Massachusetts drivers deserve new round of auto insurance relief, lawmakers say
Updated Dec 16, 2020;
By Matt Murphy | State House News Service
Five senators and seven House lawmakers, led by Sen. Barry Finegold, wrote a letter to Insurance Commissioner Gary Anderson on Friday urging him to order auto insurance companies to deliver another round of premium relief to drivers in light of reduced travel and accidents as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Insurance companies covering 98% of the market offered drivers premium reductions in the spring as a result of people quarantining at home to avoid the virus and not driving as much. But the lawmakers said that relief was not commensurate with the reduction in risk to insurers, who they said continue to benefit from people working from home and observing COVID-19 precautions.