How much do people really know about car insurance? Not a whole lot, it turns out, considering how expensive and important it is.

Few drivers have escaped the pain of soaring insurance premiums over the past two years. But the worst may still lie ahead for many in California, where sharply higher minimum coverage requirements take effect in January and insurers are still playing catch-up with rate hikes after decades of lagging behind due to regulatory hurdles.

American drivers, especially the young and women, are struggling with a staggering rise in car insurance premiums over the past couple of years, according to the results of a new survey conducted by Jerry.

The number of fatal crashes during the Fourth of July holiday period has surged in recent years, averaging 429 annually from 2016 through 2022, up 17% from the eight years through 2015.

Nearly all of the drivers in a recent survey by Jerry—96% of them—said they should own any data generated by their cars and expressed deep uneasiness at the prospect of automakers selling or sharing that data with third-party data brokers, insurance companies, and law enforcement agencies.

Memorial Day weekend is a time of celebration for most Americans, but it's deadly for hundreds of people each year. And it has grown deadlier since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.