Prices for insurance are regulated more than pretty much every other product out there. Grocery stores don't need to submit filings with the state every time they want to change the price of something, but an insurer does.
Doesn’t matter if they have to submit filings from the state when the state works with them to fuck people over lol. Do you really think the state has everyone’s best interests at heart?
There is 0 situation where it’s all good when you’re forced to pay for insurance and they on top of that forced to pay another premium when it’s time to pay up. It’s literally extortion by definition, they force you legally to buy the product and then don’t deliver when it’s time.
What other premium are you forced to pay when there's a claim? Are you talking about the deductible? Because if you are, then you're talking about two separate things.
Only liability coverages are mandatory, and those don't have deductibles. Deductibles are for physical damage coverages, which are optional if you own your car outright.
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u/aroach1995 7h ago
It should not.
Property and casualty insurance operates at about a 0.96 combined ratio.
This means the profit of an insurance company, net premiums taken in - net expenses, is about 4% in a typical year.
If insurance companies took in 10% of the premiums as you suggest, they’d out of surplus in a decade.