CUPE New Brunswick members who bundle their home and auto insurance could save an average of $474
Get your exclusive discount on home and auto insurance today.
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We’ve teamed up with Higgins Insurance Brokers to give CUPE New Brunswick members access to Canada’s first fully online insurance company and exclusive savings on home and auto insurance. Just answer a few simple questions and we’ll provide coverage options and a price built just for you!
Getting your exclusive CUPE New Brunswick discount is easy. Start a quote and type "CUPE New Brunswick members" in the employer or association field. Use your CUPE New Brunswick local number for your Group ID, for example Local 945. Your discount will automatically be applied. Bundle your home and auto insurance and you could save even more. The price you’re quoted is final. Just click, review and buy online.
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Added value
Depending on your group, some discounts will apply to both your auto and property policies, while others may apply only to one. If you’re a member of multiple groups, you can only apply one discount per policy.
If you’re already a Sonnet customer, you can easily add your group discount online in a few steps:
- Log in to your account.
- Select the policy you’d like to add a Group Discount to.
- Select Add Group Discount.
- Simply click “Employer or Association” and quickly search for the name of your employer, group, or association and select it from the suggestions that appear. We’ll ask for your
group ID to confirm your eligibility. - If you’re a university or college alumni or student, click Canadian University or Canadian College. (If you’ve graduated from both, you can add both discounts and we’ll apply the one that gives you the best savings!)
- Click Add Discount.
- Review your policy change and any impact to the price of your policy over the remaining policy term. Click Update Policy.
- Your policy has been updated with a Group Discount. Review your updated policy payment schedule for changes to the amount of your payments.
Your group discount will automatically be applied to the selected policy. If we’re unable to verify your eligibility, then the discount will be removed.
If you have multiple policies with Sonnet, repeat the steps above for each policy to add a qualifying group discount.
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During your home or auto quote, start typing and select your group from the dropdown, then enter your
To qualify for a group discount, you or your spouse need to be an alumni or a student of an eligible
Adding a group discount is easy.
- Look for the Group Discount field when getting a home or auto quote. Simply click “Employer or Association” and quickly search for the name of your employer, group, or association and select it from the suggestions that appear. We’ll ask for your
group ID to confirm your eligibility. - If you’re a university or college alumni or student, click Canadian University or Canadian College. (If you’ve graduated from both, you can add both discounts and we’ll apply the one that gives you the best savings!) Quickly search for the name of your university or college. We’ll ask you for your graduation/expected graduation year to confirm your eligibility.
- Click Add Discount.
- That’s it! Your group discount will automatically be applied to your quote. If we’re unable to verify your eligibility, then the discount will be removed.
Already have a Sonnet insurance policy? Learn
Sonnet offers the CUPE New Brunswick group discount to eligible local members. Check the list below to see if you qualify.
- Local 963 N.B. Liquor Corporation
- Local 1190 General Labour and Trades - Part I
- Local 1418 Rehabilitation Therapy and RCPO (Recreation and Culture Program Officers)
- Local 1840 Provincial Court Stenographers
- Local 1866 Workplace Health Safety and Compensation Commission
- Local 1251 Institutional Care and Services (Correctional and other)
- Local 1252 New Brunswick Council of Hospital Unions (NBCHU)
- Local 1253 NB Council of School District Unions
- Local 2745 Educational Support staff
- Local 4598 Red Cross Home Care Workers
- Local 4848 Paramedics and Dispatchers
- Local 5017 NB Community College
- Local 5026 Collège communautaire du N.B.
- NBCSUNB Community Service Unions
- NBCMENB Committee of Municipal Workers
- NBCNHUNB Council of Nursing Home Unions
Average savings of $474 annually, is calculated on a national basis (excluding Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Yukon, and Nunavut) of current bundled property and auto Sonnet policies as of January 2020, and includes affinity discount.
CUPE New Brunswick and Sonnet have a commercial alliance.