Feds Accelerate Tesla Steering Probe: Could This be Linked to Thousands of...
Federal investigators are now actively analyzing steering rack parts that have been linked to thousands of Tesla crashes. Typically, an engineering analysis is the last investigative step before the...
View ArticleAllstate Lifts California Auto Policy Restrictions Following 30% Rate Hike
Allstate has stopped requiring a 50% down payment for new car insurance policies in California as of Feb. 7, following a settlement with state insurance regulators and a consumer advocacy group that...
View ArticleThese Car Insurance Providers Have the Highest Market Share in Each State
Using data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurify examined the car insurance providers with the highest market share per state and found that five auto insurers have the...
View ArticleSurvey: Young Coloradans More Likely to Use Cannabis & Drive
Drivers age 18-24 use marijuana more than twice as often as drivers in other age groups and are more than twice as likely to report driving high in the last 30 days, according to a survey of cannabis...
View ArticleThese States Underreport The Most Mileage on Car Insurance Applications
Americans drive 13,456 miles per year on average, or enough to make five road trips from coast to coast, according to the latest Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) data from 2021. However, U.S....
View ArticleStudy Finds More Americans Are Driving Uninsured, Making it More Expensive...
One in 7, or 32.7 million, people drove without insurance in 2022, according to the Insurance Research Council (IRC). That’s more than in 2019, when 11.1%, or about 28 million people, drove uninsured,...
View ArticleAre Rising Home Insurance Costs Sinking Western Florida’s Real Estate Market?
The western Florida real estate market, stretching from Sarasota to Naples, has a reputation as one of the nation’s real estate gems. For years Midwestern retirees, drawn to warmer weather and the...
View ArticleHostile Highways: Nearly 60% of US Drivers Admit to Road Rage Behaviors
Road rage is a common, costly, and sometimes fatal problem. Nearly two-thirds of American drivers Insurify surveyed have been victims of road rage, which includes being yelled at, cursed at,...
View ArticleHow Gender Inequity Affects Car Insurance Costs in 2024
Some widespread beliefs about car insurance are myths or misconceptions. Buying a red car won’t cause your premiums to skyrocket, and comprehensive coverage doesn’t cover everything, despite what the...
View ArticleFlorida Mulls Bill to Leash Pet Insurance Providers
Faced with the highest home insurance premiums in the country, Floridians may not be giving much thought to escalating pet insurance costs and potential pitfalls. But some state lawmakers are. A...
View ArticleRecord Storms Wash Away $500K in Massachusetts
An investment of over $500,000 by the town of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to restore its sand dunes and protect the community from battering tides is gone, swallowed by a pair of record storms over 72...
View ArticleState Farm to Drop 72,000 Home, Landlord Policies in California
California’s home insurance market took another hit on March 20, when State Farm, the largest home insurer in the state, announced it won’t renew about 30,000 homeowners policies and 42,000 landlord...
View ArticleThese Car Insurance Providers Have the Highest Market Share in Each State
Using data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Insurify examined the car insurance providers with the highest market share per state and found that five auto insurers have the...
View ArticleAutomakers Under Fire For Allegedly Selling Driver Data to Third Parties
Key takeaways Automakers are under fire for allegedly selling driver data to third parties. Consumers say they were unaware of the data collection or sharing, with murky privacy policies hidden in fine...
View ArticleBright News for Michigan Residents: Car Insurers to Price Fairly or Face...
Engage in price optimization and face fines and other penalties. That’s the message from the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services to insurers statewide. “When we see a failure to...
View ArticleConnecticut Warns Insurers Roof Cosmetics Can’t Impact Home Policies
The Connecticut Insurance Department recently reminded homeowners insurance companies in the state that looks aren’t everything — especially when it comes to roofs. In a March 19 notice, the department...
View ArticleWhat It Would Really Take for US Drivers to Go Fully Electric?
Key takeaways Under new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) emission standards, a projected 56% of new vehicle sales will be electric by 2032. Electric vehicle (EV) sales accounted for less than 8%...
View ArticleFlood Payouts to Rhode Island Homeowners Were 417xs Higher in 2023
Severe flooding caused the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) to pay out $4.6 million to Rhode Island homeowners in 2023, findings show. That figure is 417 times higher than the $11,000 paid for...
View ArticleFlorida Snagged Two-Thirds of National Flood Insurance Payouts in 2023
The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) paid out $913 million to U.S. homeowners last year, and $629 million of that went to residents in Florida. Major flooding from hurricanes and storm surges...
View ArticleFewer Californians Buying Flood Insurance Despite Record-Breaking Year
Flood insurance claims in California soared nearly 211% in 2023, reaching an all-time high of more than $59.3 million, according to National Flood Insurance Plan (NFIP) data. And despite severe...
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