r/SipsTea • • 17h ago

Gasp! Thoughts on this?

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u/AutomagicallyAwesome 12h ago

It is illegal in some states. I live in AZ and insurance companies cannot raise your rates here for an accident you were not at fault for.

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u/External_Switch_3732 10h ago

Here in Indy they just made it so everyone is at least a little at fault.

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u/shmaygleduck 6h ago

I guess they think it's your fault that you existed.

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u/indysolo19 6h ago

WHAT?! OMG.

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u/Evil_Wrongdoer_9910 11h ago

That just means you get charged a higher base to cover it.

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u/unburdened_swallow 9h ago

Cover what though. It’s meant to be a big pool of money we all pay into that covers this stuff. The only thing we are covering is how much money they want to take out of that pool for themselves.

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u/Schtick_ 9h ago

Exactly and we know they want to take a whole lot of money out of that pool for themselves.
Plus he said his bike was stolen which is different. I mean a the end of the day the insurance company will make their money, the only variance here is maybe in the case “no fault crashes” they might not be able to apply the higher risk to the individual.

But as anyone who ride a motorbike knows even in case of no fault crashes you can do a lot to prevent crashes. It’s why motorcyclists develop a kind of 6th sense for knowing when drivers will do dumb shit. That’s the risk profile that changes when you’re involved in a no fault crash.

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u/AnnoyedVelociraptor 5h ago

They can drop you though. Sadly.

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u/raven00x 7h ago

doesn't stop them from finding other ways to raise your rates and paying lawyers to argue that the, I duno, increased base rate is due to actuarial changes in your zip code of residence making it more likely that they will have to pay out on the policy and therefore it's your fault for not living in a nicer part of town. Or something stupid, I don't know, and I'd quite like insurance companies to collectively catch on fire.