R I C H

I'd suggest YZF is his chosen motosickle flavour.

Former Lancastrian

Well we can agree on that it is private insurance up there. Maybe the Co-Op isnt a private company per se but they are the biggest company offering private insurance up there.
True YK is the short form of the Yukon Territory but is also accepted as being short for Yellowknife which is located in the Northwest Territories.
As for which companies do offer coverage in Alberta for the NWT I dont recall as I ended up getting my coverage through the Co-Op.

Former Lancastrian

It might well be but once he sees quotes for coverage then one of these might become his new user name
http://www.trekbikes.com/ca/en/team/subarutrek/

R I C H

Bike insurance need not be prohibitive, if you can get acceptance of no claims history. I pay $100 p/mth for a ZX10-R.

iaink

$100 a month doesnt seem pricey to you?

Former Lancastrian

Try insuring that bike in Manitoba for the same amount

http://www.ebrandon.ca/messagethread...89200&cat_id=9

R I C H

Not really, it's not that dissimilar to what I paid for a similar class of bike in the UK, but I insured year round there, whereas here just for 6 months. Not really any pricier than a seasons pass for the ski hill.

iaink

In Ontario my boss cant insure his bike for just 6 months... crazy. He can insure his Miata for summer only as its a second vehicle, but he gets screwed over his bike insurance, and premiums keep rocketing up here too...

minxymel

Husband and I are with Johnsons they accepted our UK history. Husband has 6* and I have 4*. We found them to be cheap her we moves here June 10, we used RBC first and was expensive the went to Johnsons after being here 6 months.

saz1983

Have you tried Intact? They took into consideration our UK history (via a broker at Ensurco) and we got it for $3500 or so. They put it up in the 2nd year but I got a better quote at TD ($2700 I think) and went with them. We were in downtown Toronto.

Interestingly we got a new car about a month after the new policy started, changing from a Mazda 3 hatchback to a small SUV and it came down $80 a month, so the car sometimes does make a difference. Probably because of the typical driver profile of a Mazda 3....

The $4000 quote is not far off the mark though I'm afraid...not much you can do!

Cdnshaz

I actually spoke to Allstate today and was told they would not take into acct my husbands UK driving history. BUT the insurance company we have been using (as I was considering changing) do take into acct his 30 yr driving history and they took our letter from insurance agent from UK as well. Now not sure if my driving history with this same company years prior me going to UK had anything to do with it. But our ins for 2 vehicles has never been over 2,000/yr. The first one was 3 yr old 4 wheel drive suv when we got it and the other was 4 yr old, so maybe age of car has to do with it as well, who knows. Insurance companies here can pick and choose who they want and will gouge the air out of your body if they can, it needs better regulation.
But you need to live in the area here I think to make it worth your while, but again one never knows.

stokesey

We both had our full NCB recognised and were awarded 5 stars by Intact. We're in Alberta and pay approx $900 for a 2010 outlander and $1000 for a 2009 dodge journey.

Good luck!

winky297

We have just moved to Oakville 3 weeks ago, managed to get 2 cars insured one a 2002 Freelander the other 2009 Dodge Nitro for $2100... the company gave us a 6star rating as we took our tenants insurance with the same company which is why we got such a good deal, we used Oakville Insurance Brokers on Lakeshore Rd (Carolyn Tucker)... she did point out that she was very surprised at the rates we got as she expected higher, she lives in Mississauga and said her premiums are higher than mine..

Hope she can help you out if you are not yet sorted..

FlyingDutchman6666

Thanks for all the recommendations! We've been told that the stratospheric premium we pay is almost entirely due to living in Mississauga. If we we were to move to Halton (Milton/Oakville) then the premium would be cut in half straight away...!

In the end, we managed $3700-something per year, for one person and one car, by taking out property insurance with the same company. I had previously refused to consider that possibility, thinking that it was a sales trick. But it does seem possible to pay less overall by taking out extra insurance?! I've long given up trying to understand how the insurance business in Canada works.

By the way, I've run these premiums past an ex-colleague who is familiar with the UK insurance business, and he was floored by the quotes. His first comment was: "someone must be making an awful amount of money"

dbd33

He fails to appreciate just how badly people in Canada drive.