Any type of distraction such as talking on a cell phone, drinking coffee, adjusting radio dials or turning to talk to people in the back seat could increase a motorist s risk of being involved in a crash. Every day for the next six weeks, we're mailing 75,000 - 100,000 cheques to our policy holders. Our original news release, below, traces these customer dividends back to three areas of success in the past fiscal year. Good drivers living outside larger urban areas may be first to bank their share. In V0 zones there are fewer than two postalwalks.
Some ICBC customers live outside a postal code area.
Their envelopes hit the mail first, but coded batches could beat them to our customer's doors. The corporation also announced that its automobile insurance rates will remain stable for a sixth consecutive year. ICBC's commitment to road safety has helped keep rates stable for five years and contributed to last year's surplus. When ICBC succeeds, through lower claims costs and strong investment performance, we all share in the benefits. Towers Perrin, a global management consulting firm and independent insurance industry analyst, has rated ICBC as the top performing equity manager among all property and casualty insurers in Canada for three consecutive years.