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Consumers Union’s comments on the impact of frequently used auto insurance rating factors which can raise rates, including credit information (insurance scores) and price optimization. Comments are based on a two-year insurance pricing project in which Consumer Reports studied more than 2 billion price quotes across every U.S. ZIP code to understand the factors that raise rates.