Penny Gusner is a senior insurance writer and analyst at Forbes Advisor. For more than 20 years, she has been helping consumers learn how insurance laws, data, trends, and coverages affect them. Penny ...

If you're feeling the bite of car insurance prices from your budget, you're not alone: premiums rose 18% between January of this year and 2025, according to data from The Zebra. One of the best ways ...

Gas prices reached their highest levels in four years in late April, two months after the start of the Iran war. The average cost of a gallon of regular gas rose to $4.39 on May 29, according to AAA.

Car insurance is an expensive — and mostly inevitable — aspect to owning a car. And, unfortunately, the costs are only rising: Car insurance prices have been increasing faster than nearly any other ...