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Pro-Rated Rates – Bad Insurance!

January 14th, 2009 · No Comments

autoins_07Several cases of insurance firms using credit ratings for computing the insurance rates for automobile insurance have been found guilty of discrimination in their processing of applications. As with any US law, all are equally entitled to the same product anywhere any day so any sort of pre-inclination to deny anyone coverage for an auto insurance because of race, skin color, ethnicity and credit ratings at the set levels is illegal. Of the several that were found violating the law, they were denied applications for rates increases that should have allowed them to operate at par with the rest of the pack.
Denial means they have to retain their prices as payment for their misbehavior, and will be attended to when they have mended their ways. Insurance rates are determined by lawmakers and may vary from state to state depending on several factors such as congestion, volume and many more. These are verified and checked by lawmakers for their accuracy and justness which is aimed to allow each and every American to gain access to the same product whoever they may be.

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