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Car insurance premium inequities are driven by age, credit and ZIP code, study finds
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (740+ words) A new study found that factors such as ZIP code, age or credit score could more than double a person's car insurance premium. Pat Nabong / Sun-Times It's well known that auto insurance companies charge more to people who have caused…...
Illinois inches closer to reining in excessive car insurance premiums
1+ week, 3+ day ago (732+ words) The 3200 block of West Walnut Street in East Garfield Park had some of the highest quotes for car insurance in the city " out of more than 300 tests the Sun-Times ran in an investigation of car insurance in 2019. Everyone knows auto…...
Time to slam brakes on discriminatory car insurance rates
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (749+ words) Too many Illinois drivers " seniors on fixed incomes, working families and communities of color " are being hit hardest with inequitable car insurance rates, writes Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias. At our South Side town hall, Kimberly cut straight to the…...