Love Your Car And Insure It! September 30, 2008
Posted by admin in : Car Insurance Articles, Tips On Car Insurance Selection , add a commentAuthor: Jon Caldwell
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Drivers for Savings, a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, joined
business, community and law enforcement leaders at the Detroit
Urban League on April 28 this year. They aim to pass reforms to
Michigan’s no-fault insurance law that enables drivers to choose
the level of Personal Injury Protection coverage they are
required to purchase. This is good news for those in Michigan
since they are already feeling the burden of skyrocekting prices
in food and gas. Under. the Drivers for Savings legislation,
policy holders can choose between $50,000 up to $40,000 worth of
PIP or retain their current unlimited coverage. If they don’t
choose, they retain unlimited coverage.
Breaking news from Zurich Insurance: during the last 3 years, 10
million British people had faced abuse both physical and verbal
while driving their vehicles. One in seven was pursued by
another driver and one in ten got into a confrontation with an
angry motorist. 34% was in the receiving end of such abuse while
64% showed aggressive behavior to other motorists while driving.
77% believed that what they did was okay. However these figures
only point out tone thing: driving riskily is very common among
motorists and this puts both car and life insurance premiums in
danger. To prevent this, motorists are advised to keep their car
doors locked, avoid making eye contact with angry drivers and
maintain calm at all times.
Esure, an on-line insurance company, announced the findings of a
report done by Geoff Beattie, a university professor in
Manchester: cave man instinct is manifested in the way men drive
their cars. This behavior is caused by men’s prehistoric
survival instincts as hunters and fighters and manifests as the
need to drive fast, show off and fight against other car
drivers. Mike Pickard, head of risk and underwriting at esure
comments, “This report makes a very clear point. It is not just
about skills or enforcement but about teaching young men in
particular to overcome natural instincts that have evolved to
enjoy speed, danger, risk-taking and showing off. It was fine
for cavemen but not for the modern car driver.” Thus it is
expected that car insurance premiums will cost more than that of
women.
Progressive Group of Companies, an auto insurance group, will
plant more than a quarter of a million trees in U.S. National
Forests as a sign of gratitude to its customers. Also,
Progressive began this month of April to offer discounts to
customers to go paperless. Customers can choose to enroll in the
company’s Paperless Policy option and receive bills and policy
documents electronically. If they do, Progressive will plant a
tree for them in cooperation with Arbor Day Foundation, a group
dedicated to planting trees. Currently, the program is available
in Colorado, but more states are adopting this as well.
News from Motorpoint: a 20 mph speed limit to be carried out in
the city would be welcomed by 12 million people. This is based
from their surveys demonstrating that two in five drivers would
accept the limit, which was proposed by the Parliamentary
Council for Transport Safety last year. This news came as a
surprise to most people because the original limit proposed was
30 mph. First to accept this rule was Postmouth and more are
considering the concept. This is good news drivers and
pedestrians all over the nation because this would prevent
accidents from happening at both sides.
About the author:
Jon Caldwell is a professional content manager. Much of his
articles can be found at http://latestcarinsurancenews.com
