Category: Auto Insurance Rates

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

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 …

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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 …

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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.

Attorney Brandon Hewitt discusses Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s call for an examination of how non-driving factors affect Michigan car insurance rates on WZZM

Duggan ignores redlining and credit scoring, two issues that hammer Detroiters and drive up car insurance rates in Motown; time to enact HB 5111 

Rep. Moss (D-Southfield)’s House Bill 5271 would prohibit car insurance companies from using price optimization to charge higher rates to loyal insureds

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

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 …

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