US consumers are rapidly adapting to electric vehicles, a shift away from the internal combustion engine that may change auto insurance claim characteristics. CCC Intelligent Solutions said in new report that electric vehicles made up 4.6% of new light-vehicle registrations in the first quarter of 2022, up from 2.6% of registrations in 2021 and 1.5% […]

Let’s cut right to it! Your insurance costs have or will increase this year – it’s just WHERE WE ARE! Your home and auto insurance among other types of policies are facing increases this year.  As you are seeing, post-pandemic inflation is taking a toll on every single business and vendor that insurance companies use. […]

Springtime is here and many of us are looking to replace our cars with an upgraded vehicle. A common question people have when shopping for a new car is, “When I buy a new car, is it insured?” Yes, it is!! Our companies at Benton White Insurance automatically provide liability, collision and comprehensive coverage for […]

CoVid partially to blame! Most everything has an insurance connection.  This headline certainly does! I have been reading/hearing and seeing insurance companies bring forward data that the death rate is affecting auto and liability insurance premiums.  The increase is pretty mind-boggling.  The numbers from US regulators indicate the highest number killed on American roads in […]