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$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
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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)

Eligible drivers in B.C. will once again be getting a rebate this summer.

Rebates of $110 will be going out to an estimated 3.6 million customer policies, ICBC CEO David Wong said during a news conference in Victoria Wednesday (May 8). He was joined by Premier David Eby and Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth.

The provincial Crown corporation will also be keeping the basic insurance rate steady until next year, with no rate increase until at least March 1, 2026. It has been six years since the last increase.

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An estimated 3.6 million customers policies will be eligible for the rebate.

Wong said the rebate is per policy, so if someone has insurance policies for two vehicles, they will get two rebates of $110 each. To be eligible for the rebate, drivers had to have an active policy in February 2024.

Processing for the rebates will begin in late-May. Wong said ICBC will be working every day to have all the rebates out by the end of July.

Rebate delivery is based on how a customer paid: if it was through a credit card, it will be refunded; if it was through autoplan payments, the rebate will be applied to the next payment in June; and if it was by debit, cash or cheque, a rebate will be mailed unless the customer signs up for direct deposit. People need to be signed up for direct deposit before May 21 to be eligible.

The rebate, which totals about $400 million provincewide, will be filed by the government with the B.C. Utilities Commission Wednesday.

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Lauren Collins

About the Author: Lauren Collins

I'm a provincial reporter for Black Press Media's provincial team, after my journalism career took me around B.C. since I was 19 years old.
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