Californians have options that are available that may help avoid the risks of driving uninsured.
One such option is a program made available by the California Department of Insurance (CDI), which could assist some drivers who lack the income to maintain traditional coverage.
The California Department of Insurance (CDI) is reminding drivers that California offers an affordable insurance program so all qualified motorists can drive with confidence.
State insurance officials estimate 18 percent of drivers will let their car insurance lapse in this tough economy, but California’s Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program could help some motorists stay legal.
Most states have established a minimum amount of coverage that must be in place in order to register an automobile and maintain registration; this is true whether the vehicle owner is licensed or not.
While DUI checkpoints are seen as a deterrent to drunken driving, they also have become dragnets for catching unlicensed drivers, often poor, undocumented immigrants, according to mostly anecdotal information from checkpoints and police officials.
In my previous article ‘Nobody considers that a tax increase?’ Ask the Justice Dept. and joint commitee on taxation’ , I outlined how Obama insisted that the proposed penalty for those who don’t buy health insurance is not a tax. The Chief of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation, however, specifies clearly and repeatedly that the penalty for the non-insured is indeed a tax, with potential prosecution and jail time for those who do not comply.
By Carla Marinucci
Under pressure from consumer advocates who say an insurance initiative would raise rates for thousands of state drivers, Attorney General Jerry Brown’s office has submitted new language to describe Proposition 17 on the June ballot.
Brown’s new ballot title and summary now say the measure allows insurance companies to raise auto insurance premiums on [...]
By David Benda
Donna James says the value of California’s Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program (CLCA) to her is priceless.
“It’s been a godsend,” the 57-year-old Redding resident said. “I would either have to drive illegal(ly) or park my car” without it.
Launched as a pilot program in July 2000, CLCA provides low-cost liability insurance to good [...]
Campaign for Consumer Rights (CCR), the campaign affiliate of Consumer Watchdog, has released a new video today showing that motorists pay surcharges of up to 227% for auto insurance in states where Mercury Insurance is allowed to penalize people for not having prior insurance coverage, according to Mercury’s own web site. This video — at http://StopTheSurcharge.org — checked premiums in states that Mercury Insurance identifies as the models for the ballot measure it has qualified for the June 2010 ballot.
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner announced that the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program (CLCA) saw an 18.9 percent increase in use in 2009, compared with the year before. An aggressive outreach program and the tough economic conditions are credited with the increase in the program that was established in 1999 and has been available [...]