With the intention of improving driving skills and lowering the cost of auto insurance, a increasing number of adult and senior Americans are enrolling in driving school. Though the traditional classes do continue to exist, it is the computer-based classes that are filling up the fastest. Instead of practicing in “student driver” labeled cars, adult and senior drivers are now able to take online classes that are typically between four and eight hours in total length. These classes are one of the quickest ways for seniors to brush up on…
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Same-sex partners in Illinois to qualify for auto insurance discounts with Esurance
Esurance has announced that it will be providing discounts for auto insurance to same-sex partner customers in Illinois. Following the June 1, 2011 start of the Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Union Act within the state, which provided same-sex couples with the right to civil union and rights equal to other married couples, Esurance declared that it would also respect this union and qualify same-sex partners for auto insurance discounts in the same way they would qualify opposite-sex spouses. The savings that can be as high as 10 percent, or…
Read MoreDoes Progressive’s Snapshot program offer a true auto insurance discount?
Progressive has taken a new approach to car insurance, called the Snapshot program, that allows its policy holders to share their driving habit information for the opportunity to try to save money. According to the general manager of usage-based insurance at Progressive, Richard Hutchinson, the program is completely voluntary, so drivers who are not interested in taking part are not required to do so. Participating drivers have their cars fitted with a Snapshot transmitter device, which is compatible with most vehicles made in 1996 and afterward. The device monitors the…
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