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Fraudulent insurance claims that didn’t succeed

Icon Written by Jack Churchill on March 28, 2012 – 12:32 pm

OTC Insurance, a Nova Scotia auto insurance broker, talks about some wacky Canadian insurance claims. These are just too good to resist posting. Periodically, different insurers and organizations post stories about fraudulent claims that people (try to) make. Just a few days ago, the Insurance Bureau of Canada posted some doozies. Here are a couple of the [...]



NB Union suggests implementing public auto insurance

Icon Written by Jack Churchill on March 1, 2012 – 8:30 pm

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 [...]



Social media helping to catch fraudsters

Icon Written by Jack Churchill on February 7, 2012 – 4:45 pm

OTC Insurance, an insurance broker in Nova Scotia, talks about how social media is helping to identify fraudulent claims Social media has had a profound effect on people’s lives. One way it is affecting the world of insurance has to do with claims, more specifically, fraudulent claims. There have been numerous instances where people have been [...]



Top five auto frauds

Icon Written by Jack Churchill on January 17, 2012 – 4:51 pm

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 [...]



Coming soon to an auto insurance policy near you – telematics

Icon Written by Jack Churchill on January 10, 2012 – 2:02 pm

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 [...]



New Canadian data finds fatal traffic crashes involving drunk driving on the decline

Icon Written by Jack Churchill on January 3, 2012 – 9:30 pm

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 [...]



Taking a look at vehicle theft data for Atlantic Canada

Icon Written by Jack Churchill on December 28, 2011 – 6:51 pm

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 [...]



Winter auto claims up almost 50 per cent over rest of year

Icon Written by Jack Churchill on November 25, 2011 – 1:59 pm

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, [...]



Nova Scotia implements reforms to auto insurance system

Icon Written by Jack Churchill on November 10, 2011 – 3:23 pm

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 [...]



Margaret South Picks Up Her Keys.

Icon Written by Jack Churchill on June 30, 2011 – 1:17 pm

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