ORDER NUMBER
G-50-18
IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473
and
the Insurance Corporation Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 228, as amended
and
Insurance Corporation of British Columbia
Fleet, Garage and Remaining Additional Products Transitioning
into the New Policy Administration System Filing
BEFORE:
H. G. Harowitz, Commissioner
A. K. Fung, QC, Commissioner
B. A. Magnan, Commissioner
R. I. Mason, Commissioner
R. D. Revel, Commissioner
on March 1, 2018
ORDER
WHEREAS:
A. On February 2, 2018, the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) filed an application (Application) with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) to amend the Basic Insurance Tariff (Tariff) related to the implementation of Fleet, Garage and remaining additional products into the new policy administration system (PAS);
B. By Order G-102-14 dated July 24, 2014, the Commission approved Tariff amendments with effective dates July 31, 2014 and November 1, 2015, as shown in Appendix A to that order;
C. By Order G-127-15 dated July 23, 2015, the Commission approved Tariff amendments with an effective date of July 31, 2015 and Tariff amendments with an effective date to be finalized that will align with the implementation of the new PAS to be applied to new policies, as shown in Appendix A of that order. In addition, the Commission approved ICBC’s requested change of a November 1, 2015 effective date established by Order G-102-14 to an effective date that will coincide with the implementation of the new PAS;
D. By Order G-121-16 dated July 28, 2016, the Commission approved, among other matters, that the effective date of certain Tariff amendments previously approved by Orders G-102-14 and G-127-15 will be deferred until the release of additional functionality for these amendments, to be applied to new policies, in the new PAS, as shown in items 1 to 5 in Appendix of that order;
E. On December 6, 2016, the Lieutenant Governor in Council approved and ordered Order in Council 909 (OIC 909/16), amending Special Direction IC2 to the BC Utilities Commission, BC regulation 307/2003, as amended, which directs the Commission to approve and set the rates for the high-value vehicle charge, within 20 days of ICBC applying for approval of the charge in accordance with a government directive;
F. By Order G-188-16 dated December 15, 2016, the Commission approved, as directed under OIC 909/16, Tariff amendments related to a high-value vehicle charge for fleets and garage vehicle certificates effective when certificates for vehicles insured in a fleet and vehicles insured as owned vehicles under a garage vehicle certificate are administered in the new PAS, among other matters;
G. In the Application, ICBC requests approval of additional amendments to the Tariff amendments previously approved by Orders G-102-14, G-127-15, G-121-16 and G-188-16, with a proposed effective date of March 4, 2018. ICBC submits that the proposed Tariff is an interim solution while a phased-in approach to the migration of Fleet, Garage and remaining additional products into the new PAS is being taken to manage its overall system development and to help minimize impacts to customers, brokers and staff;
H. On February 20 , 2018, ICBC filed an errata to the Application (Errata) which corrected typographical errors on three pages of the proposed Tariff; and
I. The Commission reviewed the Application and Errata and considers that the proposed Tariff amendments are warranted.
NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders the Tariff pages as included in Attachment A to this order are approved, effective March 4, 2018.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 2nd day of March 2018.
BY ORDER
Original signed by:
H. G. Harowitz
Commissioner
Attachment