[Mpls] Automobile Insurance Reform

[Leurquin, Ronald]

Bill makes some good points for discussion and action.  Years ago I lived in Milwaukee and my rates were higher in my area mostly because of car theft, not accidents.  My rates were determined by my zip code.  Some of the insurance companies were offering coupons for a discount on the 'club' device, and my neighborhood group was actually offering them for a very low price to help alleviate the theft problem.  I still have mine, but admit I do not use it any more since I have a locked garage.
Ron Leurquin
Nokomis East

Bill wrote:
There has been some discussion of this list regarding pay-at-the-pump  
automobile insurance reform. Two bills that would otherwise significantly reform  
Minnesota automobile insurance law were defeated in the Senate Commerce  
Committee today. I bring this to the Minneapolis forum because I know from my  former 
work that Minnesota is a high price auto insurance state and Minneapolis  is 
the highest priced territory in the state. To again keep this local, we need  
to discuss ways to reduceMinneapolis premiums such as, discouraging  speeding 
and red light running, encouraging police investigations of hit and run  
vehicle damage accidents, encouraging folks to secure their cars with "The Club"  
or other such locking devices or taking the time to park the car in the garage, 
 etc. Here is the Star Tribune link to the defeated insurance bills story: 
_http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5269614.html_ 
(http://www.startribune.com/stories/587/5269614.html) 
 
REMINDERS:
1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at mplslist at tcq.net before continuing it on the list.

2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait.

For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html
For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract
________________________________

Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy
Post messages to: mailto:mpls at mnforum.org
Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls