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 ...

Many drivers think the cost of car insurance depends mostly on your driving record. But increasingly, car insurers also include other factors that have nothing to do with driving. Consumer Reports got ...

Credit impacts many different parts of your life — including your car insurance. While your credit score and your car insurance might seem like separate parts of your finances, studies show that ...

New York could ban credit scores, zip codes, and income as auto insurance rating factors under a bill introduced on March 6, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. jorge mata / iStock.com Very few purchases are considered cheap these days, and car insurance is no exception. Rates can be high ...

If you've taken money expert Clark Howard's advice and signed up with Credit Karma to monitor your credit, maybe you've seen the auto insurance score that they provide in addition to credit score ...

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 ...

Scott Nyerges is a former senior editor and content strategist at U.S. News & World Report, where he led coverage of car insurance and other personal insurance lines. He's also served as a managing ...

CheapInsurance.com examines how an applicant's financial profile intersects with their driving profile in determining auto insurance rates. Most drivers know that factors like driving record, vehicle ...