"Accident Forgiveness" Is Not Available In California. Why? Voters Voted Against It In 1988

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Accident forgiveness is an auto insurance policy term where insurers agree to not raise a policy holder's rates after causing an accident. These policies are illegal because the California voters approved proposition 103 back in 1988.

That proposition requires insurers to justify their rates while also prohibiting excessive rates.

Accident forgiveness policies just can't be justified.

The way that accident forgiveness policies work is by charging consumers a little more up front, so as to offset the future cost of not performing a rate adjustment after an accident. Under prop 103, these types of insurance policies charge an excessive rate and are not approved.