Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

TROY, Mich.: 28 Oct. 2025 — Auto insurance rates have finally started to decline from the near-record highs of 2024, but customers are still feeling the sting of several years of sky-high insurance ...

USAA and Progressive are highly rated in our analysis of the best car insurance companies. While both insurers have average annual rates that are lower than the national average, according to our rate ...

TROY, Mich.: 11 June 2024 — With U.S. auto insurance rates up 11.2% on average during the past year—and insurers still losing an average of five cents on every dollar of premium they collect—sky-high ...

While cost is important, there are more factors behind when you should switch car insurers ...

For decades, Consumer Reports has offered drivers an unwavering recommendation for saving money: Shop around regularly for car insurance, ideally once a year. It’s good advice, but easier said than ...

What exactly does car insurance cover? This is one of the most common questions we get, but the answer is surprisingly complex. It depends on the state where you live, what coverage you’ve chosen, who ...

Michelle is a lead editor at Forbes Advisor. She has been a journalist for over 35 years, writing about insurance for consumers for the last decade. Prior to covering insurance, Michelle was a ...

Most drivers stick with the same car insurance company for years, even when they're not particularly happy with the service. That's changing fast. A record 57% of auto insurance customers actively ...

Geico is the top-rated car insurer for drivers with poor credit.

Car storage insurance, also called comprehensive-only insurance, is a type of coverage that only pays for damage that happens when your car is stored. "Storing" you car means you aren't driving it for ...