Geico is No. 1 in our rating of the best car insurance companies. Other top-rated insurers include Travelers for its affordability and Progressive for its customer loyalty.

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Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

Major insurers typically do not sell temporary car insurance. The level of coverage provided by short-term car insurance may not be adequate. If you’re borrowing a car, consider non-owner or rental ...

Speeding tickets, moving violations, and at-fault crashes happen to the best of us. But if you rack up enough of these incidents—or worse yet, if your transgressions include driving recklessly or ...

Discover how long car accidents stay on your record, how they affect insurance rates, and what you need to report to the DMV.

Your driving history also plays a large role in your auto insurance rate. Drivers who have clean records will usually pay less than those with accidents, speeding tickets or other violations. Again, ...