Brooklyn car insurance rates among the highest in the nation
With new studies revealing that car insurance rates are at an all-time high in the U.S., Brooklynites have extra reason to complain — their rates are the highest in New York state, where auto insurance rates have gone up, over the last year, 62.7 percent more than the national average.
New York rates have risen 7.9 percent in the last year, according to the newly released 2019 State of Auto Insurance Report from the Zebra, an insurance search engine and the largest car insurance comparison marketplace in the U.S.
According to the website ValuePenguin, Brooklyn is the most expensive borough for car insurance. Drivers here pay an average of $3,501 annually for insurance — 18 percent more than the city’s average and 141 percent higher than the state mean.