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January 25, 2024
What You Need To Know About Demerit Points

If you own and operate a motorcycle in Ontario, it is essential to have a good grasp of the demerit point system and its potential impact on your insurance coverage. Demerit points are a way for the province to monitor and regulate driving behaviour and ensure road safety for all users. They can accumulate quickly […]

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October 26, 2023
What Insurance Do I Need To Ride A Motorcycle In Ontario?

Riding a motorcycle in Ontario is a thrilling experience, offering the freedom of the open road and nearly unlimited access to the beauty of our great Canadian landscape. However, with this exhilaration comes a crucial responsibility; securing the right motorcycle insurance. Ontario has specific regulations in place to ensure the safety of riders and everyone […]

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March 25, 2017
Beginner’s Guide to Motorcycle Insurance
Posted in: Insurance Tips for Motorcycles
by Riders Plus

What You Need to Know – Beginner’s Guide to Bike Insurance We congratulate you for making the smart decision to enroll in a Rider Training Course. By completing this course successfully, you will greatly reduce the chances that you will be involved in a motorcycle accident, and that’s great news to insurance companies (and, obviously, […]

February 20, 2016
I Can Only Ride One Motorcycle At A Time
Posted in: Insurance Tips for Motorcycles
by Riders Plus

Let’s start by clarifying what insurance companies can and cannot do. Motorcycle insurance policies are contracts. The terms of the contract are either regulated by law and universally applicable to all Ontario policyholders, or are specifically approved by the Financial Services Commission of Ontario to be applied in specific circumstances by insurance companies who have […]

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February 02, 2016
Your Motorcycle Insurance Renewal
Posted in: Insurance Tips for Motorcycles
by Riders Plus

Your motorcycle insurance renewal is laying on your desk, waiting to be opened. This document arrives at your home roughly a month or a month and a half before your renewal date, once a year if you have a 12 month term as most insured motorcycle owners in Ontario do. The first page (although it […]

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October 07, 2013
What to Do Immediately Following a Motorcycle Accident
Posted in: Insurance Tips for Motorcycles
by Riders Plus

Some of the things that need to happen immediately following a motorcycle accident may seem self-evident and obvious, but in the aftermath of a collision with something (or with the ground) the rider will, in many cases, be anything but lucid and practical. The following points are general guidelines that, as a sort of checklist, address the main […]

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November 22, 2011
Top Ten Reasons Your Insurance Rates Go Up
Posted in: Insurance Tips for Motorcycles
by Riders Plus

Taxes and the Toronto Maple Leafs not making it to the playoffs are the two most certain facts of life, but any motorcycle rider who has been in the game for very long knows that fluctuating insurance rates are also a fact of nature. Motorcyclists will also tell you that we tend to remember and […]

August 26, 2011
Contact Your Broker For All of These Reasons
Posted in: Insurance Tips for Motorcycles
by Heather Malone

We ask you to let us know when changes happen that may affect your motorcycle insurance policy. Aside from letting us know about your newly acquired (or newly dispensed with) bikes, here are a few of the bigger changes and why it’s important for you to let us know: Change of Bank Information for Monthly Withdrawals: To […]