Does Credit Score Affect SR22 Insurance Rates
Q: Is it true that my credit score makes my SR22 insurance quote go up?
A: It depends on what kind of credit score you have. A good credit score will make your SR22 insurance quote cheaper, whereas a bad one will make it go up. However, it isn’t as simple as that, because the way your credit is used by insurance companies is different from the way it’s used by credit card companies. An insurance risk score is composed of different information from your credit report, such as how often you pay your bills rather than how much you really owe.
The use of the insurance risk score to determine a person’s SR22 insurance quote hasn’t been debated in full yet. There have been lawsuits, which failed, saying that using credit reports for insurance quotes was discriminatory since it disproportionately affected minorities and lower income families. Until one of these lawsuits succeeds, you’ll have to keep an eye on your credit if you want a cheap SR22 insurance quote.
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