Drivers with poor credit usually pay for more car insurance. That's because, in the majority of states, car insurance companies can use your credit history when determining your monthly premiums.

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 ...

Understand the score that insurers use to predict risk and help set your auto and homeowners insurance rates Written By Written by Insurance Deputy Editor, Buy Side Jennifer Lobb is a staff editor at ...

Drivers with a perfect driving record can pay twice as much for car insurance if they have bad credit. Improving a credit score from "very poor" to "exceptional" can yield car insurance savings of 273 ...

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Insurers use credit-based insurance scores to determine how likely you are to file a claim. Credit-based insurance scores are not the same as credit scores, though both are built off information from ...