Detroit Mulling City-Sponsored Auto Insurance

November 20, 2014

The City Council has approved a contract for a firm to study whether it’s feasible for Detroit, Mich., to create its own city-sponsored auto insurance company.

Mayor Mike Duggan’s office says the $75,000 contract for Pinnacle Actuarial Resources was passed 8-0.

Car insurance rates for Detroit residents are considered among the highest in the nation. Duggan says “the high cost of auto insurance has been one of the key reasons residents have been leaving the city for years.”

He has suggested calling the company — if created — “D Insurance.” It would provide more affordable rates for city residents.

Duggan said during his State of the City address in February that his family’s auto insurance rose by more than $3,000 a year after he moved to Detroit from the suburbs.

Topics Auto

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  • November 24, 2014 at 2:32 pm
    Realist says:
    What a GREAT idea!!! The City of Detroit should jump at this opportunity! I am sure they will run it well and be the envy of insurance companies everywhere. So great an idea t... read more
  • November 24, 2014 at 2:19 pm
    Realist says:
    What a
  • November 21, 2014 at 3:39 pm
    David Staggard says:
    Bad Idea! Keep as many private business in the private sector as possible. Gov't would get killed in the auto insurance marketplace. Just study the JUA/MTF from NJ in the late... read more

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