Drivers with poor credit usually pay for more car insurance. That's because, in the majority of states, car insurance companies can use your credit history when determining your monthly premiums.

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Insurers use credit-based insurance scores to determine how likely you are to file a claim. Credit-based insurance scores are not the same as credit scores, though both are built off information from ...

Florida graduate student Alexis Brake is doing something pretty unusual. Not only is she pursuing a combined M.D./Ph.D. in neuroscience at the University of Miami, Brake has decided to steer clear of ...

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After a second rejection, an extremely rare third look at legislation is so far keeping alive a bill aimed at reining in a controversial auto insurance practice. The legislation, Senate Bill 693, says ...

Practical ways to lower your car insurance premium and keep your costs in check Written By Written by Insurance Senior Editor, Buy Side Amy Danise is the staff Senior Insurance Editor for Buy Side.

Understand the score that insurers use to predict risk and help set your auto and homeowners insurance rates Written By Written by Insurance Deputy Editor, Buy Side Jennifer Lobb is a staff editor at ...