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Friday, 06 April 2012 14:57
Recent study advocating for more stoned drivers
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It’s difficult to take any provocative news released the first week of April seriously. But there doesn’t seem to be any joke associated with a recent study that found stoned drivers are, wait for it, safer than sober drivers. Bear with us. While nearly every study on the effects of alcohol while driving have found that being drunk impairs pretty much every ability you need in order to drive safely, the studies done on marijuana and driving have seen shockingly different results. First, people tend to drive slower when stoned, get pulled over less, not pass other cars, etc—and not… |
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Friday, 23 March 2012 12:15
Insuring an electric car
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You would think that, like most energy-efficient devices nowadays, there would be discounts associated with insuring your electric vehicle. Think again. Most of the big car insurers actually don’t insure neighborhood electric vehicles (those not designed for highway travel), and those that do charge more for those policies than for convention vehicles. According to TheCarElectric, an EV-enthusiast site, GEICO will only provide EV policies in states where they are bound by law to do so (California, North Carolina, and Rhode Island). In fact, the website reported that GEICO will only allow current policy-holders to add an EV in those states.… |
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Monday, 12 March 2012 12:18
Driving conditions and car insurance prices
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For all the theories about why a particular area has a high or low car insurance rate, you can throw driving conditions, particularly weather, right out the passenger-side door. A recent look at last year’s insurance prices by state reveals that the three cheapest states, Maine, Iowa, and Wisconsin (in that order) are all in parts of the country that get hammered by snow and ice—conditions that are indicative of a high instance of traffic accidents and fatalities, right? Don’t be so sure. In fact, a couple years ago, Forbes reported that the most dangerous month to drive in was—wait… |
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Friday, 02 March 2012 12:56
Low income residents paying more for same car insurance than wealthy
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A study, released on Tuesday Feb. 28, said that low-income individuals pay much more than the wealthy for the same auto insurance coverage. According to the report, poorer individuals’ annual insurance costs are over $1000 more than people in the middle class and above. Currently, insurance companies cannot use a person’s income to calculate risk, meaning how much someone makes cannot decide how much someone pays for car insurance. But the report said that insurance companies do focus on the amount of education someone has, and where they live, and both can inadvertently identify income—poorer residents tend to have less… |
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Friday, 24 February 2012 16:30
Car insurance rates may come down in three states
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If you live in California, Michigan or Florida, you might soon enjoy lower car insruance rates. According to Fox Business, all three states have legislation in the works that could lead to cheaper car insurance. Both Florida and Michigan are taking a close look at no-fault insurance policies. Unlike Michigan, Florida has been sufferieng from endless car insurance fraud, staged accidents and such, and a reimagining of that policy is a direct response by legislators to do something about the stat's high instances of insurance scams. Ultimately, though, both Michigan and Florida have the same goal: to reduce the amount… |
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Friday, 17 February 2012 14:07
Getting SR-22 without a license
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It’s a conundrum: You need to reinstate your driver’s license in order to get insurance, but you can’t get a license without insurance. It’s like the chicken and egg question, only more personally annoying. But don’t worry. Insurance companies that file SR-22 insurance know that many states need insurance filed before they will reinstate a driver’s license. Essentially, insurance providers will allow you to begin your policy before you have a license. They typically allow a 30-day grace period. If you cannot prove to them that you have, in fact, reinstated your license, your policy will be cancelled, your dreams… |
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Friday, 03 February 2012 12:36
Michigan auto thefts decline but not insurance costs
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Although Flint, Mich., car insurance numbers are down almost 10 percent from last year, the savings haven’t made their way to car insurance customers, yet. But that’s because insurance companies base car insurance quotes and the price of insurance policies on a variety of factors—the number of car thefts in a given area is one factor, but surely not the most important. And when the savings do get passed down to consumers, only those with comprehensive insurance coverage, the policies that protect against theft, will benefit. Another thing to remember is that a statewide decrease in car thefts might not… |
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 11:58
Progressive car insurance hiring in slow economy
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In a slow economy, it seems like one sector that is still hiring is the car insurance industry. Progressive Auto Insurance recently announced that it will hire hundreds of employees in the Cleveland, Ohio, area, over 300 in Tampa, Florida, and a couple hundred in Colorado. Cleveland and Florida are both suffering from high unemployment rates. Many of the positions will be in sales, the people who try to get customers the cheapest car insurance policies, and the insurance claims department. "We're constantly looking for ways to make it even easier for employees to grow and succeed," said Katie Koch,… |
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