Tag: Louisiana car insurance

Louisiana gives State Farm the green light to raise auto insurance rates

Logan B.
Auto insurance rates - Green light - Louisiana

Drivers in the state are already facing high premiums for their homeowners coverage. Homeowners have already been watching their premiums rise in Louisiana, and now drivers can expect that their auto insurance rates will be rising there as well. State Farm recently requested a hike of 17 percent in the state, and it now has its approval. Drivers are starting to wonder how they will be able to afford their auto insurance rates following hikes that have already been applied to their home coverage. “It’s not nice to be a…

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Louisiana auto insurance prices are forcing drivers out of the state

Logan B.
Louisiana auto insurance - High rates

Prices for coverage have been skyrocketing and motorists have reached the point that they can’t afford it. Louisiana auto insurance has been steadily on the rise, and those increases have been getting increasingly sharp more recently. Rates have been climbing across the country, but the state is facing particularly rapid premium increases. According to the Insurance Commissioner, the Louisiana auto insurance market has become a challenge both for personal policies as well as commercial coverage. The reason, said the commissioner, is that the state is home to the highest claims-to-litigation…

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Task force takes on Louisiana auto insurance rates to improve affordability

Logan B.
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Research shows that drivers in the state pay some of the highest car insurance premiums in the country. Louisiana auto insurance rates are among the least affordable in the United States, according to a recent Insurance Research Council (IRC) study. The study was titled: “Auto Insurance Affordability: Cost Drivers in Louisiana”. That said, the Louisiana High Auto Rates Task Force has been working on the challenge of improving affordability since August. The task force has met several times to address the causal factors and propose solutions to the issues. The…

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Louisiana car insurance is the least affordable in the country, says IRC study

H. Cutner
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Insurance Research Council data found the state to be the most expensive and has high delinquencies. The Insurance Research Council (I.R.C.) released data from a recent study showing that Louisiana car insurance is the least affordable in the United States. Moreover, the state is also among the highest for payment delinquencies in the country. These details help to show the market challenges faced by buy-here, pay-here vehicle sellers. The study pointed directly at Louisiana car insurance as the least affordable among all American states. The I.R.C. study indicated that there…

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House committee in Louisiana approves electronic proof of auto insurance coverage

Alabama auto insurance

Louisiana legislation approval gives the go ahead on digital proof of auto insurance coverage. The new legislation says that police must accept both the electronic and print card versions of the proof of car insurance. The House Bill 1130, which was sponsored by Rep. Greg Cromer (R-Slidell) received unanimous support from the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works. This vote will send the bill along to the next stage of approval, which consists of a debate on the House floor. Chuck McMains, an insurance industry lobbyist, has stated that insurers are increasingly…

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Ranking the states by the cost of auto insurance coverage

Julie Campbell

According to the Insure.com study results, which have only just been released, Louisiana is the state in which it is most expensive to insure a vehicle in the entire country, whereas Maine enjoys the lowest insurance rates in the U.S. The average annual cost of insuring a car in Louisiana is $2,536, whereas in Maine the average cost is only $889. The issues that have been driving the rates higher in many states includes the insurance laws within those states, larger numbers of drivers without insurance, the number of different…

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Insure.com releases survey showing where in the U.S. auto insurance is most expensive

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Car insurance rates vary wildly from state to state. This is often due to differing regulations throughout the U.S. It is also because driving in some states is more dangerous than driving in others. Insure.com, an online insurance quote system, has conducted a survey to determine where auto insurance is most expensive in the country. The survey has ranked each state in terms of insurance premiums and the availability of affordable plans, using 900 insurance models as a benchmark. The survey found that Louisiana, Oklahoma and Michigan are the leaders…

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