New Website is Confusing and Misleading

With the new push from Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes for auto insurance companies within Massachusetts to set their own rates, comes a new site to go with it. The idea behind the change in the auto insurance rates is that the people will be able to get lower rates for their car insurance as the companies will have to be competitive within the state to get business.

Massachusetts is officially the last state in the Nation to allow auto insurance companies to set their own rates. Previously the auto insurance commissioner had always set them for the companies. This meant uniform rates for drivers, but it also meant that there wasn’t any real shopping around that could take place to get a better price.

Burnes is hoping that if auto insurance companies have to compete for their business within the state that car insurance rates will go down. Burnes has set up a new web site that is expected to help consumers figure out where to go for car insurance by showing them rate comparisons.

However, Mass. Attorney General Martha Coakley has come out with criticisms against the site. She says that the site is misleading and has the possibility of making drivers think that they are eligible for lower rates than they really are. Drivers must give accurate info in order for the quotes to register properly, so if they are confused and give the wrong information they could be looking at much higher rates than quoted.




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