EDITORIAL: Retire Ce Relic

 

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Boston Herald
Published: Sunday, March 08, 2009

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By Boston Herald

March 9 - Insurance Commissioner Nonnie Burnes was smart to try to dismantle auto insurance appeals that the dates for the pre-competition. The Board of Directors is most relevant when a driver who feels aggrieved by surcharges after an accident can shop for an insurer that could be more indulgent.

However, to appease the whiners - and there were many - Burnes decided to impose new rules that will give pilots more juice when they want to call for an increase in their insurance.

The Board of Directors continue to move away, or at least its role in sorting at fault designations. But the new rules that drivers have more weight in an internal appeal. With critics ready to go to war on this issue, this should be an acceptable compromise.

The response to Burns' earlier announcement was not surprising, of course, given that Massachusetts drivers are accustomed to government micromanagement of the auto insurance system. When each insurer to pay the same price and can not deviate from the script imposed by the government, one third of appeal was a reasonable alternative.

Over time, of course, the 15 board members has become burdened by a backlog of thousands of cases that took up to one year to solve (even if it was created in part to accelerate the process ).

Critics argue that by requiring that local remedies, allowing insurers Burnes is to serve as both judge and jury, to the (supposed) in consumer spending.

But the pilots have access to other insurers - including six new suppliers have entered the market since competition was introduced - and, as in all other states, to justice. There is no reason to stay Massachusetts National outlier when it comes to regulating automobile insurance.


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