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A REPORT ON CBC NEWS SAYS BECAUSE OF THE NO. OF CL.AIMS RECENTLY THE INSURANCE RATES ARE GOING UP FOR DRIVERS AN AVERAGE OF 10- 15%! I think this is outrages with the rates so high to begin with! The insurance for the car I drive just because I upgraded to a 2009 car went from 65 dollars to 80 per month and now it may inch closer to 100 a month! New Brunswick drivers can expect to see higher bills for car insurance beginning as early as next week, as insurance companies begin to respond more aggressively to escalating accident claims in the province. Michèle Pelletier, New Brunswick's consumer advocate for insurance, has been involved in a number of this year's rate hearings at the New Brunswick Insurance Board and confirmed rates are on the rise.Auto insurance rate shock possible in 2017 due to rising claims. Auto insurance claims hit 12-year high in New Brunswick"Rates are going up," she said."We do expect an increase. We're trying to say, 'Yes, fair to the company, but it should be also fair to the consumer.'" New Brunswick's largest auto insurer, Wawanesa, has already been approved for its largest premium increase in more than a decade — an average seven per cent hike on more than 92,000 privately owned vehicles in New Brunswick. For Wawanesa customers it amounts to an average increase of $42 per vehicle, although that will vary significantly from driver to driver. I know that companies have to recoup losses but this is ridiculous in a province with some of the highest auto rates in the country. Its time that the bad distracted and abusive drivers shoulder the brunt of their own bad driving! With these new interactive screens the drivers can use for their phones, the net , texting etc. It makes drivers more and more distracted. My record with my insurance co. has been exemplary for the past 15 years here and the last 30 before that in Ontario, not fair to shoulder the higher costs because of bad drivers, they need to be on the Ridiculog!!