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MandyLuna
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Auto Insurance Rate Hike

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I've recently moved to Florida from the Northeast and have been keeping GEICO as my auto insurer.

For the same coverage, my policy rates here in FLA have gone up about 25%, just with the move, nothing else. I am insuring an 8 year old small Honda SUV.

Has any one else moved to FLA and experienced a big jump in auto insurance rates?

Any tips for reducing that? I suppose I need to shop around with other insurers.

Perhaps not coincedentally, I am now seeing an absurd number of ads for injury lawyers since moving here. Never noticed that where I've lived before. In fact, one attorney is even sponsoring a huge outdoor music concert nearby with free attendance.
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That’s FL for you. The tort industry is booming and attorneys are out in force to sue insurance companies. Ned to CA, FL could be one of the worst states to do business in for insurance.
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When you shop for auto insurance, shop all of your casualty insurance as a package. There can be substantial discounts for having multiple policies with one company.
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TJat wrote: Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:00 pm That’s FL for you. The tort industry is booming and attorneys are out in force to sue insurance companies. Ned to CA, FL could be one of the worst states to do business in for insurance.
I believe FL leads the nation in having the most uninsured drivers. Someone has to pay. Guess who?
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You are right, I was paying $100 pm in Chicago and now it is $150 here in FL
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This thread is now in the Personal Finance (Not Investing) forum (insurance).

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shunkman wrote: Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:23 pm I believe FL leads the nation in having the most uninsured drivers. Someone has to pay. Guess who?
Mississippi has the largest percentage of uninsured drivers at 29.4%. However, Florida is still very high at 20.4%.

The OP moved from the Northeast, where there are very few uninsured motorists. New Jersey is the lowest at 3.1%, then Massachusetts at 3.5%, then New York at 4.1%.

Here are the statistics for uninsured drivers by state: https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/fact ... -motorists
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TJat wrote: Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:00 pm That’s FL for you. The tort industry is booming and attorneys are out in force to sue insurance companies. Ned to CA, FL could be one of the worst states to do business in for insurance.
True. You can’t drive 5 blocks in any major FL city without seeing attorney billboards promising to “make them pay”. It’s not as much the uninsured populate as it is lots of people with “soft tissue injuries” who are attorney-represented.
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When I moved from FL to NC, I went from a no-fault state to an at-fault state and my premiums dropped SIGNIFICANTLY. On the order of $850/6-month to $300/6-month, while increasing my coverage levels.
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When I moved to FL (many, many moons ago), the agent I talked to on the phone let me know my rates would be going up before even running the numbers. Fooled her, I was coming from another high rate place!
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jalebi wrote: Sun Oct 17, 2021 1:59 pm You are right, I was paying $100 pm in Chicago and now it is $150 here in FL
Note for myself, "Do not move to FL."
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Florida is a PIP state and notorious for soft fraud.
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Nothing new. I moved to FL in '85 and my premiums doubled. Moved out in '88 and they halved. FL has had this issue for a long time.
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I believe there are similar issues in Florida for Homeowner's, above and beyond climate change and hurricane destruction. Here is a recent WSJ article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/insurance- ... 1619343002.
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we moved from NYC to Florida a few years ago. I was shocked at how much our car insurance rates increased. Florida's insurance markets (especially home) are completely out of whack.
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I pay a couple hundred bucks more for auto insurance in FL.

However, I save thousands in drastically reduced property taxes and NO state income tax.
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