Ontario: Aviva Auto Insurance Premium Relief. Minimum 15% By Changing To Pleasure Use

May 6th, 2020 9:40 pm

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geokilla [OP]: Deal Expert; Mar 1, 2008; 18491 posts; 8522 upvotes; Toronto, Ontario

May 6th, 2020 9:40 pm

Ontario: Aviva Auto Insurance Premium Relief. Minimum 15% By Changing To Pleasure Use

Aviva (includes RBC Insurance) is now offering premium relief due to COVID-19. Contact your broker/agent and be honest about how you're using the vehicle. Changes can be backdated to mid-March on a case by case basis. These are new changes that recently came into effect. I already got my reduction and it is significant, meaningful savings. Didn't have to remove coverage on my vehicle at all. All I had to do was update it to pleasure use. I got about $300 back on $2,000 annual premium.

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May 6th, 2020 9:41 pm

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jillaryit: Deal Addict; Jan 29, 2010; 2109 posts; 3426 upvotes; Toronto

May 6th, 2020 9:41 pm

geokilla wrote: ↑ Aviva (includes RBC Insurance) is now offering premium relief due to COVID-19. Contact your broker/agent and be honest about how you're using the vehicle. Changes can be backdated to mid-March on a case by case basis.

Is this new? I called last week and was told there’s no premium relief, I could only reduce coverage or km

May 6th, 2020 9:44 pm

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tshath: Newbie; Dec 29, 2008; 76 posts; 118 upvotes; Mississauga

May 6th, 2020 9:44 pm

TD Meloche is also giving 15% off for 3 months (as a cheque mailed to you).

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May 6th, 2020 9:45 pm

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MyNameWasTaken: Deal Fanatic; Aug 31, 2017; 5175 posts; 3036 upvotes

May 6th, 2020 9:45 pm

Aviva out here making insurance companies look terrible at a time of crisis lol. First the dentist fiasco and now this. Good luck Aviva customers!

May 6th, 2020 9:52 pm

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geokilla [OP]: Deal Expert; Mar 1, 2008; 18491 posts; 8522 upvotes; Toronto, Ontario

May 6th, 2020 9:52 pm

jillaryit wrote: ↑ Is this new? I called last week and was told there’s no premium relief, I could only reduce coverage or km

Yes. These are new changes that recently came into effect. I already got my reduction and it is significant, meaningful savings.

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May 6th, 2020 9:54 pm

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anshiren: Deal Addict; Sep 15, 2015; 1118 posts; 1066 upvotes; Mooooonnn

May 6th, 2020 9:54 pm

tshath wrote: ↑TD Meloche is also giving 15% off for 3 months (as a cheque mailed to you).

Not only TD Meloche. All Td auto insurance customers are eligible for 15% off for three months (mailed cheque), And one can still drive the car for essential travel, including the health/front line staff drive for work, if applying by May.31,
or if one doesn’t use the car for 45 days, contact td insurance and the premium may get cut up to 75%.

Source:
https://www.tdinsurance.com/covid-19/

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May 6th, 2020 10:04 pm

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AseemS12143: Member; Feb 3, 2019; 262 posts; 129 upvotes; Halton Hills, Ontari…

May 6th, 2020 10:04 pm

I am with Desjardin and they gave me a credit of $88 last month. Not sure if that was one time or for 3 months or 1 year. I talked to my agent and she is not aware as well. I will have to wait for this month's premium to confirm if it was one time only or recurring.

I pay $3000 per year and getting a one time $88 discount would be slap on the face considering the car is practically standing in the garage.

May 6th, 2020 10:05 pm

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PriceHunter: Deal Addict; Nov 12, 2015; 3649 posts; 4098 upvotes

May 6th, 2020 10:05 pm

geokilla wrote: ↑ Aviva (includes RBC Insurance) is now offering premium relief due to COVID-19. Contact your broker/agent and be honest about how you're using the vehicle. Changes can be backdated to mid-March on a case by case basis. These are new changes that recently came into effect. I already got my reduction and it is significant, meaningful savings.

Do you have anything in writing from Aviva/RBC?

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May 6th, 2020 10:05 pm

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cwangs: Member; Nov 18, 2011; 239 posts; 74 upvotes; EDMONTON

May 6th, 2020 10:05 pm

Is this available in Alberta too?

May 6th, 2020 10:09 pm

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ilusa: Deal Addict; Nov 11, 2004; 3468 posts; 585 upvotes; Ottawa

May 6th, 2020 10:09 pm

anshiren wrote: ↑ Not only TD Meloche. All Td auto insurance customers are eligible for 15% off for three months (mailed cheque), And one can still drive the car for essential travel, including the health/front line staff drive for work, if applying by May.31,
or if one doesn’t use the car for 45 days, contact td insurance and the premium may get cut up to 75%.

Source:
https://www.tdinsurance.com/covid-19/

Thank you for posting this, i will give them a call tomorrow

I actually just logged into my bank account the last time i filled my tank was March 23rd. I still have well over 3/4 of gas left

Hello

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May 6th, 2020 10:11 pm

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fanshawe: Newbie; Jul 11, 2006; 99 posts; 34 upvotes

May 6th, 2020 10:11 pm

I'm a frontline worker and as of yesterday, the discount/relief does not apply to us as we still drive to work. I'm with Aviva.

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May 6th, 2020 10:12 pm

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geokilla [OP]: Deal Expert; Mar 1, 2008; 18491 posts; 8522 upvotes; Toronto, Ontario

May 6th, 2020 10:12 pm

PriceHunter wrote: ↑ Do you have anything in writing from Aviva/RBC?

Yes but I can't share it for reasons I cannot discuss. I wouldn't share my personal policy info either due to privacy reasons.

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May 6th, 2020 10:13 pm

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kiz5: Deal Addict; Apr 13, 2006; 1134 posts; 253 upvotes; Mississauga

May 6th, 2020 10:13 pm

Called last week. Were willing to give me 75% off one car if I removed it from driving. 15% reduction otherwise, because of WFH.

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May 6th, 2020 10:14 pm

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zackaroli: Sr. Member; Sep 16, 2011; 873 posts; 1422 upvotes; LONDON

May 6th, 2020 10:14 pm

I called them 10 days ago and they refused to do anything. I suspended the insurance on one of my cars (theft and fire) and they still charge 45 a month for that one...ditching them on my next renewal

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May 6th, 2020 10:28 pm

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Toukolou: Deal Fanatic; Dec 4, 2009; 8992 posts; 5107 upvotes

May 6th, 2020 10:28 pm

geokilla wrote: ↑ Aviva (includes RBC Insurance) is now offering premium relief due to COVID-19. Contact your broker/agent and be honest about how you're using the vehicle. Changes can be backdated to mid-March on a case by case basis. These are new changes that recently came into effect. I already got my reduction and it is significant, meaningful savings.

Can you quantify the savings? Ballpark? Context (compared to what you pay)?

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May 6th, 2020 10:31 pm

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GSD: Deal Addict; Jul 5, 2005; 3993 posts; 1873 upvotes; Toronto

May 6th, 2020 10:31 pm

geokilla wrote: ↑ Yes but I can't share it for reasons I cannot discuss. I wouldn't share my personal policy info either due to privacy reasons.

Can you tell us of any high level reductions?

May 6th, 2020 10:41 pm

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bosssk: Newbie; Apr 22, 2018; 46 posts; 14 upvotes

May 6th, 2020 10:41 pm

I don't see anything new on Aviva's website about this. I called Aviva a couple of weeks ago about my insurance on two cars since my partner and I are both working from home and barely driving. They only reduced it by $4 a month lol.
The only alternative they offered me was if I put one of the cars in storage and did not drive it at all they could reduce it a little further. Awful.

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May 6th, 2020 10:42 pm

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bpboop: Deal Addict; Dec 24, 2017; 1534 posts; 1984 upvotes; Toronto

May 6th, 2020 10:42 pm

This title is misleading. They're just letting you change coverage, not providing automatic reimbursements like many other providers. I called to ask almost a month ago and they offered this (literally just a reduction in coverage) but I'm pretty much minimal coverage (pleasure driving + 5000km/yr on old car) so they offered to stop covering, but i AM still driving it for the time being. Anyways, Not super great.

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May 6th, 2020 10:50 pm

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EscaBoi: Deal Addict; Dec 19, 2005; 1683 posts; 285 upvotes; Toronto

May 6th, 2020 10:50 pm

Anyone else confirmed this? I called last month and had to take one vehicle off to get reduced premium. Primary vehicle is only being driven to and from work and they weren’t offering anything.

May 6th, 2020 10:52 pm

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Shady67: Member; Jan 10, 2018; 382 posts; 1175 upvotes

May 6th, 2020 10:52 pm

https://www.aviva.ca/en/press-releases/ ... g-drivers/

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Ontario: Aviva Auto Insurance Premium Relief. Minimum 15% By Changing To Pleasure Use

Ontario: Aviva Auto Insurance Premium Relief. Minimum 15% By Changing To Pleasure Use

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