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Article: Auto insurance costs finally hitting brakes.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- February 16, 1996
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After years in the fast lane, California's auto insurance rates are decelerating in a welcome shift for the state's motorists.
Based on the most recent data, California's average auto insurance policy cost $781 in 1994, a 2 percent decrease from the year before, according to a recent report by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, or NAIC. The decline meant the average policy cost just $30, or 4 percent, more than in 1990, marking a dramatic swing in consumer fortunes.
During much of the 1980s, California's auto insurance premiums climbed by more than 10 percent annually. The breakneck price increases ignited various reform movements and ...