Data: Insurify; Map: Alex Fitzpatrick/Axios California car insurance prices dipped 8% last year after a post-pandemic stretch of skyrocketing costs, a new Insurify report finds. By the numbers: The ...

After years of sticker shock, California drivers finally caught a break last year. Average full-coverage auto premiums fell about 8% in 2025, landing around $2,309 a year and trimming roughly $208 off ...

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Nothing is cheap in California compared to the rest of the U.S., but car insurance is by far one of the worst offenders. Why ...

Here’s the average car insurance cost in California, according to NerdWallet’s recent analysis. Many, or all, of the products featured on this page are from our advertising partners who compensate us ...

Despite new, higher minimum car insurance requirements, Californians paid less for car insurance in 2025 than in the previous four years, a new report shows. The average cost of full-coverage car ...

SAN DIEGO — Car insurance rates are accelerating at a rapid rate here in California. A new nationwide study finds that by year's end, drivers' rates will increase by more than half compared to last ...

California auto insurers are “slow walking” new policy applications and engaging in a host of tactics to discourage, delay, and deny customer access to insurance in a strategy to stem losses, ...

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