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April 29, 2024

Surging auto insurance rates squeeze drivers

  • Auto insurance rates rose 2.6% in March and are up 22% from a year ago.
    • By DAMIAN J. TROISE
    AP Business Writer

    NEW YORK — Relentlessly rising auto insurance rates are squeezing car owners and stoking inflation.

    Auto insurance rates rose 2.6% in March and are up 22% from a year ago. Premium costs have been marching steadily higher since 2022, even as inflation at the consumer level steadily cooled from its 9.1% peak in the middle of that year. Consumers have had some relief as the rate of cost increases for food and energy, two key components of most budgets, has eased greatly.


     
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