ear-rings in the number of claims f...

ear-rings in the number of claims filed and prosperous crackdowns on insurance fraud and abuse should help breed the smallest increase in average private-passenger automobile premiums in four years, according to a modern projection from the Insurance Information Institute.

Revising the 6% increase the institute frameed in its Earlybird Forecast report released in January, it now foresees average rate increases of just 35% in 2004 compared with the 78% increases seen in 2003 The average for a 2004 auto policy is estimated at $871 up just $29 from the year before, Ill draws

The revised forecast run afters ...