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Who Rates Car Insurance Companies?

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Cecil Helton

There’s more to rating an insurer than just the cost of your policy premium, so shopping on nothing more than price alone is a questionable strategy. Read More

Posted in Articles | Tagged A.M. Best, AM Best, car insurance, cheaper car insurance, cheaper insurance, cheaper premium, Consumer Reports, CR, insurance company rankings, insurance company ratings, J.D. Power, JD Power, lower auto premiums, lower car insurance, lower car premiums, Lower premiums, rating insurance companies, Standard & Poor, Standard and Poor |

Consumer Reports: Thinking Cars Could Eliminate 8 of 10 Wrecks

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Cecil Helton

With V2X, your car frantically flashes a red warning light on your dashboard, warning of your of the impending danger and giving you time to respond appropriately by hitting your brakes. Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged auto safety, car safety, car to car communication, communicating cars, Consumer Reports, CR, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, NHTSA, safer car, safer cars, safer vehicles, Safety, V2V, V2X |

Ten Largest Auto Insurers in the United States by Marketshare

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Cecil Helton

Together, the top 10 car insurance companies control an astounding 68.2 percent of the automotive insurance polices in place today. Read More

Posted in Articles | Tagged AFI, Allstate, Allstate Insurance, American Family Insurance, Berkshire, Berkshire Hathaway, Farmers, Farmers group, Farmers Insurance, geico, Government Employees Insurance Company, Liberty Mutual, Liberty Mutual Insurance, Nationwide, Nationwide Insurance, Progressive, Progressive Insurance, sears-roebuck, state farm, State Farm Insurance, Travelers, travelers insurance, United Services Automobile Association, USAA |

What is “Residual Market” Car Insurance?

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Cecil Helton

It’s common to hear of two different marketplaces: Voluntary; and Residual. Some refer to the residual market as “non-voluntary” insurance. Read More

Posted in Articles | Tagged claims history, driving drunk, driving under the influence, drunken driving, DUI, excessive claims, high risk, high risk driver, high risk to insure, moving violations, policy premiums, residual, residual car insurance, residual car insurance market, residual market, too many claims, under the influence, voluntary, voluntary car insurance market, voluntary market |

Car Buyers Keeping Their Cars Longer

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Cecil Helton

Four factors have led to the trend of Americans keeping cars they purchase for longer periods of time. Read More

Posted in Articles | Tagged buying a car, buying a new car, buying a used car, car buyer, car buyers, dropping collision, dropping collision and comprehensive, dropping coverage, length of ownership, new car, new cars, Polk, used, used car, used cars |

Is $5 a Gallon Gas on the Horizon?

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Cecil Helton

How high do you think gasoline will get this summer? Will we still have prices in the $3.50 range, or will we be paying a dollar or more extra when the summer rush begins? Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged AAA, American Automobile Association, cost of gasoline, fuel cost, fuel costs, fuel economy, gas cost, gas price, Gas prices, gasoline cost, gasoline price, price of gas, price of gasoline, price per gallon |

Are There Grace Periods With Car Insurance?

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Cecil Helton

There’s never a time when buying a car should be a quick, spur of the moment decision. Any smart shopper will know if they plan on buying a car on any given day. Read More

Posted in Articles | Tagged buying a car, buying a new car, buying auto insurance, cancelling car insurance, car buying, car insurance cancellation, car insurance grace period, grace period, insurance cancellation, insurance grace period, new car, new cars, non-payment, premium, premiums, used car, used cars |

Seven Ways You Control Your Auto Premium Cost

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Cecil Helton

Drivers do have a degree of control over the price they’ll have to pay for their insurance coverage. Read More

Posted in Articles | Tagged car coverage, car insurance coverages, car insurance deductible, claims, claims history, coverage, credit history, credit score, credit scores, deductible, driver history, driving history, high miles, lower auto premiums, lower car insurance, lower car insurance costs, lower car premiums, lower cost policy, lower insurance costs, lower insurance premiums, Lower premiums, lower-car-insurance-cost, make and model, new car, number of miles driven, used car |

General Motors Posts Record Profits

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Cecil Helton

While it’s still yet to be seen if the government can ever recoup the money invested in GM, the company is wasting no time in sharing the wealth, announcing that each of their nearly 48,000 assembly workers will be getting checks of up to $7,000 as part of their profit sharing benefit. Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged annual results, bail out, bankruptcy, buick, cadillac, chevrolet, federal bail-out, general motors, GM, GM Bankruptcy, gmc, Government Motors, Holden, net income, Opel, profit, profit sharing, UAW |

Driverless Cars Green Lighted in Nevada

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Cecil Helton

Starting March 1, any automaker will be allowed to apply to test their own robo-cars on Nevada’s highways. Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged atonomous, autonomous cars, bureaucracy, driverless, driverless car, driverless cars, Florida, Google, google car, google driverless car, google driverless cars, Google’s driverless car, Hawaii, Nevada, regulation, regulations, Self-driving car |

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