During the same time, its new
business premium hiked by 7.7 per cent.
Not exact matches
Via
premium hikes in its Medicare and Medicaid
businesses, as well as membership growth in its private Medicare Advantage plans for seniors.
Opposition MPs and
businesses have complained for months that the planned EI
premium hike, which was little noticed in the March 4 budget package, was a hidden tax
hike that would slow job creation at a time when 1.5 million Canadians remain out of work.
However, in the immediate and near future, small and medium - sized
business enterprises will also be affected by the insurance market as
premiums continue to
hike.
In the last year, Premier Clark delivered a massive 28 - per - cent hydro
hike to B.C. families and
businesses, and implemented even more increases to ferry fares, medical service
premiums and ICBC basic insurance rates.
Recent measures such as changes to the Canada Pension Plan, the rollback of planned cuts to Employment Insurance
premiums, the introduction of carbon levies and cap - and - trade programs, and significant minimum wage
hikes in Ontario and Alberta have a cumulative impact on investment returns and
business competitiveness.
The Canadian Federation of Independent
Business also noted today it had collected more than 50,000 petitions from small - business owners opposed to CPP premiu
Business also noted today it had collected more than 50,000 petitions from small -
business owners opposed to CPP premiu
business owners opposed to CPP
premium hikes.
«The federal government can not unilaterally change the CPP, and many provinces and small
business are opposed to CPP
premium hikes.
The ministry also said that while the insurance companies are providing huge discounts to big customers while «snatching
business» from other PSU insurers,
premiums have been
hiked up continuously for individual retail policies.
The claim ratio — which is still very high in the medical insurance
business — is likely to exert pressure on insurers to
hike premiums further in the coming year.