Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 473

and

the Insurance Corporation Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 228, as amended

and

Application by the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia

for Approval of Basic Insurance Tariff Housekeeping Amendments

BEFORE:               L.F. Kelsey, Commissioner

                                C.A. Brown, Commissioner                                         

                                N.E. MacMurchy, Commissioner                               December 19, 2013

                                B.A. Magnan, Commissioner

                                D.M. Morton, Commissioner

                                R.D. Revel, Commissioner

                                C. van Wermeskerken, Commissioner

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.    On November 5, 2013, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) submitted to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) an application for nine housekeeping amendments to the Basic Insurance Tariff (Tariff), with a proposed effective date of January 1, 2014 (Application);

B.    ICBC is proposing the following housekeeping amendments to multiple sections of the Tariff, as further described in the Application:

•         Name change of the APV 40 Temporary Change Endorsement

•         Addition of definition of “IVR” (Insurance (Vehicle) Registration)

•         Territory and Rate Class Selection for Commercial Delivery Vehicles in specific situations

•         Amended definition of “Woodchip Delivery”

•         Allowance for shuttling containers and trailers in specific situations

•         Allowing Public Authorities with Municipal Government conditional factor into Rate Class 121

•         Clarification of Temporary Substitute Motor Vehicle

•         Clarifications to Driver Risk Premium and the Driver Penalty Point Premium

•         Correction in terminology for the APV 49 Unlicenced Farm Tractor Certificate;

C.    ICBC submits that the proposed Tariff amendments are all minor in scope with minimal anticipated impacts on Basic Insurance rates or customers; and

D.    The Commission reviewed the Application and considers that its approval is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE the Commission approves the amendments to the Basic Insurance Tariff, effective January 1, 2014, as applied for and shown in Appendix A of this Order.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this           19^th        day of December 2013.

                                                                                                                              BY ORDER

Original signed by:

                                                                                                                              D.M. Morton

                                                                                                                              Commissioner

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