Auto Insurance
Consumer Information
- CFA Guide to Navigating the Auto Claims’ Maze: Getting the Settlement You Deserve, 12/14/11. (PDF)
- CFA Auto Claims Checklist 12/14/11. (PDF)
- Consumer Alert: Some Auto Insurers May be Underpaying Bodily Injury Claims, 12/09/10. (PDF)
- A Buyer's Guide to Insurance, 06/01/00. (PDF)
Press Releases
- CFA Reveals California is the Only State Where Auto Insurance Expenditures are Lower Than 25 years Ago, 06/14/2013. (PDF)
- Largest Auto Insurers Frequently Charge Higher Premiums To Safe Drivers Than To Those Responsible For Accidents, 01/28/13. (PDF)
- Insurer Criticism of Recent CFA Report on Auto Insurance Rates Is Unscientific, Arbitrary, and Unfair, 10/04/12. (PDF)
- According to National Survey, Consumers Disapprove of Factors that Auto Insurers Use in Setting Prices, 09/24/12. (PDF)
- What Consumers Should Do to Get their Fair Claim's Payments in the Wake of Hurricane Isaac, 09/06/12. (PDF)
- CFA Guide for Holiday Weekend Driving: Getting the Auto Insurance Settlement You Deserve, 09/04/12. (PDF)
- Florida Should Require Praetorian Insurance to Cut Rates Charged to Homeowners by at Least 44 Percent, 07/03/12. (PDF)
- Fact Sheet: Insurer Reaction to CFA Price Quote Survey, 06/25/12. (PDF)
- Auto Insurers Charge High and Variable Rate for Minimum Coverage to Good Drivers from Moderate-Income Areas, 06/18/12. (PDF)
- Report: Insurers Can Manipulate Computer Systems to Broadly Underpay Injury Claims, 06/04/12. (PDF)
- CFA Guide for Holiday Weekend Driving: How Consumers Can Get the Auto Insurance Settlement They Deserve, 05/25/12. (PDF)
- CFA Releases Study on Economic Harm to LMI Households From Overpriced Auto Insurance, 01/30/12. (PDF)
- CFA Releases New Guide For Holiday Driving: How Consumers Can Get the Auto Insurance Settlement They Deserve, 12/14/11. (PDF)
- CFA Issues Consumer Alert about Auto Insurers that Make Unjustifiably Low Claims’ Payments, 12/09/10. (PDF)
- CFA and Consumer Watchdog: Michigan FAIR Initiative Modeled after Nation's Most Successful Insurance Reforms, 12/01/09. (PDF)
- Study Finds Significant Differences in Auto and Home Insurance Information Provided by States to Consumers, 11/10/08. (PDF)
- New York State Legislature Advances Bill to Allow Huge Auto Insurance Rate Increases, 06/23/08. (PDF)
- Consumer Groups Call on Governor Paterson to Rein in Excessive Automobile Insurance Rates, 06/13/08. (PDF)
- $4 Gallon Gas Should Lower Auto Insurance Rates for Many Consumers: Consumers Who Are Driving Less Should Contact their Insurance Companies, 06/10/08. (PDF)
- Nationwide Study of Auto Insurance Regulation Finds that Consumers Fare Better in States that Pre-Approve Rates, 04/24/08. (PDF)
- GEICO Ties Insurance Rates to Education, Occupation--Many Lower Income, Minority Consumers Pay Higher Prices, 03/20/06. (PDF)
- Higher Agent/Broker Commissions in Home and Auto Insurance Often Mean Higher Rates, But Not Better Service, 02/24/05. (PDF)
- CFA Study Finds Controversial Contingency Payments Widely Used in Sales of Home and Auto Insurance, 01/26/05. (PDF)
Studies
- Low Ball: An Insider’s Look at How Some Insurers Can Manipulate Computerized Systems to Broadly Underpay Injury Claims, 06/04/12. (PDF)
- Lower-income Households and the Auto Insurance Marketplace: Challenges and Opportunities, 01/30/12. (PDF)
- State Automobile Insurance Regulation: A National Quality Assessment and In-Depth Review of California's Uniquely Effective Regulatory System, 04/24/08. (PDF)
- The Impact of Commissions on Prices and Service Quality for Home and Automobile Insurance, 02/24/05. (PDF)
Testimony and Comments
- High Auto Insurance Rates Charged to Modest-Income Consumers: Insurer Reaction to the CFA Price Quote Survey, 06/20/12. (PDF
- Consumer Federation, Consumers Union, and NYPIRG Urge NY Governor Paterson to Rein in Excessive Auto Insurance Costs in Response to $4 per Gallon Gasoline, 06/09/08. (PDF)
- CFA, CEJ Letter to Insurance Commissioners on the Impact of Higher Gasoline Prices on Auto Insurance Pricing, 01/25/06. (PDF)
- Lowering Automobile Insurance Rates in New York, 11/12/03. (PDF)