ON THE LEVEL: VIEWS OF A STOREFRONT BROKER.

• Date: 26 November 2018
• Author: Carbajal, Michael, Jr.

A Valuable List

The New York Insurance Department's monthly bulletin contains a wealth of valuable information. The August, 1993 edition was particularly interesting. It contained a list of "hard to insure autos." This list is a very essential source of intelligence for the general buying public because it provides comparative costs of insurance for the various models. It is probable that in many instances buyers will steer clear of certain models when they understand what premiums will be when they go to buy insurance coverage. Every store front broker, particularly, knows what their customers go through when they learn what insurance is going to cost for the car they purchased. Certainly these people would have had second thoughts if they knew up front about the real price of the auto. The general public has the idea that a "car" is a "car" and that they all cost about the same to insure.

Anyone wishing a copy of this list can obtain it by requesting it from the Bureau of Research and Statistics, New York Insurance Department, 160 West Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10013. A self-addressed, stamped envelope would probably be a good idea.

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