According to a recent press release by J.D. Power and Associates most people do shop around for their auto insurance quotes and 33% of them decide to switch companies. The annual study also found that GEICO recently ranked number 1 in obtaining the most new insurance customers.

Is it time for you to start shopping around? Then first you will want to learn about who you are buying insurance from. To learn more check out: Before You Buy Insurance Online

Did you know that your insurance laws are decided by your state? Knowing how to find your state insurance commissioner's website is helpful in many ways. At your state insurance commissioner's website you can keep up to date on insurance law changes, learn valuable information about your own state insurance laws and you can find out how to file a complaint if you feel your insurance agent has broken the law.

Insurance agents hardly ever are on the top of one's "friends list" even when they deserve to be. But, everyone sure does hear it when they are bad, right?

Here is a another bad, bad insurance agent. According to www.bizjournals.com, "A self-employed insurance agent admitted guilt for his role in a $12.6 million mortgage fraud scheme that encompassed 25 residential properties in Lee’s Summit and Raymore. Federal prosecutors accused Brown of participating with more than 12 others in buying and flipping new homes in upscale subdivisions in Lee’s Summit and Raymore. The homes would be bought at inflated prices caused by fraudulent mortgage applications, and then the conspirators would skim the extra proceeds. Brown worked as an insurance agent for The Brown Insurance Agency in Kansas City, Kan., and obtained insurance for the properties in question by using fake Social Security numbers."

If you already read my article about Obama's Proposed Health Care Plan, which was written before the election, you knew I was skeptical about his promises. Well, it seems like others have finally reviewed the details more thoroughly and have also come to the same conclusion.

According to www.foxnews.com, "In his pursuit of national health care reform, President-elect Barack Obama has repeatedly promised Americans two big things:

-- that if they like the health insurance they have today, nothing will change, and

-- that his health reform plan will save the typical American family $2,500 annually in health care costs.

Yet, if Obama sticks with the health proposals he has outlined so far, it is highly unlikely that either of these promises can be kept. And that’s putting it charitably."