Maintain good driving record, check with the insurance broker for eligible available discounts for your contract.

Most insurance companies will not consider driving experience when you have a foreign license or even out of province license. Driving experience can be considered once your license is converted in a Canadian province. If you are moving to another province within Canada, you should request a “Letter of Experience” from your current insurer to have your insurance history considered.

SAAQ allows the students or trainees from another Canadian province or foreign country to drive for the duration of their student or traineeship without converting their foreign or out of province license. Visitors or New residents have 6 consecutive months to change the license with SAAQ. They are not allowed to drive the vehicle if they have stayed for more than 6 months and have not converted the license yet.

This means that an insurance policy that only covers the third party or another party which is involved in an incident. This type of insurance only has Civil Liability coverage. Damages due to your fault will not be covered by the insurance policy.

One of the factors which is considered while calculating the premium is your postal code. So, if your postal code changes, your insurance premium can increase or decrease.