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Texans could pay less for their
auto insurance, Texas Sen. Jeff
Wentworth said, who authored a
bill (SB-600) to introduce open
competition to the insurance mar
ket.
“Few expenditures affect as
many consumers as auto insur
ance,” Wentworth said, in a press
release. “Yet in an age of deregu
lation, Texans today do not enjoy
the benefits of free-market-price
competition on this important
cost, despite the fact it is mandat
ed by the state. This measure will
bring some long-needed reform to
this area and could result in sav
ings up to one-half billion dollars
annually for Texas consumers.”
The Senate Economic Develop
ment Committee is discussing the
bill, which would dissolve Texas’
current auto insurance regulatory
system.
The House Insurance Commit
tee is also considering an identi
cal bill (HB 1637) filed by Rep.
Harold Dutton.
Lee Jones, a spokesperson for
The Texas Department of Insur
ance (TDI), said TDTs concern is
necessary oversight to protect
consumers if the auto insurance
industry undergoes deregulation.
“Our only concern is that there
be some provision to review the
companies’ rates to make sure
they are adequate,” Jones said.
“For fear there might be price
wars, we do not want customers
to suffer if companies price them
out of business.”
TDI applies the Texas Auto
Manual, which divides drivers
into categories according to their
age, their marital status, the pop
ulation density within their coun
ty and whether the vehicle is used
for private or for commercial pur
poses.
Wentworth said the divisions
stipulated by TDI are too broad.
“Under current law, our Texas
Department of Insurance uses the
Texas Auto Manual, which lumps
drivers into a few broad cate
gories," Wentworth said. “This
means that good drivers tend to
pay too much and drivers with
poorer records tend to pay too lit
tie. ”
in a press release that Progres
sive’s policy holders save more
than $500 annually compared to
policy holders with rating-regu
lated companies.
The average driver pays $740,
according to a report from the Na
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Progressive County Mutual In
surance Company of Austin, one
of the 24 county mutuals in the
state, is exempt from rating regu-.
lations applying to most auto in
surance companies, which must
prescribe rates according to the
Texas Auto Manual.
William Graves, president of
Progressive County Mutual, said
ear-old male college
ed identically to a 55-
ily man, and liability
rates are the same for all types of
cars, big or little, fast or slow. Al
though there are some surcharges
for accidents and major viola
tions, clean drivers pay the same
as those with speeding tickets."
Jones said TDI realizes there is
a need to reevaluate portions of
the Texas Auto Manual.
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•Couples must
share common
interests,
practice ethics.
BY ANDREA BROCKMAN
The Battalion
Men and women may not come
from different planets, but they do
come from different chemistry.
In his “Men are from Mars,
Women are from Venus” lecture
last night. Dr. James Robinson III
said communication skills and en
couragement help couples over
come differences and develop
healthy relationships.
Robinson, interim head of the
Department of Social and Behav
ioral Sciences in the School of Rut
al Public Health, said his best ad
vice is to practice ethics in and out
of relationships.
“The couple must share com
mon values,” he said. “An unethi
cal relationship is a sick relation
ship, and it won’t work. Couples
need to communicate about prob
lems, and it takes courage. ”
Robinson said when relation
ships are formed, it is human na
ture to have different opinions and
sources of conflict. He said a rela
tionship without conflicts is boring.
Robinson said when a couple
fights, the members should present
their points of view, discuss the
merits of the two sides and come to
a compromise.
He said relationships progress
on levels, the first being eye con
tact.
Everyone carries a template of
their ideal mate, he said, and when
a person sees someone who fits it,
physical attraction occurs.
Robinson gave the secret for
men to know if a woman is inter
ested or not
“After you make initial eye con
tact with a woman, keep looking,”
he said, if she looks back, she’s in
terested.”
After the initial encounter, he
said the next relationship level is
infatuation.
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but you alsc
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not love yet.”
He said love is when you feel
good about a person, but you can
be separated from them and still
teel good about the relationship.
Other advice he gave included
giving partners freedom to be indi-
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