(June 24, 2022) The Automobile Insurance Rate Board (AIRB) is starting the 2023 Annual Review process for private passenger and commercial vehicles. This review analyzes industry loss experience as of December 31, 2022 for private passenger and commercial vehicles to establish industry benchmarks. These benchmarks are used to review insurance companies’ rate filings for basic and additional coverage, effective October 1, 2023.

Annually, the AIRB requests its consulting actuary, Oliver, Wyman Limited, to complete a preliminary Review of Industry Experience, as of December 31, for private passenger and commercial vehicles once the data is available.

The AIRB reviews the preliminary report and consults with interested stakeholders, providing them with a timeline of important dates should they wish to provide input by written submission to the AIRB. The AIRB’s consulting actuary will review all comments received, update their report based on any new information provided by stakeholders, and submit a final report to the AIRB. The AIRB will review and approve the final report, and inform all stakeholders providing industry benchmarks used in its review of insurance companies’ rate filings, effective October 1.

Stakeholders are invited to participate in the annual review of private passenger and commercial vehicles. Refer to the Notices below for information and dates on participation in this process.

(January 27, 2023) The Automobile Insurance Rate Board (AIRB) has starred consultation on its 2023 Semi-Annual Review for private passenger vehicles (PPV). This review analyzes industry loss experience as of June 2022 for PPV to establish Industry Benchmarks used when reviewing insurance companies’ rate filings for basic and additional coverage effective April 1, 2023.

As part of the Semi-Annual Review process, the AIRB invites stakeholders to review the AIRB consulting actuary’s Preliminary Review of Industry Experience posted on the 2023 Semi-Annual Review webpage, and those wishing to comment on the report may send written submissions by email to [email protected].

Important Dates
  1. January 27, 2023 – The AIRB posts the Preliminary Review of Industry Experience on the 2023 Semi-Annual Review webpage.
  2. February 21, 2023 – Deadline for written submissions.
  3. April 1, 2023 – The AIRB’s final Review of Industry Experience and rate filing benchmarks are posted on the 2023 Semi-Annual Review webpage.

For more information on the 2023 Semi-Annual Review, read Notice 02-2023.

(January 4, 2023) The Automobile Insurance Rate Board (AIRB) launched the the Rating Profile Submissions Module in the Collection and Reporting System (CARS), increasing insurer accountability and enabling the direct entry of premiums for each rating profile, as required based on filing type. The security of the filing process is enhanced with CARS replacing email as the method of submitting premiums for rating profiles.

Rating profiles are used in the AIRB’s Rate Comparison Tool, a valued resource for Alberta drivers seeking to shop the market for auto insurance. Albertans can see premiums for ten profiles for private passenger vehicle, and profiles for commercial and miscellaneous vehicles all profiles are shown on a number of different postal codes across the province.
Refer to Notice 01-2023 for more information.

Happy holidays, and thank you for visiting the AIRB website. Our offices will be closed during the holidays from December 24 to January 2 and will be re-opening on January 3, 2023. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. If you need to get into contact with us you can email [email protected] and we will get back to you as soon as our office re-opens.

 

Auto insurance should be easy to understand. Alberta drivers have told the AIRB they need insurance policy information in plain language. While we cannot change the policy wording we can offer information to assist drivers to understand their coverage.

For more information on understanding Alberta’s auto insurance.

As winter driving season will soon be here, we want to remind Alberta drivers to be prepared by planning ahead:

 

Watch this 60 second video to learn how you can prepare for winter driving.