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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
This is happening right now to my current roomate - my question is, can they do this?
My buddy was paying 174$ per month for auto insurance, and ends up moving. They say that even though he is moving, using his car for less KMs (went from 15,000 per to 7500 per because he doesn't drive to work anymore), they are going to bump his rate because he no longer parks in a "protected driveway" to 190$ per year.
His response is "F that" and proceeds to call up my insurance co. (Meloche Monnex for the win), and they give him his insurance for 105$ a month.
He then calls to cancel his existing policy - however, they said he has to pay a "cancellation fee", because his "yearly policy" "automatically renewed" - this month in fact. He's been a customer with them for years.
Can they do that? Just ask for a cancellation fee?
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I read your question and I was just yakking to my mom on the phone. She's been an insurance broker in Canada for 40 years. She said, yes, they can- it's in the fine print somewhere and cancellation fees are pretty standard. Sorry
