News Items tag as: INSURANCE COUNCIL OF BC

No charges for BC insurance broker who took $300K of clients cash
August 11, 2023 - 6:00 PM

A BC insurance broker who spent $300,000 of a client's money has avoided any criminal charges and been fined a tiny fraction of the money he took.
BC insurance agents submit fraudulent claims, get fined, suspended
July 16, 2023 - 3:30 PM

Two insurance agents who admitted to falsifying medical treatment records and submitted fraudulent claims have been fined $5,000 each and suspended for a year.
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From frost to drought: Strong start to Okanagan asparagus season despite challenges
It’s finally asparagus season at a North Okanagan farm after cooler spring weather pushed back the predicted start date, and all hands are on deck picking the crunchy green spears. For the past few weeks, overnight sub-zero temperatur

Thailand's prime minister wants to outlaw cannabis, 2 years after it was decriminalized
BANGKOK (AP) — The prime minister of Thailand, the first country in Asia to legalize cannabis two years ago, said Wednesday that he wants to outlaw the drug again amid concerns that the lack of regulation had made it available to children a

Kelowna increased land values; now residents, businesses are getting the bills
The City of Kelowna was far ahead of the provincial government when it streamlined higher density housing in core areas almost two years ago. The city made it easier to redevelop existing properties to gain height or density without going t

No charges for BC insurance broker who took $300K of clients cash