Tag: Texas car insurance

Texas auto insurance may get more expensive than pre-pandemic times

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A new report suggests that prices will return to where they were and may rise even higher. As drivers head back out onto the roads, Texas auto insurance prices are expected to climb, likely not only reaching pre-pandemic rates but possibly also exceeding them, said a New Mexico State University professor. As the country opens back up again, people are starting to drive their cars to live their lives. According to New Mexico State University professor from the Finance Department, Tim Query, at the start of 2020, when lockdowns from…

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Auto insurance accident claims skyrocket in Texas during the Christmas season

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A new report has revealed that the number of crashes increases by 20 percent during the holidays. Allstate has just released a review of its auto insurance claims data, which has revealed that in the state of Texas, there are more car crashes than at any other time of the year. This statement was based on data from the five years ranging from 2006 through 2010. What the analysis determined was that the number of auto insurance accident claims rises the most on December 24, increasing by 22 percent when…

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Online Auto Insurance gauges the impact of increased auto insurance limit on Texans

Julie Campbell

OnlineAutoInsurance.com has performed an analysis based on the proposed increase in the minimum limit on auto insurance in Texas, and has found that the actual rise that will be seen by the average policyholder will be relatively low, at approximately 6 percent more than what is currently being paid. The site conducted their analysis on 144 different quotes and has discovered that though many people were opposed to the increases in the auto insurance minimums in the state in 2011 because of concerns about cost, the actual increase in expense…

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Auto insurance rates are on the rise in Texas

Julie Campbell

Many of the largest auto insurance companies in Texas will be raising their rates as a result of losses and new liability limits that will have been implemented with the start of this year. Several of the insurers are citing the new liability limit rules exclusively as the cause of their increases. According to Mark Hanna from the industry trade group called the Insurance Council of Texas, these regulations require that drivers within the state must carry policies that will provide coverage for up to $25,000 for property damage per…

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Over 20 percent of drivers in Texas aren’t insured

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In Texas, more than 1 in every 5 drivers does not have adequate auto insurance to comply with the laws within that state. According to a recent report by the Texas Department of Insurance, 21.6 percent of all of the drivers in the state were operating their vehicles while uninsured. Dallas County had the largest number of uninsured drivers among the most populated counties in the state, with 24.1 percent of its drivers lacking insurance. Bexar county followed closely behind with 22.9 percent of drivers being uninsured. In the entire…

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No more solicitation of crash victims by doctors and lawyers in Texas

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New legislation in Texas has now become law, making it illegal for health professionals and lawyers to solicit victims of crashes inside the first thirty days of the crash.  The law was supported by Rep. Todd Smith of Euless, leading House Bill 148 to be approved by lawmakers after having already received Governor Rick Perry’s signature back in 2009.  Though the law has been considered to be a long time coming by many, it was not without its critics.  For example, Christopher Villasana and Donald McKinley are Texas chiropractors who…

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Texas Governor Perry vetoes bill against texting behind the wheel

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Texas Governor Rick Perry has vetoed a bill that would make it illegal to send or read text messages while behind the wheel. In fact, this was only one of 23 bills that were vetoed by Governor Perry on June 17, 2011. While lawmakers had approved the anti-texting bill in May, Perry said that it was an “overreach” and that it was a “government effort to micromanage the behavior of adults.” The bill had been encouraged by former House speaker Tom Craddick, who called it an important public safety measure.…

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