Trailing the Nation in Auto Insurance
Massachusetts auto insurers are gearing up for competition.
AG asks insurers to lower rates
Martha Coakley said insurance companies' initial filings last week included more than $200 million in extra profits and payments to agents that wouldn't have been allowed by regulators in previous years.
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Auto insurers get ready
Some Massachusetts automobile insurers are starting to gear up for competition, offering new policy benefits at no extra cost, adopting more recognizable names, and promising their agents competitive pricing.
Insurers in Mass. can't use credit history
Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes reversed course in issuing final regulations for next year's move to auto insurance competition, deciding companies should not be allowed to use a driver's credit history in setting rates or deciding whom to insure.
Mass. 4th most expensive
Massachusetts held steady as the fourth-most-expensive state for auto insurance in 2005, according to the most recent state-to-state data from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Insurance chief says changes drawing interest
Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes told state lawmakers that her proposed rules for auto insurance competition are drawing attention from companies interested in doing business here.
Critics: Don't let insurers use credit scores
The state attorney general, consumer groups, and several insurance companies yesterday urged Insurance Commissioner Nonnie S. Burnes to prohibit automobile insurers from using a driver's credit history to directly or indirectly set what he or she pays for coverage.
As Mass. auto insurance rules change, fate of group discounts is uncertain
Should drivers pay less for auto insurance simply because they maintain a checking account at a particular bank, graduated from law school, or work as surgeons?
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- New insurance chief goes beyond expectations
- FTC: report backs use of credit scores by auto insurers
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- Insurers often have upper hand when haggling over car's value
- Auto insurers expect 3d rate drop
- Mass. might ease auto-rate controls
- Panel: State shouldn't set all auto rates
- Superior court judge named insurance commissioner
- State starts a new push to overhaul auto system
- Auto fraud fight sends insurance rates down
- Patrick halts Romney's auto insurance revamp