Insurance Bureau Of Canada, Vancouver, BC

Established in 1964, Insurance Bureau of Canada is the national industry association representing Canada’s private home, car and business insurers. Its member companies represent 90% of the property and casualty (P&C) insurance market in Canada. The P&C insurance industry employs over 110, 000 Canadians, pays more than $6 billion in taxes to the federal, provincial and municipal governments, and has a total premium base of $39 billion, approximately half of which is derived from automobile insurance.
IBC’s role is to be active on behalf of its members. IBC does this by:
forecasting and responding to issues that may arise in the industry
anticipating opportunities to identify, shape and influence change in support of members' business needs
lobbying the federal and provincial governments to secure changes in public policy and in the business-operating environment that will benefit insurance companies and their customers
IBC works on a number of fronts to increase public understanding of home, car and business insurance. Public understanding is also fostered through IBC’s five regional consumer centres, where trained personnel with many years of industry and government relations experience answer tens of thousands of consumer inquiries each year.
IBC’s mandate is to provide a forum for its member companies to resolve issues that are important to achieving the P&C insurance industry’s common vision.
Consumers and governments trust, value and support the private property and casualty insurance industry, and its products and services.
This vision is supported by insurers throughout the diverse property and casualty insurance industry in Canada. The vision recognizes that by serving the needs of its customers and by being competitive, the industry will be healthy and profitable.