Money For Nothing? Consumers Ignoring Car Insurance Ads, Survey Says

Despite the auto insurance industry spending record amounts of money on advertising designed to get motorists to switch carriers – or at the least compare their rates against those of the competition – it’s not enough to counteract consumers’ innate inertia. A recent survey conducted for insuranceQuotes.com determined that the...

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Schnurman: Are car insurance companies turning loyal customers into chumps?

David Woo/Staff Photographer   A weak credit score can add thousands to your car insurance bill, and that’s just the start of the pricing mystery around insurance. How often you upgrade an iPhone, change cable providers or call your insurance company can affect premiums, too. They’re part of the big data being mined...

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Your view on 'eye-watering' car insurance fees

"Disgusting" and "awful" and are among the phrases Newsbeat listeners and followers have used to describe additional fees they're charged by car insurance companies. It's after consumer organisation Which? looked at 44 UK insurers and suggested some costs were "eye-watering". The industry argued that overall, premiums had...

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