Insurance lobby says ‘redlining’ doesn’t exist in Detroit
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Duggan talked about a campaign promise to create
"It is not justified. It doesn't matter if you have a perfect driving record and never been in an accident. Most Detroiters are paying more a month for car insurance than the car payment itself," Duggan said bluntly in his speech.
In a letter sent to the Chronicle,
Contrary to popular belief, Kuhnmuench said, "
A former
Commissioner Waiters was also tasked with the assistance of the
"The former governor believed, as did many who advised her on this issue, that we needed to use leverage with targeted insurance companies," the adviser said.
However, the
Kuhnmuench, who wrote a letter to Duggan saying creating a
He also noted that "the real way to lower auto insurance premiums in
But in social media, especially
Detroiter Bernard Goldfinger said, "We've been overcharged for insurance for years. Worth the effort to do something different." And
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Perhaps that study might have influenced efforts by Republican lawmakers in
But some Democrats, like Saginaw State Rep.
"In
She said recent efforts to cap and restrict coverage are very similar to what the people of
Oakes said, in 2011 and 2013, Gov.
"Now we have yet another proposal to hastily cap and restrict coverage without any assurances that it will save taxpayers and motorists money," Oakes said. "In reality, it will increase costs to taxpayers. Proponents of the reforms deceivingly contest that no-fault is the cause of our state's high auto insurance rates. This is false. You have to examine the averages amongst states for each portion of the policy. In doing so, you see that no-fault isn't the culprit."
Oakes, who used to serve as assistant attorney general in the
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Oakes said
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