{"id":797238,"date":"2026-07-12T14:56:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/797238\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T14:56:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T14:56:10","slug":"video-confused-about-ontarios-new-car-insurance-rules-youre-not-alone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/797238\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Confused about Ontario\u2019s new car insurance rules? You’re not alone"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week on Village Media’s ‘Closer Look’ podcast: Now that certain auto insurance benefits are optional in Ontario, we revisit an important conversation that every driver should hear<\/p>\n

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Here’s a piece of advice: Take a good look at your auto insurance policy.<\/p>\n

On July 1, Ontario saw the\u00a0introduction of some significant reforms to auto insurance rules. Simply put, some coverage that was once\u00a0mandatory is now optional \u2014 including certain accident benefits such as income replacement and death and funeral costs.<\/p>\n

Those in favour of the new system say it gives drivers more choice and flexibility \u2014 and potentially lower rates \u2014 while some experts worry the new rules\u00a0could leave people unknowingly exposed to major costs after a serious crash.<\/p>\n

On this week’s episode of Village Media’s Closer Look<\/a> podcast, we revisit our recent interview lawyer\u00a0Tudor Gagea<\/a>, who breaks down all the new changes \u2014 and what they mean for\u00a0you and your loved ones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week on Village Media’s ‘Closer Look’ podcast: Now that certain auto insurance benefits are optional in Ontario,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":797239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48,281028],"class_list":["post-797238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-village-mediascott-sexsmithmichael-friscolanticloser-lookwhat-you-need-to-know-about-ontarios-new-auto-insurance-rulesontarios-new-auto-insurance-rules"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=797238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/797238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/797239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=797238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=797238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=797238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}