Auto and homeowners insurance rates have surged this year. For motor vehicle insurance alone, we've seen an average premium increase of 12.7% from 2023 to 2024, according to the November Consumer ...

Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

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Chris Kissell has been a journalist for three decades and has written extensively about insurance and other personal finance topics for the past 20 years. For the last 14 years, he has been a ...

With insurance costs continuing to rise, lowering your rates has never been more important. Homeowners insurance alone has skyrocketed nearly 70% in the past five-and-a-half years. As a reporter who ...

Car insurance rates are expected to increase by 12.6% across the U.S. in 2024, thanks to rising repair costs and frequent severe weather. That's an even bigger jump than 2023, when rates rose 11.2%.

TROY, Mich.: 13 June 2023 — Nearly one-third (31%) of U.S. auto insurance customers say they experienced a rate increase during the past year as the industry raises rates an average of 15.5% 1 and ...

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TROY, Mich.: 10 June 2025 — The nation’s auto insurers have returned to profitability for the first time in years and that has them shifting gears from a focus on raising rates and exiting ...

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The cheapest cars to insure for annual full coverage are the Ford Bronco at $2,192, the Subaru Crosstrek at $2,214 and the Honda CR-V Hybrid at $2,223. While both top-rated companies can be good ...