OTC Insurance, an insurance broker providing auto insurance in Nova Scotia, talks about some recent recommendations made in New Brunswick to establish a public auto insurance system there With the provincial budget in the red, the New Brunswick Union of Public and Private employees recently put out some suggestions for how the province could improve [...]

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 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, a broker offering insurance products across Nova Scotia tells you about recent developments with the copper wire theft problem in Nova Scotia and how citizens can help In its column in the latest issue of The Weekly News, the RCMP talked about the “major issue” that copper wire theft has become in HRM [...]

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 [...]

It seems there are often stories on the news or online about a celebrity insuring one of their key assets. Maybe it’s their voice, their smile or chest hair. (The last one involves Tom Jones and it’s an urban legend actually.) However, Bruce Springsteen did insure his voice for close to $6 million and Aquafresh White [...]

Although it’s still September, it might seem depressing to start talking about winter right now, but it is just around the corner. For vehicle owners, this means it will be necessary to get ready for winter. Today, we’re going to take a look at emergency car kits and in the coming weeks, we’ll also look [...]