WATCH ABOVE : Sonnet and Aviva subsidiary S&Y have announced plans to phase out their auto insurance businesses in Alberta.A major global credit rating agency says Alberta must come up with a “clear long-term solution” to its auto insurance woes or additional insurers will depart the province.
DBRS adds that even those who don’t have plans to exit the market may be implementing cost-saving measures that are reducing the accessibility and availability of auto insurance in the province.Tampons may have ‘toxic levels’ of lead and arsenic in them, study warns Alberta’s auto insurers say they are struggling with claim costs that for many years have exceeded premiums collected in the province.They say part of the problem are spiralling litigation costs in Alberta’s tort-based system, which allows collision victims who have sustained both minor and major injuries to sue the insurance company of the at-fault driver.
The Alberta government is currently reviewing auto insurance in the province with the goal of finding a “simpler, more affordable and stable insurance system.”Tampons may have ‘toxic levels’ of lead and arsenic in them, study warns