Car Insurance Rates Follow the Crowd

Hogwash! Your reporter got the numbers fed to him by the insurance companies [“Auto Insurance Seen Returning to Era of Annual Rate Increases,” May 1].

I can tell specifically about one: 21st Century. You say they increased rates by 6.4%.

Well, my rates rose more than 30%, despite a spotless driving record and for the same coverage.

After all, the electric companies did it, OPEC did it, so why shouldn’t the insurance folks stick it to us also?

Bernard L. Lee

Laguna Woods