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Feb 18, 2010
By Jay Fitzgerald, Boston Herald
Feb. 17--Attorney General Martha Coakley has forced five auto insurers to cough up money for customers who she says were unfairly charged higher rates due to inaccurate driving-record data.
Coakley's office said the insurers basically failed to correct a driving-record database whenever a motorist won an appeal of any "at-fault" accident determination.
The result was that some consumers paid higher premium rates than they should have, Coakley's office said.
The five insurers -- Metropolitan Property & Casualty, Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Peerless Insurance company, Plymouth Rock Assurance Corporation and Pilgrim Insurance Co. -- agreed in settlements to pay the state a combined $100,000.
They also agreed to reimburse customers for an unspecified amount of money that they may have been charged, Coakley's office said.
jfitz@bostonherald.com
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