Escaping input with Active Record

[eluser]stevefink[/eluser]
I noticed lately I'm doing quite a number of active record queries in this fashion:

$this->db->insert('makes', array('name' => $name));

I was just curious, is the CI engine escaping input when I use this method? I've already ran sanity code against $name, however escaping characters is always not to be taken for granted on any database manipulation.

Thanks,

- sf