Now, I could get in to how state insurance commissioners found that the companies didn’t refund customers enough…[1] But that’s a bit besides the point — there was a marked decline in monetary claims volume during the height of lockdown. Incidents may have been more severe, but overall volume was definitely lower according to the commissioner’s study in the state of California.
I guess if you just focus on fatalities, it still adds up, but it is still quite a surprising statistic given the circumstances.
[1] https://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/2...
I have been somewhat miffed that my rates didn't see an ounce of movement downwards. I already average less than 10,000 miles a year on a 2015 car, which has probably plummeted to easily less than 5,000 miles for each of the past two years, and yet my rates have still been ridiculous with no accidents.
It's interesting (read frustrating) that if you even get a simple traffic ticket your premiums immediately go up because the insurance's "numbers" tell them you're more likely to need a payout, but then when you literally don't drive your car, their "numbers" suddenly don't tell them that you're statistically far less likely to need them.
People were easily going over 90mph on the freeways around here.