Auto Insurance

6 Things Your Car Insurer Doesn't Want You to Know

Credit.com | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Autos, Credit Score, Cars, Car Insurance, Insurance, Car Insurance Secrets, Car Insurance Tips, Auto Insurance, Money News

Car insurance is something of an opaque industry. We know we have to pay the bill every month; we just have no clue how the carrier arrived at that rate.

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Are High Gas Prices a Boon to Auto Insurers?

Michael R. Powers | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: High Gas Prices, Gas Prices, Car Insurance, Gas Prices Rising, Auto Insurance, Auto Insurers, Money News

In principle, one would expect personal lines automobile insurance companies to realize a modest windfall from recent increases in gasoline prices. However, I think it's fair to say that "not all's the same 'twixt the pump and the claim" -- not even the same as it used to be.

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Rick Scott's "PIP Dream" Comes True

Spencer Aronfeld | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Governor Rick Scott, Pip Law, Accident Insurance, Florida Auto Insurance, Auto Insurance, Rick Scott Pip Law, Florida Pip Law, Florida Health Care, Personal Injury and Protection Laws, Florida Personal Injury, Miami News

Governor Scott has restructured Florida's Personal Injury Protection laws in such a way to keep both insurance premiums and insured's benefits in the accounts of those mighty few who insure Florida's drivers.

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Why You Don't Own A Car

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Traffic, Gas Prices, Driving, New Car, Ridesharing, Gen X, Gen Y, Carpooling, Auto Insurance, Car Culture, Poll, Used Car, Automobile, Money News

The quintessential dream of waking up on your sixteenth birthday to find a new car adorned with a big red bow parked in the driveway is now a thing of...

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Poor People Pay More For Car Insurance Because Of Bias, Consumer Group Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Insurance Premiums, New Car, Car Insurance, Low-Income, Auto Insurance, Drive to Work, Consumers, Commuting, Auto Coverage, Used Car, Business News

The poorest Americans are unable to buy affordable auto insurance because of insurance company bias, a consumers group charged Monday. Insurance c...

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A Scarlett Letter On Economic Life

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine New | Posted 12.08.2011

Read More: Credit Report, Debt, Payday Lending, Corescore, Fico, Auto Insurance, Employment, Background Checks, Corelogic, Data Collection, Credit, Experian, Credit Check, Credit Score, Transunion, Rent-to-Own, Equifax, Business News

Thanks to a new kind of credit score, more borrowed money may end up in the hands of the increasing number of Americans who are sliding down the econo...

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Allstate's Three-Month Catastrophe Losses Equal All Of Last Year's

Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Detroit, Allstate, Quarter 2, Taxes, Northbrook, Illinois, Home-Insurance, Gmac, Auto Insurance, GMAC Bailout, Video, Business News

BANGALORE (Aditi Sharma) - Allstate Corp (ALL.N), the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer, said it sees pre-tax catastrophe losses ...

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Are You the Next Aflac Duck?

Harmon Leon | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Insurance, Alfac, Auto Insurance, Aflac Duck, Gilbert Gottfried, Comedy News

Holy spin doctor! Aflec Insurance is holding open auditions for a new voice of their corporate icon.

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Health Insurance Compared to Auto Insurance; Why the Republican Argument is Bogus

Thomas de Zengotita | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Insurance, Lawsuit, Attorney General, Auto Insurance, Mandates, Politics News

Someday you will get sick or injured. That's not an option. It will happen. And if you are not insured other people will have to pay for your care.

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Jerry Brown Gets Ballot Label Right This Time for Mercury Insurance Poison in CA Prop 17

Jamie Court | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Auto Insurance., Mercury Insurance, Prop 17, Jerry Brown, Politics News

Jerry Brown is finally telling the full story behind Prop 17.

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Mercury Insurance Launches Attack On Middle Class With Initiative To Raise Rates For Drivers Who Don't Cause Accidents

Jamie Court | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Joseph, Mercury Insurance, Auto Insurance, Business News

People who pay for coverage should not be penalized for using their policy.

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Government Health Insurance? What About Public Auto Insurance

Sheldon Filger | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manitoba, Health Insurance, Insurance Companies, Health Care, Canadian-Health-Care-System, Auto Insurance, Car Insurance, Insurance Industry, Public Health Insurance Plan, Private Health Insurance, Canada Health Care, Politics News

Ideology and propaganda will squash any consideration of a well-executed public insurance option in America, no matter how compelling the case may be.

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Nissan Cubism

Pavel Somov, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Attention, Mindfulness, Auto Insurance, Safety, Nissan, Car Design, Edward De Bono, Perception, Zeigarnik Effect, Cubism, Mindlessness, Cube, Style News

No question: the Cube's asymmetry - design-wise - will evoke attention and intrigue. But will this visual pattern interruption mean more or less safety for the drivers behind the Cube?

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Looking for Bailout Love in All the Wrong Places

Don McNay | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Citigroup CEO, Wall Street Bailout, Hank Paulson, Wayne Rogers, Lobbyists, Credit Card Rates, Todd Thomson, Fox Business Network, Common Sense, Aig, Citigroup Rescue, Bailout, Insurance, Maria Bartiromo, Hank Greenberg, Mash, Kentucky, Lexington KY, Personal Finance, Credit Card Industry, New AIG Bailout, Bad People, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, Auto Insurance, Cnbc, AIG Bailout, Don McNay, Credit Card Debt, Credit Cards, Insurance Companies, Insurance Industry, Robert Rubin, Debt Collectors, Citigroup Stock, Credit Card Interest Rates, Wall Street Crisis, Citigroup Bailout, Good People, American Insurance Group, Bad-Deals, Ron Shelp, Good-Deals, Citigroup, Bailout Outrage, Business News

Citigroup and AIG employ thousands of good people. But they have had rotten apples in leadership. They created a culture that is probably impossible to change or fix.

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Drivers Dropping Insurance As Road Risks Rise

Wall Street Journal | M.P. MCQUEEN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Drivers Drop Insurance, Drivers Insurance, Dropping Insurance, Finance, Auto Insurance, Economy, Home News

More drivers are letting their car insurance lapse because of the sour economy, putting themselves and others at risk. Several hundred thousand drive...

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Car Insurance : The Other Side of Auto No-Fault

mlive.com | Margaret Kroese | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Autos, Cars, Car Insurance, Auto Insurance, Business News

Michigan citizens need affordable auto insurance that offers the needed medical coverage should they suffer a devastating injury. Michigan's current a...

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Allstate: Can Brain Training Help Improve Driver Safety?

Alvaro Fernandez | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Older Drivers, Driving, Aging, Insight, Insurance, Driving Skills, Health, Auto Insurance, Safety, Allstate, Brain Training, Software, Posit Science, Brain Fitness, Teenagers, Healthy Living News

Allstate, which called the Posit program "potentially the next big breakthrough in automobile safety," said it expects software exercises to reduce risky driving maneuvers by up to 40 percent.

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