You know your credit score affects mortgage rates and credit card approvals. But car insurance? In most states, insurers use your credit to calculate premiums—and it matters more than you think. More ...

Understand the score that insurers use to predict risk and help set your auto and homeowners insurance rates Written By Written by Insurance Deputy Editor, Buy Side Jennifer Lobb is a staff editor at ...

Drivers with a perfect driving record can pay twice as much for car insurance if they have bad credit. Improving a credit score from "very poor" to "exceptional" can yield car insurance savings of 273 ...

If you want to save money on your car insurance, you may want to start by improving your credit score. A credit-based insurance score is a tool that companies can use to predict how likely you are to ...