Michelle is a lead editor at Forbes Advisor. She has been a journalist for over 35 years, writing about insurance for consumers for the last decade. Prior to covering insurance, Michelle was a ...

Teen drivers have the highest auto insurance rates of any demographic: A family adding a 16-year-old to their full-coverage policy could expect to see their premiums more than double, from an average ...

Owning a car is expensive, and it's not just the cost of the vehicle or repairing its parts that add up. Premiums increased by more than 50% between February 2020 and 2025, prompting some car owners ...

Jason started in the insurance industry in 2007 as a claims handler before accepting a role as a fraud investigator. In his role at Forbes Advisor, he covers pet, travel, auto, home, renters, small ...

In the midst of rising car prices and interest rates, more consumers are struggling to pay their auto loans. In fact, a recent TransUnion study found that as of the second quarter of 2022, 3.34% of ...

J.D. Power’s annual Dependability Study is a useful resource for narrowing down a late-model used-car search. It measures how three-year-old vehicles are holding up based on owners’ reports, in this ...