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Consumer Organizations Call on Federal Insurance Office to Update Auto Insurance Affordability Study

July 28, 2021 By CollisionWeek Editor

In a comment letter sent to the agency on Monday, July 26, Consumer organizations urged the Department of Treasury’s Federal Insurance Office (FIO) to update a 2017 study on the affordability of auto insurance in historically underserved communities and to conduct a deep and thorough investigation of unfair discrimination in auto insurance markets. While state laws in all states but New Hampshire require drivers to purchase auto insurance, it is often unaffordable for lower-income drivers. Industry pricing practices that rely on non-driving, socio-economic characteristics of customers disproportionately penalize people of color with higher premiums and fewer choices in the market.

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