Thursday, August 17, 2006

State Farm Files Request for $204 Million Auto Rate Reduction Along With New Rating Plan (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)


State Farm Files Request for $204 Million Auto Rate Reduction Along With New Rating Plan (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co today announced it has asked the California Department of Insurance to approve an eight percent auto insurance rate decrease in addition to the initial pricing changes required by the new auto rating regulations.

(AFX UK Focus) 2006-08-17 08:52 GMT: Just Car Clinics wins contract with Fortis Insurance (Interactive Investor)
LONDON (AFX) - Just Car Clinics Group PLC, the UK's second largest collision repair chain, said it has won a contract, which will see the whole group acting as a named repairer for Fortis Insurance Ltd (FIL).

Get More Mileage Out Of Your Auto Insurance (Ionia Sentinel-Standard)
(ARA) - Over the past year, gas prices have done nothing but spiral upwards. Consumer frustration has risen accordingly, due to financial constraints as well as consumers' inability to purchase a new car or travel as much as they might have intended.

Insurer caters to vintage car crowd (The Indianapolis Star)
Dale Pioch looked forward to restoring a beat-up, 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu to its former glory. But like thousands of car collectors, he also wondered how to insure the vehicle in case disaster struck in the form of a collision, mishap or theft.

Homeowners say insurance rebates (The Herald-Tribune)
TAMPA -- David and Sandra Farkas figured a $9,500 investment in storm shutters would pay off at least a little in reduced insurance costs.

A New Car Insurance Blog Goes Live at AutomobileInsurance.tv (PR Web)
The new car insurance blog at AutomobileInsurance.tv is an excellent resource for anyone who drives a car. The website offers lots of useful tips and tricks, and features news, updates and anecdotes related to the world of car insurances, information that both novice and seasoned drivers will appreciate. (PRWEB Aug 17, 2006) Trackback URL:

Shopping for car 101 (New York Daily News)
It's the ultimate back-to-school shopping experience for high school and college kids: buying a car of your own.

Beware: Dangers Of In-Car Snacks (Sky News via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
Eating or drinking while driving is almost as dangerous talking on a mobile. But despite the dangers, research from Privilege Insurance found that 75% of drivers snack when behind the wheel.

State Farm to End Zip-Code Based Auto Insurance Rates, Will Lower Prices for Millions of Drivers; Insurer to Comply (U.S. Newswire via Yahoo! News)
Nearly 18 years after California voters enacted Proposition 103, State Farm, the nation's largest auto insurer, has agreed to follow the 1988 initiative's rule that insurance premiums be based on driving records rather than ZIP Code. Yesterday, a California Appeals Court rejected a last-ditch effort by insurance companies to block enforcement of regulations ending ZIP Code-based premiums issued

Guide to S.A. Laws strict on car insurance, yard parking (San Antonio Express News)
Alamo City newcomers take note: You can't park your boat in your front yard, and if your insurance card is nowhere to be found, your car likely will spend the night at the city's impound lot. But hybrid car drivers, you lucky things, will no longer have to scrounge for quarters at any of the city's 2,010 parking meters because you can park for free.

17 Indicted in La., Accused of Staging Wrecks for Insurance Payments (Insurance Journal)
A federal grand jury in Shreveport, La., has indicted 17 people for allegedly staging car accidents in order to get money from insurance companies, the U.S. Attorney's Office said Aug. 15. The in

Insurance industries' rate appeal denied (Sacramento Business Journal)
Insurers must submit to the state by 9 a.m. Thursday new auto insurance rating plans that avoid basing rates primarily on where a person lives, an appeal court ruled Wednesday.

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