Survey: Credit Scoring A Rate Factor

NU Online News Service, March 31, 9:40 a.m.EST?In a new online poll conducted by the Kansas insurancedepartment, more than half of Kansans participating in the surveysaid credit scoring was a factor in their increased auto andhomeowners insurance rates.

Among 524 individuals who have responded so far, 457 people, ornearly 90 percent, said their auto and homeowners insurance rateshave gone up in the past year, and 269 respondents said they weretold by agents credit scoring was a factor in their insurancepremium hikes.

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