Telematics Car Insurance Discount: Is It Worth It?
October 22, 2024
The telematics car insurance discount will result in modest short-term savings. But giving your insurance company access to information about your driving and driving behaviors, it can also cause your insurance premiums to go up. It can also result in claims being later denied and your auto insurer even refusing to renew your policy. Buyer beware. For […]
22 Factors That Affect Car Insurance Rates In Michigan
September 19, 2023
Trying to find out what determines your auto insurance premiums? Get to know the top 22 factors that affect car insurance rates and keep your costs down
Why The Cheapest Auto Insurance In Michigan Isn’t The Best?
July 21, 2023
Just because it’s the cheapest auto insurance in Michigan doesn’t mean it’s the best for you and your family. Going with the cheapest insurance option means assuming big risks and forgoing important medical care if you or your family are ever involved in a serious car accident, and can even mean exhausting your personal savings and […]
Exposé: Michigan Car Insurance Rates Increase of 2019 and The Truth Behind It
September 26, 2019
Michigan car insurance rates in 2019 are increasing at renewal so auto insurance companies can say they have provided savings when the new law takes effect.
Michigan Car Insurance Rates: Attorney Brandon Hewitt Talks About The Non-Driving Factors Affecting Them
May 10, 2019
Attorney Brandon Hewitt discusses Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s call for an examination of how non-driving factors affect Michigan car insurance rates on WZZM
Gursten tells Fox 2 Detroit why Duggan lawsuit is flawed
September 4, 2018
Duggan ignores redlining and credit scoring, two issues that hammer Detroiters and drive up car insurance rates in Motown; time to enact HB 5111
Price optimization hurts loyal customers
December 8, 2017
Rep. Moss (D-Southfield)’s House Bill 5271 would prohibit car insurance companies from using price optimization to charge higher rates to loyal insureds
Detroiters pay steep price for redlining
November 13, 2017
Redlining and discriminatory pricing on car insurance in cities like Detroit persists, so what side of the street you’re on makes a huge difference on auto insurance costs — up to $5,000 more in Detroit
Price optimization: The high cost of being loyal to your own insurance company
July 19, 2016
House Bill 5735 proposes banning ‘price optimization’ to stop auto insurers from raising prices on consumers who won’t shop around Are you a loyal customer to your insurance company? Did you know your loyalty is being abused, and could be costing you money? Here’s an ugly truth about auto insurance companies. Rather than being rewarded […]
Lawyer Steve Gursten on NPR: How much will No Fault reform really cost drivers?
May 16, 2013
Steven M. Gursten, head of Michigan Auto Law, was recently a guest on the Lester Graham Show, on NPR Michigan Radio. Steve and Mr. Graham discussed Gov. Rick Snyder’s efforts to enact No Fault “reform” to the Michigan auto insurance system through House Bill 4612. Steve told Mr. Graham that the current No Fault reform […]
Steven M. Gursten: Profits, not medical claims, drive up cost of auto insurance in Michigan
April 12, 2013
Guest column in Detroit Free Press on what’s really behind no fault “reform” Lawyer Steven Gursten, head of Michigan Auto Law, was featured as a guest columnist in the Detroit Free Press. Gursten’s piece highlighted the point that while the powerful insurance industry makes a hard push for no fault “reform” under the pretense that […]