Recent Posts
Insurance Planet
Return To Blog Listing
Aggregation of insurance and personal finance news from around the web. Primary focus on auto insurance and health insurance, but periodic articles on other types of insurance as well as lending news etc.
Recent Posts Tagged With 'auto insurance rates'
Auto Insurance and Clunkers for Cash
Many individuals are thinking about trading in their older cars for new, more fuel efficient cars to earn some extra money through the government’s tax benefit called CARS (Car Allowance Rebate System). Unfortunately, higher auto insurance rates ma...
Massachusetts Auto Insurance Rates Are Down
According to the article “Car insurance rates fall 8%, state says” by Todd Wallack in the Boston Globe, Massachusetts auto insurance rates are down since Massachusetts stopped setting their own rates in 2008. This information is from a study comp...
Auto Insurance and Cell Phones
Studies have shown that driving while texting can be as dangerous as driving under the influence. Because of this many states have passed legislation to make certain types of cell phone usage against the law. In some cases, using a cell while driving...
Auto Insurance Prices Drop in May
More and more Americans are trying to save money so it comes as good news that auto insurance rates dropped in May according to an article on IFAWebnews. The average rate was as low as $1871 in May, 2009. It got as high as $1950 in Sept, 2008.It's a ...
Arbella Decreases Auto Insurance Rates
The Arbella Insurance Group announced that they will decrease auto insurance rates effective July 1. New private passenger auto insurance rates will result in an overall average annual rate decrease of 8.7% from last year. Arbella estimates that th...
5 Ways To Cut Car Insurance Costs
You can't fill your tank these days without feeling as if you've been kicked, simultaneously, in the gut and the bank account.There's not much you can do about gas prices, but there is one thing you can do to cancel out rising car costs: Get a better...
State Farm Lowers Auto Insurance Rates
State Farm insurance says it's lowering auto insurance rates in Louisiana by an average of 2.5% at the end of June.State Farm says the rate rolll-back represents an annual savings of $22.4 million to its Louisiana customers. State Farm insures about ...
Auto Insurance Rates
The state of California has saved its residents $62 billion over the past 20 years or so do to theitr unique auto insurance rules. New Jersey, Hawaii, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania also have served their drivers well by keeping auto insura...
Top 10 states for Auto Theft
For 2007, the ten MSAs with the highest vehicle theft rates are: 2006 Ranking 1. Modesto, CA 5 2. Las Vegas/Paradise, NV 1 3. San Diego/Carlsbad/San ...
Auto Insurance Rates Vary Greatly By State
According to Insurance.com's Mid-Year Auto Insurance Pricing Report, Louisiana is the most expensive state for auto insurance, with an average premium of $2,740 in the first half of 2007 (although down more than 3% from 2006).New York continued to b...
Allstate Raises Auto Insurance Rates in Illinois
While many auto insurance companies have been lowering their insurance rates recently, one major auto insurer just raised its premiums.If you buy your car insurance through Allstate, you\'ll see a bigger bill soon.Allstate raised its Illinois auto in...
Auto Insurance Rates - impacts of credit score
Using credit scores as a factor in determining auto insurance rates & eligibility is a standard practice. For years, auto insurance companies have maintained that a person's scores are a valuable predictor of whether someone will file an auto ins...
The Hidden Cost of Bad Credit
It's bad enough that a few credit missteps can force you into higher-interest credit cards and loans. But did you know those dings can raise your auto insurance rates too? Your FICO score --can have an impact far beyond the account where the trouble...
Auto Insurance Rates
Auto insurance rates in Ohio aren't falling like North Carolina rates are, but Ohio auto insurance rates are still pretty darn affordable. A pricing report from insurance.com shows annual auto insurance premiums nationwide have declined 1 percent o...
Competitive auto insurance in MA
The last time Massachusetts tried to introduce competitive rating into personal auto insurance, a Democrat, Michael Dukakis, was governor. The experiment lasted about seven months before being abandoned due to political pressures when rates rose, par...
insurance.com gets larger digs
The largest online auto insurance agency in the country (insurance.com), has signed a lease to occupy the former Nestle building in Solon.Attractive incentives from both the City of Solon and the State of Ohio to remain and expand in the local area w...
