Ca. progressive insurance customers, has your rates sky rocketed this year?

[danaid]

  Today I received my renewal bill in the mail from Progressive insurance and I was hoping to see a lower rate from the previous year, as has happened for the two previous years, but instead I read in horror that my rate rose from $532 year to $944 for this year!     
  This will be my third year with progressive, I have no tickets or accidents, married, safety course, 23 yrs driving experience(they use total years driving auto+motorcycle)etc. basically everything a good customer could have! What is also funny is that this rate is with a good driver and customer loyalty discount!
  So I called the customer service to find out what was the reasoning for the steep rise in my rate. The customer service lady was understanding, apologetic and said only that everyones rates went up because of the cost of doing business went up this year. I than got very up set and told her my first year was $ 662 year, last year was $532, now this year $944, almost 50% increase in a year!
   I stayed on the phone with her for about an hour trying to change the coverage to try to get the rate lower and finally lowering the annual mileage 2000 to 1000 miles the rate went down to $700 a year. So I have until May 11 to find a lower rate insurance company, hopefully this isn't happening to everyone across the board. I would like to hear some feed back on your rates and the companies you use here in California.   

   Sorry for the vent, but I'm cheap and that extra money paid to insurance co. cuts into my new summer jacket fund.

Dan
   
 

[The Bearded Duc]

Try arrowheadexchange.com

[Howie]

Shop around.  I no longer have Progressive for the same reason. 

[herm]

hmmm....
have to keep an eye on my renewal. its due in september, so i have a little time.

[metallimonster]

I say this as much as possible.  If you can get to a State Farm Agent try them.  By far the cheapist I've seen and I know a few duc riders who use them.

[gregrnel]

That's nearly a 100% hike!

[GLantern]

I say this as much as possible.  If you can get to a State Farm Agent try them.  By far the cheapist I've seen and I know a few duc riders who use them.

Even state farm rates have increased though i think it is the same across the board 

[red baron]

Could this be pre-emptive to Prop 17?


http://www.ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/California_Proposition_17_(June_2010)

[Rufus120]

I have State Farm and I pay about a third of what you do and I got a ticket from last summer.  Sounds like you need to get rid of Progressive.

[metallimonster]

My State Farm is $35 a month and I'm 26 and single.

[He Man]

im on the right coast. mine went down 30% must be something crazy over there going on.

[tankerbutt]

In the midwest here, but I had statefarm for years with my car and duc... when I first put insurance on the bike it was $52/month, this year it went up to $89  because of legislative change... i told them to pound sand.   Now with progressive for $23/month. 

[Porsche Monkey]

Mine went down a few bucks.  I'm in Texas.  They sent my renewal which takes effect May 15 in March.

[arai_speed]

Same thing happened to me, went from $500 to $900.  I called them up and they said they were loosing money on Moto policies so the rates went up.

I shopped around and found Geico to be the cheapest.  Event switched my cars over to them and saved around $300 a year.

[jim_0068]

i got the cheapest from state farm and ducati foremost...ducati foremost won because he it came with free roadride assistance and higher medical payment options