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Progressive Insurance recently examined its 2012 insurance data and found that vehicle-theft recovery rates are related to where car owners live, and, indeed, summer is the season when vehicles are stolen most.
The US average rate for car theft recovery is 46 percent, but the state-by-state rates of recoveries vary greatly. Washington, the top state for stolen-vehicle recoveries, found 71 percent of them. It was followed by Utah (63 percent), South Dakota (61 percent), Nevada (61 percent) and California (60 percent). Michigan, the bottom-performing state for recoveries, found just 19 percent of stolen vehicles, and was preceded by Pennsylvania (26 percent), Arkansas (28 percent), Alabama (28 percent) and Mississippi (29 percent).
Progressive claims trainer Todd Golling, a former Virginia State Trooper, says there are a number of ways that car owners can help prevent their cars from being stolen, including removing valuable items from the car when it’s parked, locking it every time it’s left somewhere and keeping a blanket to cover items when out shopping. All of that, or avoid owning a four-wheel-drive crew cab Ford F-250 Super Duty, which experiences the highest rate of insurance theft claims of any vehicle in the US, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute.
For more car theft data and information on how to lower the chances that your vehicle will be stolen, scroll down to read the press release.Continue reading Insurance claims reveal best and worst states for vehicle theft recovery
Insurance claims reveal best and worst states for vehicle theft recovery originally appeared on Autoblog on Fri, 16 Aug 2013 08:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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