Re:The Glorious Return of a Humble Car Feature
by LorenPechtel on Thursday April 27, 2023 @01:16PM
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Yup, what sort of driver a given car model attracts is a substantial factor in the rates. Just try to insure a sports car to see this!
Also, claim rates have all kind of confounding factors. Maybe a car is safer but more prone to theft, or more dangerous but easier to repair, or has better controls but is driven by inexperienced drivers etc.
They need to make a profit over their whole insured client population, not necessarily over any given segment or car model, so I wouldn't use insurance rates as data points in determining car safety without a lot of caveats.