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State Farm aims to raise California auto insurance rates by $264 million

April 4, 2023April 3, 2023 Live Insurance News

The insurer is now catching up to other companies in raising their rates to pre-pandemic levels. Drivers in California who have been enjoying lower auto insurance rates than they were paying before the pandemic are likely to be losing that price advantage in the near future. The insurer will be returning the premiums it charges back up from the lows they hit after 2020. As motorists have stopped sheltering in place and are back on the roads, and the majority of people who had been working remotely are now headed…

Car insurance rose by at least 25 percent last year in three US states

February 2, 2023February 1, 2023 Live Insurance News

American drivers are braced for more increases in the premiums they’re paying on their auto policy. Across the US, there were three states that experience car insurance price increases by 25 percent last year, and experts are cautioning American motorists that the premiums are expected to continue rising. As much as auto premiums rose last year, 2023 is likely to see policies getting more expensive. Interest rate increases, inflation, the volatility of gas prices, and a spectrum of other causes have sent car insurance rates skyward in the last year.…

LexisNexis US Auto Insurance Trends reveals pandemic’s impact

May 12, 2021May 11, 2021 G. Turner

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The market was affected by dangerous driving increases, shopping volatility, fewer claims and policy renewal delays. LexisNexis Risk Solutions recently released its 2021 US Auto Insurance Trends report, which examined a spectrum of data revealing the directions certain activities are taking in this market. The report helps insurance carriers to better understand their evolving landscapes. In the 2021 US Auto Insurance Trends report, there was an analysis of the 2020 data, which provided insight into the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on this industry. This included measures of change in…

A new mode of transport is on the horizon between LA and Vegas

April 17, 2020 Guest Author

Could high-speed rail finally reach the Nevada desert?

The auto insurance industry will be awaiting the potential after-effects of a new high-speed rail link between Los Angeles and Las Vegas that could drastically cut the number of tourists requiring temporary auto insurance on their vacations. The $5 billion Virgin Trains-Brightline project has been given the green light following the approval of a private bond worth $600 million to enable construction to begin. The line, which will transport passengers from LA to ‘Sin City’ at up to 200mph, could revolutionize the way tourists travel internally to and from Las…

Auto insurance will be unrecognizable as self-driving cars flood US roads

February 26, 2019February 25, 2019 Logan B.

These automated vehicles will remove 90 percent of the risk associated with driving a car. Self-driving cars may still be at their very earliest uses in certain very specific locations, but the auto insurance industry is already bracing for them. After all, these vehicles will change the nature of the need for coverage. As it appears that a substantial amount of the risk from driving will shrink, insurers are bracing themselves. At the moment, the first wave of self-driving cars come with astronomical premiums. A recent Bloomberg report pointed to…

Allstate CEO Tom Wilson says ridesharing will upend the auto insurance industry

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 Nordstrom

Ride hailing and car sharing programs have changed transportation and are now changing coverage. Allstate CEO Tom Wilson explained that the auto insurance industry should expect some substantial changes due to ridesharing companies. These services have altered the way that vehicles are used so that they are no longer defined by auto products. The interview was reported from CES 2019 by a Cheddar article. In it, the Allstate CEO underscored the change ride hailing and car sharing services have made to personal transportation. That said, traditional auto insurance products don’t…

Millennials pay higher car insurance rates when they live with their parents

November 26, 2018January 23, 2019 G. Turner

Auto insurance companies consider them to be a higher risk than those living on their own. Millennial motorists who still live at home with their parents pay higher car insurance rates than their counterparts who don’t, say the results of a new study. Millennials who own houses or condos tend to pay notably less for their auto insurance coverage. The higher car insurance premiums study was conducted by Compare.com. It determined that millennials who live with their parents pay considerably higher car insurance premiums than their home owning counterparts. In…