There's slight relief on car insurance costs. Will hurricanes upend that trend?
Ed Chung, CFO of Jerry, a site to shop insurance rates, doesn’t believe the storms will have a direct impact on overall car-insurance inflation. But after steep losses in certain states, auto insurers may have to pull out or hike premiums, he said. “As a result, the impacted states, such as Florida, may experience disproportionately higher insurance premium inflation over the coming months or quarters," Chung told MarketWatch.