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Insurance,
Government

Sep. 30, 2022

Car insurance minimums are changing, adding protections

California’s current inadequate limits disproportionately impact low-income consumers who may either purchase a minimum-limits policy or be hit by someone with the minimum limits.

Saveena Takhar

Senior Legislative Counsel
Consumer Attorneys of California

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As a progressive leader for the nation, California’s laws generally set the gold standard for consumer protection – but this is surprisingly far from true when it comes to mandatory car insurance.

Financial responsibility laws are the legal requirement for an owner of an automobile to show the ability to pay losses through insurance. California currently ranks in the bottom three states with the lowest levels of auto insurance protection i...

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