmchairMayor.ca editorial by Mel Rothenburger. AUTO INSURANCE is going up yet again — about $130 a year including both basic and optional insurance, according to [Continue]

FEATURED COMMENT – Windshield repairs suddenly an election goodie

February 14, 2017 // 3 Comments

Re: Doug Collins’ column, “It only took 16 years to get it right on windshield repairs,” Feb. 13, 2017). Private Insurance companies have always offered [Continue]