Flash Flood Weather Can Stall a Car in 6 Inches of Water, and Liability-Only Coverage Won’t Pay to Fix It
Six inches of water reaches the bottom of most passenger cars, the National Weather Service...
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GEICO Cancelled Rideshare Drivers Mid-Policy and Skipped Salvage Notices on Totaled Cars, New Jersey Says
New Jersey’s GEICO order also cites midterm cancellations of rideshare drivers and missing salvage notices on totaled cars.
Honda’s Driver Data Went for 26 Cents a Car. The Report Built From It Is Still Yours to Request
Verisk paid Honda $25,920 for data from 97,000 cars. Here is where that driving history went and how to request…
Police Say He Claimed Injuries From a Parked Car He Wasn’t Even In. Inside New York’s 16 Auto Insurance Fraud Arrests
One man claimed injuries in a parked car he wasn’t in. A deer-damage claim covered damage investigators say predated the…
GM Called Your Smart Driver Score a B+ That ‘Isn’t Permanent.’ Montana Says It Ended Up With Your Insurer
Montana says GM’s dealership OnStar sign-up looked mandatory, warned decliners they’d lose safety services they didn’t have yet, and fed…
Gas Up 34%, Insurance Down 5%: September’s CPI Moved the Cost of Driving From the Policy to the Pump
BLS data show gasoline up 34.2% and car insurance down 5.0% over the year. The cost of owning a car…
Allstate Added 708,000 Auto Policies Without Adding Premium. That Arithmetic Has to Land Somewhere.
Allstate's auto book grew by 708,000 policies and $39 million in quarterly premium, because the average premium fell 3.6%. Meanwhile…
Allstate Booked the Rental Car. A Lawsuit Says It Then Refused to Pay Its Own Rate.
A federal class action says Allstate picked the rental company, negotiated the rate and made the reservation — then reimbursed…
State Farm Mailed You a Record Dividend Check. Weeks Later, It Quietly Gutted the Agents Who’ll Handle Your Next Claim
Somewhere between February and May of this year, State Farm told two very different stories...
Houston Won ‘Worst Road Rage City in America.’ Here’s What Your Insurance Won’t Cover.
Houston didn’t win an award this week. It topped a new ranking of the worst...
State Farm’s $5 Billion ‘Thank You’ Check Is Actually a Receipt for Three Years of Rate Hikes
State Farm wants its customers to see this as generosity: a $5 billion “thank you,”...
The Great Insurance Sale Is Over, and 32 States Are About to Pay the Tab
Last year, car insurance premiums did something they almost never do: they went down. Rates...