Manitoba Car Insurance: Intro
Welcome to your Manitoba Car Insurance Guide. This page will give you an idea of Car Insurance Premiums in Manitoba and shares a few useful information items. Together with Saskatchewan, British Columbia and Quebec, Manitoba has a very specific auto insurance regulation in place impacting car insurance customers.
What Are Typical Manitoba Car Insurance Premiums?
The overview of insurance premiums across provinces shows car insurance rates in several Canadian provinces.
Basis public auto insurance is offered in Manitoba by one government corporation (also called crown corporation) MPI (Manitoba Public Insurance). It’s basic product is known as Autopac.Other insurance companies compete for additional insurance products such as increased insurance coverages / limits, lower deductibles etc.
There are four provinces which use the same model of government insurance corporations: Manitoba with MPI, Saskatchewan with SGI (Saskatchewan Government Insurance), British Columbia with ICBC (Insurance Corporation of British Columbia) and Quebec with partly government-based insurance model
More about Manitoba Car Insurance
- MPI: By law, a basic auto insurance must be purchased from the government (also called crown) corporation MPI Manitoba Public Insurance
- Limited Choice: Based on InsurEye consumer reviews for MPI it appears that many drivers are not happy about lack of insurance choices in Saskatchewan
- Customer Satisfaction: According to J.D. Power study from 2013 MPI was ranked one the worst insurance company in Canada (read more here)
- CDI: According to the same J.D. Power study Canadian Direct Insurance had the highest ranking in the West. That is somewhat consistent with higher InsurEye consumer reviews for CDI
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