Car 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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The Real Risk Of Car Sharing

New York Times | Ron Lieber | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Car Rental, Car Crashes, Car Sharing, Car Insurance, Car Crash, Peer-to-Peer-Car-Share, Ron Lieber, Relayrides, Money News

Last month, I wrote about RelayRides, a company that helps you rent your car to strangers. It’s a big enough idea that the company has attracted inv...

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The Risk Of Sharing Your Car

The New York Times | Ron Lieber | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Car Sharing, Peer to Peer Car Share, Car Insurance, Relayrides, Money News

At first glance, the idea of person-to-person car sharing appears to be the perfect solution to any number of problems. People with idle cars (and ...

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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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Do All Closed Businesses in SF Resurrect as Halloween Superstores?

Harmon Leon | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Car Insurance Quotes, Halloween Costumes, Car Insurance, Edwin M. Lee, San Francisco Halloween, Halloween, Netflix, Site for Sore Eyes, Halloween Superstore, Harmon Leon, Spirit Halloween, Halloween Stores, Blockbuste, San Francisco News

It's always around mid-September when almost every vacant out-of-business locale becomes a Halloween superstore. What a sad sign of our recession.

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U.S. Laws Protect Cars But Not Domestic Violence Victims

Pat LaMarche | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Car Accidents, Insurance, Car Insurance, Homelessness, Domestic Violence, Youth Homelessness, Impact News

Far more women in the United States are victims of domestic violence than are injured in car accidents each year. In fact, the two aren't even close -- battering outstrips crashes roughly two to one.

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The 10 Most and Least Expensive 2011 Vehicles to Insure (PHOTOS)

Amy Danise | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Car Insurance, Car Insurance Rates, Business News

The best car insurance rates go to vehicles that are practical: minivans and SUVs.

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6 Easy Ways to Avoid a Money Hangover

College Candy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College Budget, Car Insurance, Budget, Dayana Yochim, Set a Budget, College Advice, mint.com, Credit Card Debt, Financial Advice, Envelope Budgeting, How to Save Money, Credit Cards, College Credit Cards, fool.com, Late Fees, Save Money, College News

Let's face it, "the talk" is awkward for everyone: You, picturing your parents at your age; your parents trying to cover all the bases. You know we're talking about the "money talk," right?

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The Safest Cars 2011 -- See Which Models Made The List

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Safest Cars 2011, Safest Cars, Institute for Highway Safety, Car Insurance, General Motors, Hyundai, Kia, Vw, Insurance Industry Safest Cars, Volkswagen, Business News

WASHINGTON — South Korean automakers Hyundai and Kia and German car maker Volkswagen lead the insurance industry's annual list of the safest new...

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Why Does Flo From the Progressive Insurance Ads Slightly Turn Me On?

Harmon Leon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Geico, Progressive Insurance, Car Insurance, Flo Progressive Girl, Flo Progressive, Flo, Comedy News

Should I seek counseling over wanting to consummate my internal passion for a slightly annoying woman who sells car insurance on TV ads?

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On Becoming a Car Free Family

Christine Escobar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gas Prices, Cars, Car Accident, Car Insurance, Transportation, Chicago, Children, Environment, Parenting, Chicago News

So, how's it been since going car-free? How have our kids, 10 and 5, adjusted to being a car-free family? Pretty good, I'd say.

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WATCH: New Service Lets Car Owners Rent Out Their Own Cars

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Automobiles, Britain, Car Sharing, Car Insurance, Start-Ups, Cars, Whipcar, Business News

In over 300 towns across Britain, drivers are renting privately-owned vehicles using a new service called WhipCar. "The car is typically a person's...

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Voice Actor Fired By Geico, Lance Baxter, Blames FreedomWorks (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Car Insurance, Geico, Lance Baxter, Freedomworks, d.c. Douglass, Matt Kibbe, Politics News

The voice actor who was fired by Geico after leaving a disparaging voicemail for the tea party PAC FreedomWorks, spoke to Fox News' about Geico's deci...

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Prop 17, Mercury Insurance Claims Mocked In New Ad (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: June Election, George Joseph, California, Car Insurance, Ballot, Cars, Mercury Insurance, Premiums, Consumers, Mercury Insurance Group, Robert Greenwald, Proposition 17, Prop 17, Prices, Video, Los Angeles News

A new advertisement by documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald aims to derail Mercury Insurance Group's efforts to change the rules that ultimately det...

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Jerry Brown's Role as Truthsayer Could Give Him The Advantage Over Megabucks Whitman

Jamie Court | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mercury Insurance, Proposition 17, Jerry Brown, Meg Whitman, Car Insurance, Arnold Schwarzenegger, California Governor's Race, Los Angeles News

A little noticed legal brief Brown just filed as Attorney General in a Sacramento court shows his true power as an honest public servant.

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Mercury Is Poison

Marty Kaplan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mercury Insurance, Health Insurance, Preexisting Condition, Car Insurance, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

If you want a preview of what health insurers may do if they're forced to cover people with pre-existing medical conditions, have a look at what Mercury Insurance wants to do to drivers with pre-existing driving conditions.

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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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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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Car Insurance

marketwatch.com | Insurance.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: AIG Bailout, Cars, Car Insurance, Business News

DEVELOPMENTS AND UPDATES Insurance.com, the leading online independent auto insurance agency in the United States, announced today that Steve Peyt...

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