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By Kyle Greenwood
•Sep 16, 2026
•8 min read
1.6 Million Animal Vehicle Collision Claims Filed in a Single Year
More than 1.6 million animal vehicle collision claims were filed across the United States between July 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026, according to State Farm, and the total bill reached $1.9 billion in paid claim costs during that same period.
By Aaren Ramon
•Sep 15, 2026
•9 min read
Could Someone Use Your Address to Steal $4,000 a Year in Auto Insurance Savings?
A stranger's auto insurance letters kept arriving at a Webster, New York home, and the couple who lives there had never heard the name on the envelope. That unsettling story, reported by WHEC.com (News10NBC), is drawing attention to a growing scheme called garaging insurance fraud, where someone deliberately registers a vehicle at a low-rate...
By Aaren Ramon
•Sep 15, 2026
•9 min read
State Farm Dropped Roadside Assistance After 4 Calls Despite 17 Years of Premiums
A woman who paid State Farm premiums for 17 straight years received a letter at renewal stripping her Emergency Road Service, after just four roadside calls in two years. That story, reported by Gadget Review, exposes a threshold State Farm never publishes in its marketing: roughly 3 to 5 uses within a two-year window can trigger removal of the...
By Taleah McGuire
•Sep 11, 2026
•8 min read
Texas Auto Insurance Costs and Claims Handling Top Statewide Consumer Complaint Survey
More than 200 Texans told state regulators exactly what is hurting them most: the rising cost of coverage and breakdowns in claims service. The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) released results Thursday from its "Speak Up, Texas!" campaign, a statewide effort to gather consumer ideas for improving both homeowners and auto insurance.
By Brooke Grissom
•Sep 10, 2026
•7 min read
Florida Court Refuses to Void Progressive's $500,000 UM Policy After Unauthorized Settlement
A policyholder's lawyers made a critical mistake, and a Florida appeals court just decided it was not enough to wipe out half a million dollars in coverage. On September 9, 2026, Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal handed down a ruling that Insurance Business covered in detail: Progressive tried to void a customer's $500,000 uninsured...
By Kyle Greenwood
•Sep 9, 2026
•8 min read
New York's New Prior-Approval Rule Forces Insurers to Justify Every Rate Hike
On a week when Albany is already buzzing with budget politics, the New York Department of Financial Services quietly published a regulation that could reshape what you pay for car insurance, and who gets the final say on whether that number goes up.
By Aaren Ramon
•Sep 4, 2026
•7 min read
34% of 3,000 Kansas Insurance Complaints in 2025 Targeted Auto Policies
The scale of what KDI accomplished last year is hard to ignore. According to Repairer Driven News, the Consumer Assistance Division recovered nearly $29 million for Kansans, a 147% increase compared to 2024.
By Aaren Ramon
•Sep 4, 2026
•8 min read
4 Best Car Insurance Companies in Oklahoma After a 69% Rate Surge
Oklahoma did not arrive at this crisis overnight. The 69% five-year increase identified in May data from Quadrant Information Services puts Oklahoma in a group of just five states experiencing that level of pain, far outpacing the national jump of 29.3% over the same period.
By Taleah McGuire
•Sep 3, 2026
•6 min read
Kern County Man Convicted of Burning Jeep for Insurance Fraud
In December 2025, Daniel Montes drove a Jeep Gladiator from the Hard Rock Casino to a rural area outside of McFarland, California. Once there, he stripped the rims off the vehicle and set it on fire, according to the Kern County District Attorney's Office.
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