Car Insurers Could Save Up To $2.7 Billion in Ontario In 2020 Because Of Covid-19 Pandemic

$ 2,730,266,633

...is the estimated amount of savings on payouts realized by the car insurance companies in Ontario in 2020 because of the Covid-19 restrictions, as most drivers had to stay home large parts of the year across the province.

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Savings made by Canadian car insurers during restriction measures

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29.1% drop in car accidents across Ontario

With most Canada's provinces facing restriction measures during spring and again in autumn / winter, many Canadians were forced to stay at home. As a consequence, many daily commutes came to a halt, meaning fewer people on the roads, and a lower probability of accidents occurring. That's confirmed by the numbers :

29.1%
decrease in car accidents

...across the Ontarian territory

35.1%
decrease in car-related claims


...due to low traffic on Ontario's roads

$591 million
saved

...only in the city of Toronto


Toronto, on top of the cities where savings are the highest

A majority of road traffic accidents usually happen in dense urban areas. It is therefore no surprise to see that the biggest cities are those where car insurance savings on payouts have been highest:

CitiesDecrease rate (2019-2020)Car insurance savings in 2020
Toronto
37.5%$591,411,891
Ottawa
37.0%$199,955,984
Mississauga
36.4%$151,828,441
Brampton
36.6%$125,697,422
Hamilton
35.6%$110,614,639
London
34.1%$75,735,157
Markham
35.2%$67,019,929
Vaughan
33.7%$59,724,422
Kitchener
35.3%$47,589,592
Windsor
35.5%$44,620,376
Richmond Hill
35.8%$40,401,280
Burlington
34.8%$36,856,827
Greater Sudbury
33.3%$31,124,189
Oshawa
32.9%$30,356,979
Barrie
33.8%$27,600,132
St. Catharines
34.2%$26,316,434
Guelph
33.1%$25,226,024
Cambridge
34.5%$25,873,680
Kingston
32.8%$23,452,240
Thunder Bay
34.4%$21,436,526
Waterloo
32.5%$19,746,494
Brantford
32.0%$18,058,752
Pickering
34.3%$18,188,744
Niagara Falls
29.9%$15,212,333
Peterborough
34.3%$16,075,763
Kawartha Lakes
28.9%$12,614,790
Sault Ste. Marie
31.0%$13,152,800
Car insurance savings in 2020 in Ontario (HelloSafe estimates)

On a national scale: 32.9% fall in car-related claims across Canada, $6.7 billion saved on payouts

As a consequence of accident numbers decreasing on the roads, the car-related claims rate has dropped by - 32,9% overall on the Canadian territory . With a 35.1% decrease rate observed, Ontario is the State where car claims have decreased the most, just in front of British Columbia (- 34%) and Quebec (- 33.6%). On the opposite, Nunavut (12%), the Northwest Territories (11.2%) and Yukon (7.8%) were less affected by the governmental restrictions, and are the regions where claims decreased the less.

Car insurance savings per province (8 most populous provinces)

Overall, insurance companies in Canada could have actually saved up to $6.7 billion thanks to the change in driving habits caused by restriction measures.


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Antoine Fruchard, insurance expert and CEO at Hellosafe.ca

With most people stuck at home, their cars have inevitably stayed in the garage. Indeed, customers are inevitably questioning why they continued to pay such high insurance premiums while they weren’t able to drive. It will be interesting to see if all the insurance companies will make refunds, and which forms will take those refunds. Competition on the market should increase in the coming months, and that means customers should benefit from a slight drop in car insurance premiums. However, in certain provinces, the presence of (almost) car insurance monopolies is problematic, not allowing policyholders to benefit from a diverse offer which would result in lower premiums for them”.

Our methodology

We based our study on public information provided by reliable data-providers and several insurance partners who provided us anonymously with claims for the studied period.

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