The deductible is the simplest lever on a car insurance policy, and the one drivers most often pull without doing the arithmetic. Raise it and your premium falls; lower it and your premium climbs. Most people understand that much. What…


The deductible is the simplest lever on a car insurance policy, and the one drivers most often pull without doing the arithmetic. Raise it and your premium falls; lower it and your premium climbs. Most people understand that much. What…

For decades, car insurance charged a low-mileage retiree and a high-mileage commuter roughly the same base rate, tweaking it only at the margins. Pay-per-mile and usage-based programs break that model by tying part or all of your premium to how…

Every year a car ages, the balance behind one insurance decision shifts a little further. Collision and comprehensive coverage protect the value of your own vehicle, but that value falls steadily while the premium to insure it often does not.…