ICBC is Calling You a Cheater

What do you think of ICBC’s new campaign which they have been promoting on the radio and on TV as well as in newspapers? They would have you believe that:

(a) Most people involved in car accidents have no pain or injuries

(b) Many of those who claim pain or injuries are faking or exaggerating their claims

ICBC’s figure of “20% fraudulent claims” includes all those claims where ICBC has alleged fraud but have not even come close to proving it. The vast majority of ICBC’s so called fraud investigations amount to absolutely nothing. It is frankly a waste of ratepayers’ money.

Oh, but there is fraud in the ICBC system – but it is much more likely that it is caused by ICBC adjustors and managers than by injured folks. Fraud is when adjustors tell you that you have no claim because it was your fault or because your car didn’t sustain much damage. Fraud is when ICBC adjustors refuse to fund your therapy or cut off your funding prematurely. Fraud is when ICBC adjustors put surveillance on you to harass and intimidate you.

It is unbelievable that ICBC has the right to use the money that you pay in insurance premiums to fight you every step in the way and to misinform the public in expensive media campaigns rather than using that money to better fund treatment or to lower your premiums.

Fight back – tell everyone you know that this new media campaign is just more of the same nonsense that we have heard from ICBC time and time again. It’s a case of “blame the victim” as opposed to trying to help people injured by careless drivers.