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Sunday, November 15, 2009

News Item on California Regulations

People who follow the development of Pay As You Drive motor comprehensive insurance internationally will know that California has released regulations that allow insurers in that US state to offer Pay As You Drive policies.

The news clip below typifies a lot of the news coverage about it. Most of the news on Pay As You Drive over the last few months have been about the Californian regulations.

If you're unfamiliar with the US insurance regulations: In most states in the US an insurance company needs to "file rates", which means that prior to issuing a new insurance policy the way in which premiums are calculated needs to be approved. There are guidelines as to what rating factors insurance companies can use. So in California for instance insurance companies could not do Pay As You Drive until the regulator actually allowed rating to reflect kilometres driven.

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