Vehicle Theft Statistics

People always want to know why their auto insurance rates go up, even though they have not filed a claim. The answer is, no driver pays only for their own experience. You are helping to pay for everyone else as well as yourself.

In the United States, 2 vehicles are stolen every 60 seconds, or 1 every 26 seconds. That is 1.2 million vehicles stolen every year. What is the cost? It cost you $7.6 billion each year just to pay for what theives steal.

According to the Insurance Information Institute, about one-third of a typical comprehensive auto insurance premium goes to pay for auto theft claims. One-third..that is 33%, a staggering number.

Bottom line is that vehicle theft is a big business for criminals, its not just teens looking for a joy ride.

Protect yourself by doing some of the following.

• Lock your doors
• Remove your keys from the ignition
• Close your windows completely
• Park in well-lit areas
• Consider an alarm or steering wheel lock system

And if you drive one of the following vehicles you really need to be aware. These are the top ten most stolen according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The year of the vehicle is in parenthesis.

Honda Civic (1995)
Toyota Camry (1989)
Honda Accord (1991)
Dodge Caravan (1994)
Chevrolet C/K 1500 (1994)
Ford F-150 (1997)
Dodge Ram Pickup (2003)
Acura Integra (1990)
Toyota Pickup (1988)
Nissan Sentra (1991)

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Insurance

Everyone keeps asking me if this is an insurance blog why do I have elk stuff on it and not insurance stuff. Well, I thought I would just have an "entertaining" insurance blog. However, just to show that I do intend to use this for insurance stuff as well I will make this announcement.

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Elk Highlights

Beautiful Day

In November, we moved our office from Higley and Brown to Greenfield and McDowell. The best part of all, I now have a window to the outside world. It is amazing what a difference sunshine can make during your day. Just to look out and see the clouds and trees and all the colors it relaxes the eye from looking at the computer screen all day.