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Aug 15, 2024 | outliermedia.org | Sarah Alvarez |Aaron Sankin |Mohamed Al Elew |Sarah Founder

This story is coreported with The Markup, a nonprofit, investigative newsroom that challenges technology to serve the public good. Sign up for its newsletters. Car insurance costs in Detroit, at an average of $5,300 a year, are too expensive for many in the city to afford, and the question is why.

Jul 31, 2024 | dbrnews.com | Aaron Sankin |Mohamed Al Elew |Sarah Alvarez

Skip to main contentSkip to main content Register for more free articles. Please subscribe to keep reading. You can cancel at any time. You have permission to edit this collection. How one state's 'fair and reasonable' reforms allow car insurers to charge more in Black neighborhoods How one state's 'fair and reasonable' reforms allow car insurers to charge more in Black neighborhoods

Jul 30, 2024 | monroecountyherald.com | Aaron Sankin |Mohamed Al Elew |Sarah Alvarez

Posted 7/30/24While investigating auto insurance pricing in Michigan, The Markup and Outlier Media found lawmakers created loopholes big enough to drive through. This item is available in full to subscribers.

Jul 30, 2024 | magnoliastatelive.com | Aaron Sankin |Mohamed Al Elew |Sarah Alvarez

Published 2:30 pm Tuesday, July 30, 2024 How one state’s ‘fair and reasonable’ reforms allow car insurers to charge more in Black neighborhoodsAlana, a retired preschool teacher on a fixed income, gave up driving because of how expensive it was to insure her car. Insurance, she recalled, cost more than her monthly auto payments. “I’ve turned down at least three good-paying jobs because I couldn’t get there,” she said. “I was so hurt.

Jul 30, 2024 | lakegenevanews.net | Aaron Sankin |Mohamed Al Elew |Sarah Alvarez

The pricing systems of Auto Club and Citizens showed strong correlations between areas' location-related adjustments and racial demographics. For both insurers, about 7 percent of the state's white population lived in areas with the highest adjustments, while more than half of Black Michiganders lived in those same neighborhoods.