Thought I would update this.
So after a check of my driving record they found out that in January of this year I got a speeding ticket for 10 KM over. I was doing 100 km in a 90. I was on the DVP in my car. It was only $40.00 bucks and no points. I thought it was not even worth fighting and I just paid it.
Well my new quote now is $1066.00. It jumped $300.00 bucks for the next 3 years which is a total of $900.00 bucks.
FOR 10 KM OVER...ISH.
Anyway Gary was still the cheapest and I went with him.
I call BS!
In my experience; there is no way you got a ticket just for doing 10 over on the DVP, more likely that you got caught speeding and the guy who gave you the ticket REDUCED it to 10 over for you because up to that point your record was clean, or he was just cutting you a break regardless.
Generally insurance rates don't increase for non point assigned offences except for offences like operating an unsafe vehicle, what can happen is the insurance company can open an independent investigation if you tell them that you got caught "just doing 10 over" and view the original certificate where an "R" would have been written in the code box indicating that there was a reduction at the roadside.
All tickets are filed electronically now in Toronto, there will also be a copy of the officers's original speed that you were clocked at.
If this is in fact the case and an inquiry was made then it is more likely that the 30% increase is your company's way of telling you the no longer want you as a customer.
Because insurance in Ontario is mandatory, companies are forbidden from refusing a client and are bound to offer a quote and subsequent coverage, there is nothing that says that they are obligated to make it cheap.
When the company considers someone high risk they boost the rates hoping the client will seek coverage elsewhere, if that doesn't work then the client is placed on a binder called "facility" where they demand payment in cash up front. Traditionally these rates are in the 10-25k range!
The increase could also just mean that the insurance company is not interested in insuring your bike or even bikes in general.
I'm just sayin.
