Manitoba Car Insurance

Clean your plates or pay
Winnipeg Sun
More officers are out on traffic duty for the month of February after Manitoba Public Insurance gave $120000 to RCMP as well as Winnipeg and Brandon police to cover the cost of dedicating extra cops to cracking down on drivers chatting on their cells ...

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Warm winter brings a reminder from IBC: Protect your home from water damage
Canada NewsWire (press release)
9, 2012 /CNW/ - With Environment Canada predicting warmer-than-normal temperatures for the rest of the winter across the country, Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC) asks homeowners: Is your home protected from water damage? "While everyone is talking ...

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Leading the charge
Uptown
If the auto industry is on the verge of an electric revolution, as some have suggested, then a small group of Manitoba drivers is in that revolution's vanguard. Several car manufacturers have recently launched electric vehicles, so named because ...

Police Get Training on How to Spot Staged Collisions
The Epoch Times
(Photos.com) It was specialized training in identifying staged collisions that allowed an Ontario police officer—who noticed something didn't look right at the accident scene—to uncover one of the province's largest auto insurance fraud rings.

Off season: Advising professional athletes
Advisor.ca
Harder helped Stone set up his US banking, start to build his US credit, reviewed his property and casualty insurance, ensured he had proper car insurance, renter's insurance, liability insurance, all the while trying to delete as many ties to ...

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Monkey on their backs
Winnipeg Free Press
Yet until the debts are paid off, Braden and Helen are still vulnerable to financial shocks -- like car and home repairs and other emergencies. Fraser says they also need life insurance for Helen, even though she's been turned down for coverage.

Shameful weekend
Portage Daily Graphic
Last year in Manitoba, $415.2 million was paid by Manitoba Public Insurance (MPI) for property damage for a total of 258577 claims. That's a lot of damage done to vehicles by collisions and vandalism. Insurance algorithms are complex and way out of my ...

Faulty cords, plugs can spark vehicle fires: MPI
Brandon Sun
Several dozen vehicles go up in flames each winter in Manitoba due to a faulty extension cord or corroded block heater plugs, according to Manitoba Public Insurance fire experts. A cracked extension cord, or block heater cord with a corroded plug, ...
MPI asks people to check their extension cord and block heater plugWinnipeg Free Press
Faulty extension cords and bad blockheater plugs spark vehicular fires: MPICanadian Underwriter

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Is usage-based insurance the way of the future?
Collision Repair Magazine
By Mike Davey Winnipeg, Manitoba -- January 18, 2012 -- The idea behind pay-as-you-drive (PAYD) insurance is simple. If you drive less, then you pay less. Recently, Manitoba's Public Utilities Board ordered Manitoba Public Insurance to take another ...

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A smoother road ahead: Pilot program helps put newcomers in the driver's seat
Winnipeg Free Press
... with the help of Manitoba Public Insurance, LEEP tried something new -- a driver-training program that mirrors the one high school students take. Twelve participants got 30-odd hours of classroom training, the written test and eight hours of in-car ...