Interactive website provides state level view of insurance costs and market conditions. The Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) launched an interactive Insurance Affordability Index Sept. 2 that measures personal auto and homeowners insurance costs against median household income in every state, with data running through 2025. Nationally, the index puts personal auto insurance at 1.7% of […]
Florida Policyholders Paid Nearly $3 Billion Less in 2025, APCIA-Commissioned Study Finds
Florida homeowners and personal auto policyholders paid nearly $3 billion less for coverage in 2025 than they did a year earlier, according to an actuarial study commissioned by the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) released Sept. 2 that credits the state’s 2022 and 2023 legal system reforms for the decline. The sharpest reductions the […]
Root Cuts Florida Auto Insurance Base Rates 15% for 52,000 Policyholders
Root Inc. (NASDAQ: ROOT) has cut base auto insurance rates in Florida by 15%, a reduction the Columbus, Ohio-based telematics insurer said Aug. 27 will lower premiums for nearly all of the more than 52,000 policyholders it covers in the state. Eligible customers will save about $400 a year on average, or roughly $21 million […]
Auto Insurance Shopping Growth Slows in Second Quarter as Exclusive Agents Retake Channel Lead
Nearly half of all policies in force were shopped in the previous 12 months even as year-over-year growth cooled to 1.4%. U.S. auto insurance shopping grew 1.4% year over year in the second quarter of 2026 and new policy growth eased to 3.3%, according to data released Aug. 17 by LexisNexis Risk Solutions. Both slowed […]
Auto Insurance Rates Rose in 27 States in the First Half of 2026
Insurify projects 32 states will post increases by year’s end, with Connecticut facing the steepest. Full-coverage car insurance rates rose in 27 states during the first six months of 2026, reversing a 6% national decline the year before, according to Insurify Inc.’s 2026 Mid-Year Auto Report released Aug. 11. The online insurance comparison platform projects […]
GEICO Files Two More Florida Auto Rate Decreases Covering 1.3 Million Drivers
GEICO has filed two additional auto insurance rate decreases in Florida that will lower premiums for more than 1.3 million customers in the state, the insurer said Aug. 6. The filings give GEICO three Florida rate reductions in the past year. The company said it has cut annual premiums for Florida drivers by more than […]
Illinois Governor Signs Auto Insurance Rate Review Law Over Insurance Industry Objections
Three trade associations warn of higher premiums and fewer coverage options as new law takes effect July 1, 2027. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed legislation Aug. 4 giving the Illinois Department of Insurance authority to challenge automobile insurance rate filings it determines are excessive, inadequate or unfairly discriminatory, drawing a joint statement of opposition from […]
State Farm Begins Issuing $5 Billion Policyholder Dividend
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company has begun issuing payments on its one-time $5 billion cash dividend to qualifying auto customers, the largest policyholder distribution in the insurer’s history. Millions of customers have already received individual payments. The dividend covers more than 49 million insured vehicles and is being distributed in waves. Each payment is […]
UK Motor Insurers Forecast to Remain Loss-Making Through 2027 as Repair Costs Squeeze Margins
The UK motor insurance market is projected to post a net combined ratio of 108% in 2026, a sharp deterioration from the 102% EY estimates for 2025, with losses continuing into 2027 at a forecast 103%, according to analysis the firm released July 23. Repair, labor and vehicle costs are the primary drag on margins […]
Auto Physical Damage Premiums Decline in Texas and Florida as Overall Total Rises 1.3%
Florida’s 5.3% drop was the largest among the 50 states, while No. 1 California gained 5.4% to $24.21 billion. Auto physical damage direct premiums written fell last year in two of the five largest states for the line, even as premiums across all reporting jurisdictions rose 1.3% to $177.4 billion, according to a Best’s Rankings […]
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