Re: auto insurance in DC

Article View: dc.general

Article #54872

#54872

From: James Treworgy
Date: Mon, 01 Jun 1992 14:09

20 lines
1545 bytes

In article <55885@mimsy.umd.edu> terry@mimsy.umd.edu (Terry Gaasterland) writes:
>In article <92149.142247SAHRABI@auvm.american.edu> SAHRABI@auvm.american.edu writes:
>>... I know that insurance
>>is somewhat of a monopoly in DC and that rates are quite high compared to VA
>>and MD.
>
>I'm curious what you mean by monopoly.  Inside the beltway is definitely
>more expensive than outside the beltway, but there seem to be many 
>insurance companies...   Do they do some kind of price-fixing in the 
>city limits?

It's not a monopoly that I was aware of, it just costs more because there
DC is a lot higher risk that outside. It's only the district itself, I
don't think insurance companies can prorate by area within a state (I
live in Arlington and pay about half what friends in DC do).

-- Jamie
-- 
James A. Treworgy    "And it all would be so crystal clear, if it wasn't for
jamie@digex.com         the foam..."          (jamie@sun.astro.wesleyan.edu)

Technical Details

Message-ID: <1992Jun1.140913.24605@access.digex.com>

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!digex!jamie

References: <92149.142247SAHRABI@auvm.american.edu> <55885@mimsy.umd.edu>

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 101049,54f574c667ae6463
X-Google-Attributes: gid101049,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-06-01 14:39:38 PST
Newsgroups: dc.general
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!psinntp!digex!jamie
From: jamie@access.digex.com (James Treworgy)
Subject: Re: auto insurance in DC
Message-ID: <1992Jun1.140913.24605@access.digex.com>
Organization: Express Access Public Access UNIX, Greenbelt, Maryland USA
References: <92149.142247SAHRABI@auvm.american.edu> <55885@mimsy.umd.edu>
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 1992 14:09:13 GMT
Lines: 20

Reply to Parent Message