Insurance Corporation of British Columbia and David Eby, the Minister Responsible for ICBC Before Attorney General David Eby brought in ICBC no-fault auto insurance he told the public this would not happen. Mr. Eby said no-fault auto insurance would not be considered. Injury victims relied on Mr. Eby to be truthful and continued to pursue…
How Much money will ICBC injury claimants get for injuries? The new ICBC laws eliminate the ability of car accident victims to bring claims to compensate for injuries. For accident after May 1, 2021 money is no longer awarded for pain and suffering as a result of negligent driving. ICBC injury benefits are now capped…
The sad reality is that when the NDP convinced the public that they needed to “fix ICBC” by bringing in No Fault Insurance (Enhanced Care), the real purpose was to save ICBC billions of dollars. These ridiculous profits are not being used to help care for the injured or make ICBC better like the NDP…
A Supreme Court of British Columbia judge has certified a class action lawsuit on behalf of injured claimants and ratepayers against ICBC and the Government of BC in relation to making illegal ICBC payments to MSP contrary to the law. In relation to injured claimants, these illegal payments by ICBC are especially egregious for the…
As we have discussed in prior blog articles, the NDP’s No Fault ICBC insurance has been touted as a perfect fix to a broken ICBC system. The NDP have spent millions of dollars on advertising to convince British Columbians that this is a great new system that will save them money on their car insurance. …
Canadian Lawyer Magazine reports on and delivers award winning content on important legal issues throughout the country. Jacqueline Small of our firm has been interviewed several times on issues relating to personal injury law in British Columbia by Canadian Lawyer Magazine. Ms. Small was recently featured in Canadian Lawyer Magazine’s story about ICBC’s 6% disbursement…
As we have covered in prior blog posts, the NDP has dramatically changed ICBC claims by introducing ICBC No Fault Insurance which the NPD is flouting as “Enhanced Care”. The sad reality is that most British Columbians do NOT understand what rights the NDP have stripped away from them in exchange for a small reduction…
ICBC is a crown corporation. A crown corporation is a public sector organization established and funded by our own elected provincial government. ICBC was created to provide universal compulsory automobile insurance to British Columbian drivers. As “compulsory” automobile insurance, ICBC has a monopoly over the entire province. There is simply no competition or choice. If…
The NDP have quietly passed a new law that will dramatically change ICBC and the rights of the injured. The new change to ICBC is No Fault Insurance. The NDP and ICBC are doing their best not to call it No Fault Insurance and instead are labeling it “Enhanced Care Coverage” in a likely effort…
ICBC full no-fault insurance, soon to be law, gives absolute powers to the auto insurance monopoly ICBC. The government, starting May, 2021, will allow ICBC to value human suffering at zero ($0.00), giving no compensation to the injured. The BC NDP will be taking money that should be used to compensate innocent victims and giving…