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 [...]

We know travel Insurance is important and with with the last flight mission of the Space Shuttle underway we searched the internet and found that and found this really cool info graphic.          

After heavy rains in the Ottawa-Gatineau area, the Insurance Bureau of Canada has advised people affected by the rainfall to check their policies to see if they are covered for the property damage caused by sewer backup and water seepage. Between June 23 and 24, 50 mm of rainfall was recorded over Gatineau, while Ottawa [...]

We went along to witness the hand over.  Congratulations Meg! Watch the video here of Meg driving off into the sunset.  Well actually The back of Tim Hortons on Quinpool in Halifax. http://www.youtube.com/user/otcinsurance  

Not just any competition.  It was the Tim Hortons ‘Roll Back The Rim To WIn’. We visited Margaret at the Tim Hortons on Quinpool in Halifax to find out a bit more about the moment that she discovered her win and what she is going to do with her prize. Below is the link to [...]

Auto theft is up in Halifax this year. It’s something we’ve noticed at the OTC office and it’s backed up by police statistics. For the month of May, two cases of stolen vehicles were reported to our office. In one case, the vehicle was returned to a rental lot in Burnside and in the other case, [...]