Ontario Automobile Insurance Board

Identity area

Type of entity

Higher-level Ontario government office (type B)

Authorized form of name

Ontario Automobile Insurance Board

Parallel form(s) of name

  • Commission de l'assurance-automobile de l'Ontario

Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

  • Ontario Automobile Insurance Board

Other form(s) of name

    Identifiers for corporate bodies

    Description area

    Dates of existence

    1988-1990

    History

    The Ontario Automobile Insurance Board was established in 1988. It was comprised of nine members appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in council and representing the insurers, the insured and the general public. The Board reported to the Minister of Financial Institutions. It ceased to exist in 1990, and its functions were assumed by the new Ontario Insurance Commission.

    Places

    Legal status

    Functions, occupations and activities

    The Ontario Automobile Insurance Board had a mandate to determine classes of rate exposure for categories of automobile insurance, set automobile insurance rates or ranges of rates in the Province, and approved company-specific automobile insurance rates. The Board also provided information and advice to the general public and the insurance industry on the classification plan and Board-set automobile insurance rates.

    Address

    Ontario Automobile Insurance Board Act, S.O. 1988, chap. 18

    Internal structures/genealogy

    General context

    Relationships area

    Related entity

    Ontario Insurance Commission (1990-1998)

    Identifier of related entity

    BA71

    Category of relationship

    temporal

    Type of relationship

    Ontario Insurance Commission is the successor of Ontario Automobile Insurance Board

    Dates of relationship

    Description of relationship

    Access points area

    Subject access points

    Place access points

    Epithet

    Control area

    Authority record identifier

    BA599

    Institution identifier

    Rules and/or conventions used

    RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

    Status

    Approved

    Level of detail

    Dates of creation, revision and deletion

    2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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      Script(s)

        Sources

        KWIK Index, 1988-1991

        Government of Ontario phone books, 1988-1991

        Ministry of Financial Institutions' annual reports, 1988-1991

        Not in Canadiana name authorities

        Maintenance notes

        Archivist(s):
        Paquet