Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has asked the U.S. attorney general to look into the practice of insurers directing policyholders to preferred repair shops to fix their car after an accident.

Mr. Blumenthal called on U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. to "investigate and stop insurance company practices that may deny consumers the right to choose their own automobile repair shop."

Mr. Blumenthal said he and several auto repairers are accusing insurers of forcing or steering consumers to "preferred repair shops," contending such practices "may violate the law and a decades-old consent decree between the federal government and several insurance companies."

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