Quality doesn’t have to cost you

Getting cheap car insurance doesn’t have to mean giving up on quality ... at prices that are reasonable.  They’ve been helping residents with Virginia auto insurance and North Carolina auto insurance find better rates on the same quality car insurance they were getting before [more...]

Date: 2007-06-29 18:49:16
Blog: Key West or Bust...

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Today in Money & Finance - 4/11 - Auto insurance myths, most & least reliable brands & green acres

Filed under: DaimlerChrysler (DCX), Ford Motor (F), Viacom (VIA), Citigroup Inc. (C), Sony Corp ADR (SNE), Money and Finance Today, Alcoa Inc (AA) ... -- Ford Recalls 500,000 Escapes -- Viacom Spurns Google for Yahoo Top 10 Auto Insurance Myths The color of my car affects my auto insurance rate. My credit score has no bearing on my insurance [more...]

Date: 2007-04-11 08:52:00
Blog: BloggingStocks...

Ronald Bailey on Clinton Care 2.0

Like me Ronald Bailey at Reason Magazine isn’t all that thrilled by Hillary Clinton’s health care proposals ... : “Employers don’t buy auto-insurance or home owners insurance for their workers, why should ... . And this raises another interesting question. How come auto insurance and home owner’s insurance rates [more...]

Date: 2007-09-23 23:43:20
Blog: » Outside The Beltway ...

Californians Facing Double-Digit Health Insurance Rate Increases in Sacramento Today Supporting Affordability Bill

Measure Modeled on Landmark Auto Reform Would Require Insurers to Justify Increases and Get Approval Before Raising Rates Jerry-Flanagan.gif ... is similar to requirements in the auto insurance market that have saved drivers $23 billion since 1988 ... with consumers enduring double-digit health insurance increases and Assemblyman Dave Jones [more...]

Date: 2007-04-11 19:06:12
Blog: California Progress Rep...

Even when you say no, you're still marketing

PICTURE THIS: you get an email out the blue from a prospect. But not just ANY prospect … the perfect customer ... marketing? Take a lesson from Progressive Insurance. In 1994, Progressive became the first auto insurance company to provide its rates alongside the rates of other companies. That way, consumers could [more...]

Date: 2007-08-16 09:58:53
Blog: HELLO, my name is BLOG!...

Fender Bender finally taken care off

A couple of months ago it happened, somebody drove in the back of my car. Not hard, but she still damaged the rear bumper ... to contact her insurance company. that's where the problems started. The woman had been driving in the car ... her the link for Poor Driver Auto Insurance Rates or Teen Driver Auto Policy. Maybe after paying [more...]

Date: 2007-09-05 07:16:36
Blog: Link Love...

DUMB to the Nth: FBI Imitates "Transformers" Movie, Gives Teens Top Secret Clearance

By Debbie Schlussel In one of the dumber life-imitates-art moves in federal law enforcement, the FBI is imitating part of the "Transformers" movie, ... in Polk County, Florida. Oh, and yes, he was not a teenager. But, FYI, they have even less judgment. Why do you think they get into the most auto accidents and pay the highest rate for auto insurance [more...]

Date: 2007-07-02 20:53:07
Blog: Debbie Schlussel...

2004 Toyota Camry V6 User Review 2315

Outboard engines - Fight global warming Lowell Sun - Cars such as the Toyota Prius and the Honda Civic Hybrid run much cleaner than most regular ... ’sex’ to market their commercial cars ? … on your auto insurance ? http://AutoInsuranceSpy.org video auto rates toyota honda quotes Sun, 01 Jul 2007 03:55:30 -0700 [more...]

Date: 2007-07-01 07:01:16
Blog: News From the Auto Indu...

We Can’t Let Them Rewrite History to Defeat AB 1554--Health Care Rate Regulation--on Eve of Assembly Vote

By Jerry Flanagan The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR) ... for California's phenomenal savings in auto insurance premiums, not the nation's most effective insurance ... driving is illegal in every state, but only California has seen auto insurance rates decrease since 1989 [more...]

Date: 2007-06-07 01:32:05
Blog: California Progress Rep...

Car Insurance 101

I hadn’t checked my mail in many months and had a full mailbox to clear. Nothing like being an adult and having bills to pay! ... account the effort to compare and contrast auto insurance rates across different companies ... a great site that has everything I need to know on auto insurance! They have a fantastic user-friendly [more...]

Date: 2007-09-12 14:39:43
Blog: Funky Cookies...

Spitzer's plan to grant licenses to illegal immigrants faces some (ridiculous) criticism

A week ago today, Gov. Eliot Spitzer announced his plan to grant driver's licenses to illegal immigrants ... . Other states with similar policies have seen their auto insurance rates drop as well. Safer Homeland ... more likely to be in a fatal crash than are validly licensed drivers. Lower Insurance Rates: The State [more...]

Date: 2007-09-29 18:20:08
Blog: the albany project ...

Sen. Martha G. Scott: Join Me on Wednesday to Fight for Fair & Affordable Insurance Reform

For nearly four years now, I have risen every day the Senate was in session to send the same message to my colleagues: SOMETHING MUST BE DONE ABOUT THE SKYROCKETING INSURANCE RATES IN MICHIGAN, AND PARTICULARLY ... determined that auto and homeowners insurance are essential products for consumers, and that the state [more...]

Date: 2007-09-25 20:04:32
Blog: Michigan Liberal: Mich...

A rant about moving

By Thoreau It seems that I am destined to be screwed over and stressed out by all of the many tasks associated with establishing at a new address ... that my auto insurance rates will go up.  AllState wanted to double them, and even Geico will still ... t register my car in California until I get there, which means I can either drive across the country [more...]

Date: 2007-07-22 21:01:16
Blog: Unqualified Offerings...

Managed Competition

Managed Competition Wha?? Massachusetts is giving the peasants back some freedom? To chose? Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S ... in the nation where regulators set all auto insurance rates. Since 1990, 35 companies have abandoned ... . Burnes yesterday said she plans to give the 4 million drivers in Massachusetts a taste of auto [more...]

Date: 2007-07-17 11:52:19
Blog: And Rightly So!...

Saving On Car Insurance!!

Saving On Car Insurance!! I was supposed to find auto insurance over the weekend ... of the "lizard" company--they have never lowered our rates. We have no tickets, no accidents--we are safe drivers, and yet--we don't any lower rates. That's ridiculous. CIS motor insurance is offering two types [more...]

Date: 2007-05-21 04:48:57
Blog: genki desu yo!!...

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ju lutem kush di english mi perkthej pak keto fjalet tamam ne shqip se me duhen The DMV estimates that tens of thousands of undocumented, ... the number of uninsured drivers on the roads, lower auto insurance rates for all drivers ... unlicensed and uninsured drivers are currently on New York’s roads, contributing to increased [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 21:24:39
Blog: Forumi Shqiptar ...

Online Auto & Web 3.0 (Part 2)

Top Players and Rankings With more and more users going online in search of quality content on automobiles, vehicle performance, model specs, crash-test ratings, classified info, car finance, auto insurance, etc., there has been a rise ... and provides advice on car purchases, maintenance and other automotive related topics. Automotive sites [more...]

Date: 2007-08-14 12:00:15
Blog: Sramana Mitra on Strate...

House Questions Use of Credit Score in Setting Insurance Premiums

The practice of insurers basing auto insurance premiums on a customer's credit rating was questioned at a House hearing Tuesday, with critics asking whether it disproportionately hurts young people [more...]

Date: 2007-10-03 16:31:11
Blog: CRM Buyer: CRM News and...

Many Americans Don't Check Their Credit Reports -- Could be Losing Thousands

Here are some interesting statistics from Bankrate's piece on credit ignorance being an expensive mistake: ... the rate on your auto insurance and sneak up on you in other ways, impacting cell phone policies and apartment rental agreements. And here's a quote I found to be both amusing and true: Adding [more...]

Date: 2007-07-19 18:15:01
Blog: Free Money Finance...

Lawmaker's Driving Claims Costing Calif. Taxpayers

Lawmakers using state-issued vehicles filed auto insurance claims at a far higher rate than the general public, costing California taxpayers nearly $90,000 the past two years, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. LIST: Lawmakers With Multiple Claims RELATED: Senator: Leukemia Medication [more...]

Date: 2007-06-09 17:14:00
Blog: cbs13.com - Local News...

Lawmaker's Driving Claims Costing Calif. Taxpayers

Lawmakers using state-issued vehicles filed auto insurance claims at a far higher rate than the general public, costing California taxpayers nearly $90,000 the past two years, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. LIST: Lawmakers With Multiple Claims RELATED: Senator: Leukemia Medication [more...]

Date: 2007-06-09 17:14:00
Blog: CBS13/CW31: Sacramento'...

Nationwide Is On NASCAR's Side

It would appear, to me anyway, that Nationwide is not taking it's sponsorship of NASCAR's No. 2 series lightly. They are in it for the long run ... out in response to my quip about "Nationwide should be lowering insurance rates instead of sponsoring ... of young golfers in The Nationwide Tour. I would just like to see some sort of auto insurance [more...]

Date: 2007-10-11 06:41:38
Blog: NASCAR Ranting and Ravi...

The real face of class warfare

Do libertarian ideologues long for the return of the poorhouse? ... earning $30,000 or less a year paid an average annual interest rate on auto loans that was 16.8 ... , chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Those damn variable rate mortgages carry a lot [more...]

Date: 2007-05-24 12:55:09
Blog: Pandagon ...

More First Round Battles

UPDATE: Mowat and Schreyer cruise to easy wins. After a pair of upsets in the first two quarter-final Best Premier matchups, ... . Ed Schreyer Manitoba (1969-77) Career Highlights: He introduced public auto insurance ... the lowest in Canada and Ontario's rate of economic expansion was one of the highest in the world [more...]

Date: 2007-08-10 19:20:33
Blog: CalgaryGrit...

Auto Insurance Discounts

15 Minutes Can Save You 15% Or More On Car Insurance… (even if you are not a Geico customer) ... out a little bit of time to shop for car insurance you can save a heck of a lot of money. After our recent car purchase our insurance rates went up and it just didn’t seem right to pay the high [more...]

Date: 2007-09-19 13:00:00
Blog: Grad Money Matters...

Update on our new living locale

Truman Auto insurance rates are higher because cars are more expensive here... (maybe ours will bring down the average) More SUVs out here in suburbia -- and according to the bumper stickers [more...]

Date: 2007-08-28 17:47:07
Blog: History in the Making...

ALABAMA'S AUTO INSURANCE RATES SOAR> HERE'S WHY

HAWG RUN, AL -- Alabama's motorists are upset as their insurance rates soar. To find out why, we took a drive through the rural outback. [more...]

Date: 2007-09-28 02:34:16
Blog: Unconfirmedsources.com...

Age rating in auto insurance

It's fair in Canada, as Prof. Grace notes, and it's fair everywhere else too. Related: here. [more...]

Date: 2007-10-11 03:57:27
Blog: 潐湩潴䱦睡挮浯簠䤠普牯慭楴湯愠摮漠楰楮湯漠桴...

Businesses Lure Working Poor Deeper Into Debt

The working poor are being lured by the hundreds of thousands deep into debt, says BusinessWeek, ... an average annual interest rate on auto loans that was 16.8% higher than what households earning ... are paying a lot more,” Sheila C. Bair, chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., tells [more...]

Date: 2007-05-11 12:12:00
Blog: The Informed Reader - W...

After Tax Savings Rate - Oct 2007

Since joining the blog world, I have discovered that we have quite the few frugal Canadian bloggers out there ... Posts: Canadian Discount Brokerage Comparison Top 6 ways to Save on Auto Insurance High Interest ... listed our monthly expenses since January. January: $4,100 February: $6,500 (paid off car loan [more...]

Date: 2007-10-10 07:30:28
Blog: Million Dollar Journey...

Credit scores and insurance rating

Alex Tabarrok: "The brute facts, however, are that credit scores are good predictors of auto claims." [more...]

Date: 2007-08-08 02:56:40
Blog: 潐湩潴䱦睡挮浯簠䤠普牯慭楴湯愠摮漠楰楮湯漠桴...

Can't Get There From Here: Low Rape Convictions To High False Accusations

From Steph's Blog: Feminism, Fascism & Rape:Doing away with the presumption of innocence is downright fascist. A presumption of guilt places an impossible burden on the defence because they're being asked to prove negative. Most men charged with rape are innocent [more...]

Date: 2007-08-13 14:13:19
Blog: abyss2hope: A rape surv...

CHANEY POCKETS INDUSTRY MONEY BY THOUSANDS ACCORDING TO FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORT

Jackson, Mississippi – Insurance Commissioner Candidate Mike Chaney has taken over $44, ... insurance rate rollbacks, for increased auto insurance premiums and for an insurance company tax ... 000 in insurance industry money since July 29th according to his October 1oth financial disclosure [more...]

Date: 2007-10-11 05:22:17
Blog: A.M. in the Morning!...

Hedge Funds Aren’t Worried About Possible Tax Increases

Jackie Calmes reports from the Wall Street Journal’s Capital Bureau. BLACKSTONE SPENDS big on lobbyists, as Democrats waver on investment-fund taxes. The private-equity firm paid $3.7 million for lobbying in the first half of this year — 15 times what it paid in all of last year. About half represents bills owed from 2006, representatives say [more...]

Date: 2007-08-09 18:30:00
Blog: Washington Wire - WSJ.c...

Bare Necessities: Hard to Attain for a College Graduate

-By Nancy Salvato College Loans: Scenario for Failure Upon graduating from college, many twenty-somethings reconcile with living under their parents’ roofs until they can find full-time employment, pay for housing, feed, and clothe themselves. For some, there is the additional challenge of paying off college loans [more...]

Date: 2007-10-05 11:00:58
Blog: Publius’ Forum...

Insurance and reinsurance

Fresh off my latest car wreck, I just finished researching and buying new auto insurance online ... to luck. At least, that’s what my now-former insurance company thinks. They kicked me to the curb ... : your insurance company is kicking you to the curb because you’ve cost them too much money. Your existing [more...]

Date: 2007-08-22 20:51:47
Blog: dive into mark...

David Wessel: Globalization Study Moves Past Rhetoric

While I've had issues with material on the Wall Street Journal's editorial page, and today is no exception, I want to be careful to separate what goes on there from what gets presented elsewhere in the WSJ. David Wessel's Capital column is not on the editorial page, and it does not belong there [more...]

Date: 2007-07-26 06:15:29
Blog: Economist's View...

Fed Intervention and Moral Hazard

Imagine living a world with no insurance, there's no health insurance, fire insurance, auto insurance, unemployment insurance, Social Security, ... your insurance company to pay for the loss if your house burns down, your car is wrecked ... nothing of this sort at all. As we know from countries such as China, when insurance is not widely [more...]

Date: 2007-08-28 20:08:00
Blog: Economist's View...

FRBSF: The Economic Outlook

Eric Swanson of the San Francisco Fed with his view of the current economy and the economic outlook: FedViews, by Eric Swanson, FRBSF: ... for unemployment insurance are at levels similar to those of the mid- to late-1990s, which was a healthy ... . Frbsf4 Auto sales picked up in August from very weak levels in June and July. Part of the earlier [more...]

Date: 2007-09-21 18:52:00
Blog: Economist's View...

Reader Question: I Can’t Pay My Bills! What Bills Should I Pay First?

When times are tough and you can’t find the money to pay all of your expenses, where do you turn and how do you decide who gets paid? ... late. Your housing expenses should also include any insurance, which may be part of your mortgage ... , especially if you require it to get to work every day, is your auto loan payments. Again [more...]

Date: 2007-08-28 15:58:56
Blog: Generation X Finance...

Friday Finance Findings For September 21st

This week I want to introduce you to a few additional RSS feeds that you may be interested in ... People Pay Less for Health Insurance? - This is a very interesting question, and I haven’t been able to f [more...]

Date: 2007-09-21 15:43:01
Blog: Generation X Finance...

Playing Hardball With The UAW

The deadline passed and UAW workers strike GM plants. "We're on strike ... U.S. market share, which reached 46 percent in 1978, had plunged to 24 percent by 2006.The average GM worker made $39.68 per hour in 2006 with benefits including health insurance representing another $33.58 per [more...]

Date: 2007-09-24 17:32:17
Blog: Mish's Global Economic ...

Car Purchase: Confessions & Justification (Cont.)

I had a long list of confessions in my last post about the car we recently purchased ... , make extra mortgage payments and participate in the employee stock purchase plan at the same rate ... will now be diverted to the auto loan. It looks like this amount will be about 1.5 times the monthly payments once we [more...]

Date: 2007-08-13 04:38:14
Blog: Grad Money Matters...

Tokyo Auto Show: Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X Launched in Japan

Mitsubishi's made the long-awaited Evo X official in Japan, releasing a spec sheet on the JDM version of its Lancer of Lancers. With a new 2.0-liter MIVEC four and a new (or, in some cases, improved) set of AWD drivetrain components -- including a new twin-clutch transmission (SST) [more...]

Date: 2007-10-01 07:42:42
Blog: Jalopnik: Obsessed With...

Cheapest Auto Insurance Quotes

Have you bought your car insurance? If you haven't bought then you better act hurry.. ... you the best affordable insurance rate for covering your vehicle like Coverage For Sports Car, Gap Coverage ... can help you to choose for your best coverage types with better car insurance rates. Whether [more...]

Date: 2007-08-18 14:20:28
Blog: Something about LAI...

Personal Finance Money Tips - September 8, 2007

Welcome to the September 8, 2007 edition of personal finance money tips. Real Estate Investment Michael Emilio presents How To Recognize the Full Value of Your Real Estate Investment posted at Michael Emilio. Frugal Living Tips Frugal Panda presents How to: Eat Healthy for Cheap posted at Frugal Panda [more...]

Date: 2007-09-07 23:00:09
Blog: Best Personal Finance B...

Car Insurance

Speaking of insurance, well, we are now. I really need to re-evaluate our Automobile Insurance Policies. Meaghan is 17 and will be driving soon. I will have to get her a Teen Driver Auto Policy. I am really nervous about her driving, but isn’ ... insurance for her, but after that she needs to have a job and pay her own. [more...]

Date: 2007-10-08 15:57:28
Blog: Key West or Bust...

Car insurance information when you don't have an info guru

Car insurance information when you don't have an info guru Even before I became a blogger of many blogs, ... more important. The next time you decide to check for auto insurance rates, stop by their website ... my ability to search online for information has made me the "go to person" when it comes [more...]

Date: 2007-09-14 18:20:01
Blog: Liberal Common Sense...

Top Ten 4th of July Driving Tips

When many people think of the 4th of July, they think of America’s independence, cook-outs, family gatherings, road trips and fireworks ... 4th of July week. “Car accidents traditionally increase during the summer months, especially during ... of an accident. If you are traveling with small children make sure they are in a proper car or booster seat [more...]

Date: 2007-10-09 07:33:08
Blog: LIFE INSURANCE...

I'm Not Responsible Enough I hate myself for not ...

I'm Not Responsible Enough I hate myself for not being responsible enough on handling bills ... from others. Just like getting 800-900 score, this entitles you to the lowest rate from everything like credit cards, mortgages or auto insurance. Now, that's what I like! But if you got 500 or less [more...]

Date: 2007-08-13 17:00:39
Blog: A Window to Our World...

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