OTC Insurance, an insurance broker located in Halifax provides a run down of some of the top five frauds reported by Manitoba Public Insurance. Every year, Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI), the non-profit crown corporation which provides basic auto insurance in Manitoba, releases a list of the top five frauds of the year. Here’s a look [...]

OTC Insurance, an insurance broker offering home, auto and commercial insurance in Halifax and Nova Scotia talks about the increased use of telematics and how it will affect people’s auto insurance policies. Simply put, telematics is a 21st century approach to pricing auto insurance which involves using technology to more accurately assess someone’s risk level. This [...]

OTC Insurance, an insurance broker serving the needs of Nova Scotians talks about recent data which has found the number of fatal vehicle crashes involving a drinking driver are on the decline Drunk driving continues to be a problem across Canada. In fact, for the past 15 years, alcohol has been a factor in about 26 [...]

OTC Insurance, an insurance broker located in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, discusses data which looks at the top 10 most stolen vehicles in Atlantic Canada In our last post, we looked at an annual list put out by the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) which looks at the top 10 most stolen vehicles in Canada. Because of the way [...]

OTC Insurance, an insurance broker located in the Halifax area and providing coverage across Nova Scotia, talks about recent vehicle theft data.   It’s a list you don’t want to find your vehicle on. Every year, the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) releases a list of the top 10 most stolen vehicles in Canada. Because the results are not broken [...]

OTC Insurance, your insurance broker for Halifax and Nova Scotia explains how new research has found that hybrid vehicles are safer than non-hybrid ones According to new research by the Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI), the odds of being injured in a car crash in a hybrid are 25 per cent less than getting into a [...]

OTC Insurance, an insurance broker offering auto insurance for people in Halifax and across Nova Scotia talks about the fascinating stats released by Aviva Canada With the first snowfall of the year having hit Halifax and Nova Scotia earlier this week, the topic of winter car accidents was something frequently discussed by the media. Coincidentally, [...]

OTC Insurance, an auto insurance broker located in the Halifax and Dartmouth area tells you about some of the changes to the Nova Scotia auto insurance system and what it will mean for drivers.  Change is coming to the Nova Scotia auto insurance system as the result of recommendations that came from an independent auto insurance review conducted by [...]

On a day where it is unseasonably warm in Halifax, it seems rather odd to be writing about winter tires. However, not having winter tires installed is one of those things that always seems to creep up on you unexpectedly when the first snowfall of the year hits, so it’s better to think about it sooner rather [...]

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