Attorney General admits he’s “concerned” drivers are paying too much for car insurance
Posted March 4, 2020 8:43 pm.
VICTORIA (NEWS 1130) – B.C’s Attorney General admits he’s concerned about legal action indicating many drivers have been paying too much for car insurance.
David Eby says he needs time to review allegations ICBC cheated crash victims out of the compensation they’re entitled to under the Medical Services Plan.
“The money is paid back to MSP by both private and public insurers. The government has many agreements like this,” he says. “We’ll have a look at it and certainly, any litigation is serious, especially coming from a personal injury firm like Murphy Battista that’s certainly got some very talented lawyers will look at it.”
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Eby says he finds the allegations unusual and concerning if customers have been denied benefits they were supposed to receive.
“It strikes me as unusual given that it is the practice of MSP to claim healthcare benefits back from people who cause an injury to someone else,” he says. “Even individuals who cause an injury to someone else. MSP sometimes claims back health care costs that are incurred as a result of that and litigation.”
The personal injury firm Murphy Battista is mounting the proposed class-action case which must still be certified by a BC Supreme Court judge.
The case must first be certified, but if this goes to trial and the government loses, it could be forced to reimburse drivers dating back to when ICBC first started in 1973.
