auto insurance rates

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  Top 3 and Bottom 3 Most Expensive U.S. States for Car Insurance

  By Caterina Pontoriero, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 21, 2013

  In 2012, the least expensive average annual car insurance premium by state was $934—and the most expensive was $2,699! Click to see the top 3 and bottom 3 most expensive states for car insurance.

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  Travelers Execs Say Underwriting Strategy Drove Positive Q3 Results

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 18, 2012

  The Travelers Co.’s record third-quarter net-income result was as much a product of a disciplined underwriting strategy as the benign catastrophe season, company executives say.

• MarketScout: Insurance Rates Continue Rise

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 5, 2012

  Average rate increases for commercial and personal insurance lines continued their upward push through August rising an additional point over the prior month, says MarketScout.

• Florida Gov. Scott Signs ‘Milestone’ PIP Reform

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 4, 2012

  Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed what the insurance industry is calling the “most significant auto insurance law in decades.”

• Getting PIP Reform Right

  By Lynne McChristian  |  April 25, 2012

  Will the PIP reforms work, and will they bring auto insurance rates down? Legislators want proof they made the right decisions, and they want it fast.

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  NY Targets Doctors Suspected of PIP Fraud

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 29, 2012

  Doctors conspiring to cheat the no-fault system are writing a prescription for trouble. NY regulations now impose stiff penalties, decertification.

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  NY Targets Doctors Suspected of PIP Fraud

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 9, 2012

  Doctors conspiring to cheat New York’s no-fault system are writing a prescription for trouble. New regulation imposes stiff penalties, decertification.

• Most/Least Expensive Automobiles to Insure in 2012 -- Slideshow

  By Staff Writer  |  February 13, 2012

  Each year, Insure.com ranks the most expensive and least expensive automobiles to insure.

• Big Changes Possible for N.J. PIP Auto-Insurance System

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 2, 2011

  The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance is looking to revise personal-injury protection regulations less than two years after prior reforms made their way out of legal wrangling.

• PIP Bills Crash in Florida

  By Joan E. Collier, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 26, 2011

  Despite support from Florida's regulator, CFO, major insurance groups and even some consumer groups, the bills to curb PIP fraud have run into a massive roadblock.

• Runaway PIP Fraud Continues to Drive Up Insurance Costs for Florida’s Motorists

  By Lynne McChristian  |  April 6, 2011

  Finally, something consumers and carriers can agree on—the need to put the brakes on auto PIP fraud. However, the how and why of the impact of this type of fraud on all drivers still needs explained to the public.

• State Farm Takes Underwriting Loss; Net Income Up

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 7, 2011

  State Farm said it posted an underwriting loss in its auto insurance business of $2.8 billion in 2010, but improvement in the property and casualty segment overall drove a 200 percent increase in net income for the year.

• Rick Scott Is Right - Let's Get to Work!

  By Cecil Pearce  |  December 1, 2010

  Newly elected Florida Gov. Rick Scott's theme for his campaign was "Let's get to work!" He is correct. It is time for Florida's policy makers to get to work rebuilding the economy, including insurance markets, one of the critical components.

• N.Y. WCB Fee Hike Proposal Could Impact No-Fault System

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 8, 2010

  Proposed increases of 30 percent or more for certain fees by the New York State Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) could have "unintended negative consequences for the state's no-fault

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  Toops Scoops: With Credit Scoring, You Can't Always Play By the Numbers

  By Laura Mazzuca Toops, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 24, 2010

  It never fails to surprise me how much of a hot-button issue credit scoring continues to be in our industry. It's not like it's some new ...

• Allstate, Florida Agents At Odds Over Auto, Property Production

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 3, 2010

  Allstate agents in Florida said the insurance company is attempting to reintroduce auto insurance-related quotas in order for agents to keep their ability to place property policies with other companies.