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Rhode Island Bars Auto Insurers From Hiking Rates on Widows and Widowers

A new Rhode Island law prohibits auto insurers from charging policyholders more solely because they have been widowed. The new law bans insurers from treating widows or widowers any differently than married people in terms of classification or rates beginning …

Delaware Won’t Approve ‘Widow’s Penalty’ in Setting Auto Rates

Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced Wednesday that her department will not approve any auto insurance company’s rate submission that includes a “widow’s penalty,” under which a widow or widower is charged a higher rate based solely on the …

Pennsylvania Commissioner Issues Consumer Alert on ‘Widow’s Penalty’

Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Teresa Miller issued a consumer alert announcing that she will not approve auto insurance rate filings that contain the so-called “widow’s penalty,” under which a widow or widower is charged a higher rate solely based on the …