March 31, 2025
According to a new report from the Insurance Research Council, auto insurance is more affordable now than at the start of the 21st century. The IRC, an affiliate of The Institutes, concluded that the average expenditure for auto insurance – …
October 4, 2021
Louisiana has the least affordable auto insurance in the United States according to a recently published affordability index by Insurance Research Council (IRC). IRC’s affordability index measures the proportion of household income used to pay for auto insurance. IRC used …
March 15, 2018
Nearly one in eight U.S. motorists is driving around uninsured and putting insured drivers at greater risk in the event of an auto accident, according to a study. The study, directed by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) and co-sponsored by …
June 15, 2017
Almost five years after Superstorm Sandy, one third of homeowners in several coastal states are still unaware of hurricane deductibles and how they work, new insurance research has found. Not only did 33 percent of respondents say they had never …
December 1, 2016
In a recent online poll, almost half of respondents with auto injury claims hired attorneys to help settle those claims. But most who hired attorneys were not upset with how their claim was being handled, according to the insurance industry’s …
October 7, 2015
Auto insurance bodily injury claims costs are still increasing in the United States, even though better vehicle safety has helped reduce claims frequency, according to the Insurance Research Council (IRC). The insurance organization said improved vehicle safety, graduated licensing laws …
August 26, 2015
Personal auto insurance has become more affordable over time for all income groups, including low-to-moderate income groups, and in most states, according to a report from the Insurance Research Council (IRC). The industry group says the study also shows that …
June 15, 2015
A third of people who shopped for auto insurance online actually changed their insurance carrier, an insurance industry survey found. At the same time, the online opinion survey by the Insurance Research Council (IRC) found that 86 percent of insured …
August 28, 2014
Florida’s third-party bad-faith lawsuit environment may have resulted in more than $800 million in additional auto liability claim payments in 2013. The industry-supported Insurance Research Council (IRC) in a new report estimates that this cost averages approximately $79 in additional …
July 8, 2014
Attorney involvement in auto insurance claims is on the rise and varies significantly by state, according to an insurance industry study. The percentage of auto injury claimants represented by attorneys rose to 36 percent of personal injury protection (PIP) claimants …