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RSS FeedsOshawa couple aren´t moving, but say a change to their postal code will cost them hundreds more in car insurance
(The Star Fashion & Style)

 
 

14 april 2019 15:39:10

 
Oshawa couple aren´t moving, but say a change to their postal code will cost them hundreds more in car insurance
(The Star Fashion & Style)
 


David and Christine Pindar are standing in front of the Oshawa home they had custom-built, the three cars they own — two of them older models — parked nearby.The Pindars were told by their insurance company that the premiums on those cars — and even their home — were going up because of a postal code change that meant they are now in an area with a higher risk of claims. But in this case, the Pindars never moved.Instead, David Pindar says that Canada Post changed the last three digits of their postal code, and when he called his longtime insurer about an unrelated matter and mentioned the change, he was informed that his premiums would increase. “I didn’t move. We lived here for 10 years,” Pindar says he told a manager with Allstate. “This is ridiculous.”Pindar says he was told by the manager that it was out of his hands and there was nothing he could do.The manager did waive the increase last fall, but now, with their car and home insurance up for renewal, the Pindars will have to pay 10 per cent more for their car insurance and 37 per cent more for house insurance.“For David and I, if you looked at our home and you looked at what we have, we’re not a hard-pressed story,” says Christine, who retired from CIBC in 2015. “But truly, this dips into our savings and has an effect on what we can do in our future with those savings.” Her husband retired from construction last year.The manager directed all inquiries about the Pindars to Allstate media.“We’re retired,” says David Pindar. “We’ve been driving forever and we’ve had different houses insured for ever and ever. And we don’t put claims in at all.”When asked if the postal code change would impact both the Pindars’ home and auto insurance, Allstate spokesperson Jordan Kerbel said in an email that “all insurance companies operating in Ontario are mandated by the provincial ...


 
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