Shopping for insurance
I’m shopping around for auto insurance renewal in New Brunswick and got a confusing response from Belairdirect.
I’ve been licensed in Canada for 2 years, but before coming to Canada I had around 8 years of driving experience in my home country. When I moved here, I submitted my previous license to Service New Brunswick and they recognized my experience, which allowed me to directly take the road test instead of starting from scratch.
While getting a quote, the Belairdirect agent initially told me I could provide proof of my previous driving experience. But later in the same call, he said they would not count my foreign driving experience because it only applies if you’re getting insurance in Canada for the first time.
Has anyone dealt with this before? Is this actually a common insurance policy, or did I just get an inexperienced/confused agent?