• Bad driving and weather blamed for rising rates, Insurance Council of Texas says

    Bad driving and weather blamed for rising rates, Insurance Council of Texas says
    AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Insurance Council of Texas said multiple factors have contributed to a steady climb in the price of home and car insurance in the years since the pandemic.Rich Johnson, the council's community director of communications and public affairs, said insurance companies have slowly been raising rates since 2021.He said there was a 20% increase going into 2021, and an additional jump of 10-15% going into 2023. Johnson said that change in price is in an effort for companies to

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