Category Archives: Finance Guide

Understanding Your Auto Insurance Premium

Why all the mystery? Fred and Marcy are right next door and pay less for their auto insurance premiums than me. Why is my rate so much different? Most people find the process of insurance companies calculating premiums completely random. It is not, I can assure you. Insurance companies spend millions of money calculating and weighing many factors to […]

What Year Did Car Insurance Become Mandatory?

Car insurance provides financial protection against damage to a vehicle and liabilities associated with accidents, including expenses such as repairs, medical bills and legal claims. Car insurance is mandatory across most U.S. states; however, individual state laws vary accordingly. Massachusetts was the first to introduce mandatory coverage requirements in 1925 followed by Connecticut and Virginia […]

How Do Tickets Affect Insurance?

How much your car insurance rates increase due to a speeding ticket depends on several factors, including severity of violation, state/insurer/driver history etc. Your chances of successfully challenging a traffic ticket depend upon its severity and the county where it occurred; other violations could also impact your premiums. Speeding Tickets One of the most frequently […]

What Is Considered A Pre-Existing Condition For Health Insurance?

Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obamacare), health insurance companies often denied individuals from purchasing individual health plans due to pre-existing conditions ranging from acne to more serious illnesses like cancer and heart disease. KFF estimated that 54 million non-elderly adults had declinable preexisting conditions on the individual market in 2018. Under former […]