ICBC

A B.C. Supreme Court justice ruled on June 3, 2024 that ICBC must pay customers who were impacted by a 2011 privacy breach $15,000 each in damages. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)

ICBC must pay customers hit by privacy breach $15K each, B.C. judge rules

Customers targeted in shooting and arson attacks after ICBC staffer sold their info to criminal gang

 

ICBC CEO David Wong says eligible drivers will get a $110-rebate in summer 2024 after better-than-expected investment returns. (The Canadian Press files)

$110-rebate coming to B.C. drivers by end of July: ICBC CEO

No increase in basic insurance rate until at least March 1, 2026

 

Roundabout in B.C. (BC Government photo)

43% of B.C. drivers don’t feel confident in roundabouts: survey

The survey conducted by Ipsos in January found modern roundabouts reduce injury crashes by 75 per cent

 

Nearly one-quarter of the requests for personalized licence plates made in B.C. last year were rejected, for a variety of reasons. (Photo credit: Carolyn Franks/ICBC)

TRY AGN: ICBC releases list of rejected personalized licence plates

Nearly one-quarter of requests for personalized plates in 2023 were turned down

Nearly one-quarter of the requests for personalized licence plates made in B.C. last year were rejected, for a variety of reasons. (Photo credit: Carolyn Franks/ICBC)
Conservative Party of BC Leader John Rustad has proposed reforms to ICBC’s no-fault insurance, but Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says Rustad’s reforms would drive up costs. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)

Conservative Party of BC calls for reforms to ICBC’s no-fault insurance

Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says John Rustad’s reform proposal will drive up costs

Conservative Party of BC Leader John Rustad has proposed reforms to ICBC’s no-fault insurance, but Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says Rustad’s reforms would drive up costs. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito)
Perry Chow, who has diabetes, stands beside the pickup truck he wasn’t allowed to drive for five weeks while his licence was suspended. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

Mixup ends in suspension of diabetic man’s driver’s licence in Victoria

Delayed mail and letters land driver in car trouble

Perry Chow, who has diabetes, stands beside the pickup truck he wasn’t allowed to drive for five weeks while his licence was suspended. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
The crash, like so many others, took place near the 264th Street interchange in Langley on Highway One. (Province of BC photo)

Claims of phantom hit-and-run driver in Aldergrove crash don’t add up in ICBC appeal

Witness said at-fault driver was lost in his music when he rear-ended a Toyota

The crash, like so many others, took place near the 264th Street interchange in Langley on Highway One. (Province of BC photo)
Cole Alexander is a Saanich teenager trying to get his driver’s licence. (Ella Matte/News Staff)

B.C. family cries foul over driving test delay due to diabetes

A processing delay with teen’s medical form makes him unable to book a test

Cole Alexander is a Saanich teenager trying to get his driver’s licence. (Ella Matte/News Staff)
A backlog partly due to the pandemic is holding up the Driver Medical Fitness offices in B.C., but the government says that those needing to get back on the road sooner could be dealt with ahead of the pack. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire File)

B.C. charter bus driver kept from working due to government backlog

Pandemic problems persist as Driver Medical Fitness files held up by 100-day backlog

A backlog partly due to the pandemic is holding up the Driver Medical Fitness offices in B.C., but the government says that those needing to get back on the road sooner could be dealt with ahead of the pack. (Clarise Larson/Juneau Empire File)
A road rage incident near 216th Street and Glover Road led to a dispute by one driver with ICBC. (Langley Advance Times files)

Road rage incident no excuse in Langley crash case: tribunal

Tribunal rules that driver could have avoided crashing into other vehicle

A road rage incident near 216th Street and Glover Road led to a dispute by one driver with ICBC. (Langley Advance Times files)
School zones are back in effect from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in Vernon. (Vernon RCMP Photo)

Crashes injure 51 children every year in school and playground zones: ICBC

Education minister, police chief urges British Columbians to slow down near schools

School zones are back in effect from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily in Vernon. (Vernon RCMP Photo)
In the last 12 months, ICBC has conducted 15 per cent more road tests on Vancouver Island compared to the same period before the pandemic in 2018 to 2019. (Black Press Media Photo File)

Record numbers of ‘N’ drivers taking B.C. road tests, nearly half failing

Demand for road tests has skyrocketed, observations and driving too fast making people do retakes

In the last 12 months, ICBC has conducted 15 per cent more road tests on Vancouver Island compared to the same period before the pandemic in 2018 to 2019. (Black Press Media Photo File)
ICBC is implementing a new discount for vehicles driven less than 10,000 kilometres in a year. (ICBC)

ICBC rolls out new discount for vehicles driven under 10,000 km a year

Insurance corporation says savings could be between 10 and 15%

ICBC is implementing a new discount for vehicles driven less than 10,000 kilometres in a year. (ICBC)
ICBC is implementing a new discount for vehicles driven less than 10,000 kilometres in a year. (ICBC)

ICBC rolls out new discount for vehicles driven under 10,000 km a year

Insurance corporation says savings could be between 10 and 15%

ICBC is implementing a new discount for vehicles driven less than 10,000 kilometres in a year. (ICBC)
A driver braved a waterlogged stretch of 208th Street north of Walnut Grove on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, during a series of atmospheric rivers. Other drivers were not lucky enough to make it through, including one who challenged an ICBC deductible through a Civil Resolution Tribunal. (Langley Advance Times files)

Driver loses ICBC fight after car conked out on flooded Langley road

Tribunal finds driver was at fault for heading into high water

A driver braved a waterlogged stretch of 208th Street north of Walnut Grove on Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021, during a series of atmospheric rivers. Other drivers were not lucky enough to make it through, including one who challenged an ICBC deductible through a Civil Resolution Tribunal. (Langley Advance Times files)
A Surrey RCMP looking out for distracted drivers during Operation Hang Up at 152 Street and Highway 10 on March 9, 2023. (Photo: Anna Burns)

Distracted driving month shows gaps between law and police messaging, B.C. lawyer says

On Thursday (March. 9), Surrey RCMP and Police were looking for distracted drivers

A Surrey RCMP looking out for distracted drivers during Operation Hang Up at 152 Street and Highway 10 on March 9, 2023. (Photo: Anna Burns)
Signage for ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia) is shown in Victoria, B.C., on February 6, 2018. In 2022, ICBC rejected 3,135 personalized licence plate applications. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

‘U2SLOW’, ‘GAS PIG’, ‘WT TRASH’: ICBC rejected 3,135 licence plates last year

Slogans can be denied for being discriminatory or sexually suggestive, among other things

Signage for ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia) is shown in Victoria, B.C., on February 6, 2018. In 2022, ICBC rejected 3,135 personalized licence plate applications. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Nicolas Jimenez. (Black Press Media file photo)

ICBC CEO Nicolas Jimenez to take on top role at BC Ferries

Jimenez spent close to 20 years with the insurance corporation

Nicolas Jimenez. (Black Press Media file photo)
Signage for ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia) is shown in Victoria, B.C., on February 6, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito

ICBC plans to freeze rate of basic car insurance for another 2 years

CEO says ICBC banking on insurance rates, global supply chain issues levelling out to cover costs

Signage for ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia) is shown in Victoria, B.C., on February 6, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Brayden Methot in the drivers position of his specially-adapted van, which he can drive from his power chair using hand controls, despite a C4 spinal cord injury. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo)

Williams Lake man driving first-of-its-kind adaptive van in Canada

Brayden Methot excited to enter back into the work force as he paves history

Brayden Methot in the drivers position of his specially-adapted van, which he can drive from his power chair using hand controls, despite a C4 spinal cord injury. (Monica Lamb-Yorski photo)