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A bill that would ban the practice of using data from a consumer's shopping behavior as a factor in setting insurance rates has passed the Michigan Senate.

General Motors has settled a case filed by the FTC, after a New York Times investigation found the automaker was selling driver behavior data to third parties without customers' consent.

State officials issued a press release misstating information from a report on the effect of the 2019 auto no-fault law. The law was intended to lower car insurance rates for Michigan drivers.

Car insurance premiums have increased at twice the rate of overall inflation. They've stabilized, at least for now, but more than half of Americans say the costs are painful.

Multiple complaints by customers accuse CURE Auto Insurance of bait and switch policies to avoid paying their claims. A leading auto insurance attorney says what CURE is doing is against state law.

The cost of car insurance in Michigan is higher than ever, and increasing, six years after Govenor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bipartisan 2019 auto no fault bill into law that was supposed to lower costs. A consumer group says a big part of the reason is insurance companies are squeezing more profit out of customers.

Sens. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Edward Markey (D-MA) wrote to the FTC, accusing GM, Hyundai, and Honda of selling customers’ driving data to brokers that sells it to car insurance providers.

From demands for auto no-fault reform to new gun laws now in effect, there's a lot to catch up on in Michigan legislature.

A new report finds that the percentage of uninsured drivers declined about 6% in Michigan between 2020 and 2022.

In 2019, Michigan reformed its auto no-fault laws. And as a result 18,000 people could lose their care. Some already have.