A DUI conviction in California will adversely affect your car insurance rates for a period of 10 years. A California DUI conviction will not only disqualify you from obtaining a "good driver" discount but you could also result in you being labeled as a "high risk" driver causing your car insurance rates to rise substantially.

Twenty-seven winners for the 2010 Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Top Safety Pick Awards have been announced. For the first time, in order to win, the 19 cars and 8 SUVs had to receive good ratings for rollover protection by measuring roof strength.

Keynote Systems published its 2009 third quarter car insurance rating called Insurance Carrier Scorecard. According to this auto insurance ranking system Progressive.com insurance carrier is named the best car insurance company.

It doesn't pay to be without car insurance in Great Britain.

Tough economic times often call for desperate, and sometimes criminal, measures as arson and theft car insurance fraud claims are on the rise in California. The number of fraudulent arson and theft car insurance claims has increased from 2007 to 2008 as many people are either purposely torching their vehicles and/or reporting them stolen in an effort to cash in on their car insurance and avoid making payments they can no longer afford.

Connecticut Attorney General is getting after those practices in the car insurance industry where the insurance providers deny consumers a choice in car repair. While the probe is underway the car insurance providers dismissed AG's claim saying owners still have a choice in where they can repair their cars. They simply offer consumers "additional options." Here is what the CT Attorney general released about the probe.

It is highly possible that you could benefit from cheaper car insurance, and you could be saving money right now. It is very probable you could have cheaper car insurance with a different company than your current one or even actually with the company you are already with.

As teenagers are getting ready to go back to school and parents are reviewing their car insurance policies, the providers of car insurance plans are in a price war to lower their premiums to attract more business. Price wars are causing auto insurance companies to lower rates this month. Trey Augusta reports.

Most major car insurance carriers offer temporary auto insurance. This is something customers purchase when they encounter situations where the normal policy is just not appropriate. Coverage for any less than one year is considered short-term or temporary. The coverage period for a temporary policy is typically from one to 28 days.

Allianz, which provides car insurance services to more than 1.5 million drivers, said it will offer a free car insurance for a year in case the customer becomes unemployed. Is this a turning point in car insurance industry? Perhaps other providers will follow the suite.

Teenager car insurance is expensive, simply because of the statistics involving vehicular accidents and minors behind the wheel. This is the reason why teenager auto insurance is more expensive compared to other types of insurance. Experienced drivers do not get involved in vehicular accidents, at least not as much as a teenager. This is why auto insurance for teens is not cheap.

Today's car insurance rates are hitting drivers with already shallow pockets hard. Across the nation rates are on the rise. Despite the fact a driver's recent record may be clean, rewards in the form of lower car insurance rates are few and far between. Many are seeing their rates even without the event of a ticket or at-fault accident.