(The Center Square) â The intention was for this random act of journalism to be my final contribution to the industry ahead of the holidays.
I d plow straight through this column. Keep it tight. Make it short. Subject-predicate. State my case, make my case, and then close my case. Afterward, get on with the rest of my work.
But I wrote this in something of a rain-delay situation. I had to wait about an hour beyond my control to get rolling because the smoke alarms were going off and a sickeningly sweet cloud was hanging about 8 feet above the first floor of my home/workplace. It was difficult to concentrate on what felt like my first day at the Wonka factory.
No Big Car Insurance Refund during COVID-19? You Aren t Alone
Insurance companies pandemic-based premium repayments have not lived up to their earlier promises, U.S. PIRG finds. MattGushGetty Images
In the spring, insurance companies were happy to say they would be refunding some premiums due to the COVID-19 pandemic. And at first, things looked fine, with some issuing full-month or half-month refunds.
But now that we re closer to a new spring than the old one, the consumer-protection advocacy group U.S. PIRG has studied the landscape and found that billions in profits were not returned.
The solution, U.S. PIRG said, is for state governments to mandate refunds for these overpayments, since driving was way down this year.
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 by Amy Green (WMFE)
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A new report names a state plan to build some 330 miles of new toll roads through rural Florida as one of seven so-called “highway boondoggles” nationwide.
The toll roads will stretch from Collier County to Polk County, from Citrus County to Jefferson County and from the northern end of the Florida Turnpike to the Suncoast Parkway.
Car insurers should give more money back to customers, consumer group says By Khristopher J. Brooks Rate of fatal traffic accidents increasing
Auto insurers have made billions of dollars in profit this year while short-changing customers on promised refunds, according to a consumer advocacy group.
Allstate, Geico, Progressive and other insurers vowed in April to return a portion of monthly premiums to motorists, reflecting a sharp decline in driving because of the coronavirus pandemic. Yet while the companies kept their word, they have typically returned less than half of one month s payment to homebound drivers, according to a survey released Wednesday from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group that reviewed refunds in ever U.S. state.
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