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 ...

Owning a car is expensive, but it's not just vehicle prices that are driving up costs. Insurance premiums rose 18% between 2026 and 2025, hitting an average of $194 per month, according to the car ...

You don’t need a degree in advanced mathematics to determine how much insurance you need, when you need it, and how long to carry it. Your insurance needs change over time. The policies that work for ...

With the average full coverage-car insurance policy costing a hefty $2,670 annually, according to Bankrate, you might be wondering if you're getting optimal value for your hard-earned dollars. While ...

John McCormick is a former deputy editor at The Wall Street Journal and has been an editor and reporter at several other media outlets, including Digital Insurance and Financial Planning, where he ...

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Car insurance prices are expected to increase an average of 7.5% in 2025. That's a significant slowdown from the past two years, when car insurance rates rose an average of 16.5% in 2024 and 12.0% in ...

CarInsurance.com pulled together a great report that helps make sense of how insurance rates are what they are. A major ...