Romeo Chicco’s auto insurance rate doubled because of information about his speeding, braking and acceleration, according to his complaint.

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    8 months ago

    As I said before, premiums aren’t just based on driver skill/record.

    If you move to an area with high carjacking rates, your premiums will rise.

    You sound like a kid who just started paying attention to this stuff. I thought it was common knowledge.

    I’ve lived in 5 different places, over 2 countries, with the same car, under the same insurance company. Rates were always different.

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      8 months ago

      So my premiums are higher in my 20000$ car because Lexus drivers get carjacked in my postal code.

      It’s not new to me. It’s always been stupid and predatory.

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        8 months ago

        You’re hyperfixating on my examples and missing the point (or, more likely, you understand perfectly but don’t want to admit it). Lots of different metrics go into the final number.

        Think insurance rates for those owning the easily stolen models of Hyundai vehicles went up? Likewise, SHOULD they go up after it became apparent they were easily stolen?

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            8 months ago

            That can be true and it can also be true that accident rates, individual driver history, carjacking rates, weather patterns, and a long list of other things goes into the final number.

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              8 months ago

              Yeah any arbitrary thing they decide makes them more money, they will include, which is a problem.