{"id":1827219,"date":"2023-01-28T10:20:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T15:20:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1827219"},"modified":"2023-01-28T10:22:02","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T15:22:02","slug":"some-insurance-companies-in-st-louis-refusing-to-cover-kias-and-hyundais-due-to-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/some-insurance-companies-in-st-louis-refusing-to-cover-kias-and-hyundais-due-to-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Insurance Companies in St. Louis Refusing to Cover Kias and Hyundais Due to Theft"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsome-insurance-companies-in-st-louis-refusing-to-cover-kias-and-hyundais-due-to-theft%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1827219&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/80f630cb-a5ce-4aa9-90fc-ecb99c12a924-1052x615-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Due to significant increases in theft, major insurance companies such as State Farm and Progressive are refusing coverage to many Hyundai and Kia owners.<\/p>\n<p>The massive jump in thefts \u2014 from 273 to 3,958 in St. Louis, representing an increase of 1,450% \u2014 is being blamed on a TikTok video showing exactly how to break into and drive off in many 2011-21 models of the South Korean-made vehicles using just a screwdriver and a USB charging cable.<\/p>\n<p>Current Hyundai and Kia owners are experiencing huge increases in renewal premiums.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/news\/local\/metro\/major-insurance-companies-halt-new-policies-for-kias-hyundais-amid-st-louis-area-theft-surge\/article_98089542-db90-5cb0-ba0c-a86882f94adb.html?utm_source=substack&#038;utm_medium=email#:~:text=Thefts%20of%20Kias,new%20in%202016.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>When Kia and Hyundai owners in the St. Louis area apply for a quote online, Progressive automatically issues a denial message: Based on the vehicle\u2019s make and model, and high theft rates in the area, the company is unable to offer a policy. The same message is displayed for drivers in other areas of the country, where theft rates are high, according to Jeff Sibel, spokesperson for Progressive.<\/p>\n<p>When Kia and Hyundai owners in the St. Louis area apply for a quote online, Progressive automatically issues a denial message: Based on the vehicle\u2019s make and model, and high theft rates in the area, the company is unable to offer a policy. The same message is displayed for drivers in other areas of the country, where theft rates are high, according to Jeff Sibel, spokesperson for Progressive.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been in this industry for 15-plus years. It\u2019s hard to call a precedent for this,\u201d Michael Barry, spokesperson for Insurance Information Institute, an organization that teaches consumer education, said this.<\/p>\n<p>Some cities are now suing manufacturers for making it too easy to steal their cars. Yes, really.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong> <em><a class=\"hl\" title=\"Who You Gonna Call (When the Cops Aren&#039;t Allowed to Help You)?\" href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/news-and-politics\/jack-dunphy\/2023\/01\/18\/who-you-gonna-call-when-the-cops-arent-allowed-to-help-you-n1663033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Who You Gonna Call (When the Cops Aren\u2019t Allowed to Help You)?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Seattle is not focusing on increasing police presence in high theft areas or getting prosecutors to give maximum sentences to thieves. Instead, Seattle is suing Kia Hyundai and Kia for failing to make their products theft-proof.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/news\/kia-and-hyundai-sued-by-city-of-seattle-for-massive-spike-in-car-thefts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Drive<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Seattle City filed a lawsuit against automakers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/category\/kia-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kia<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/category\/hyundai-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hyundai<\/a> They claimed they did not install immobilizers to their vehicles, and thus disregarded public safety in order for them to be profitable. Those cars quickly became <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedrive.com\/news\/how-thieves-are-stealing-hyundais-and-kias-with-just-a-usb-cable\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Easy targets for thieves<\/a>According to the lawsuit, this caused a burden on law enforcement officials and other city officials and resulted in the city spending an unknown amount of money. Seattle\u2019s lawsuit may not be the first against the automakers\u2014other cities\u2019 attorneys general has said they would consider suing the automakers\u2014but it\u2019s the largest so far.<\/p>\n<p>Similar claims were made by other cities in the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Washington. In the lawsuit, Seattle\u2019s city attorneys allege that Kia and Hyundai knowingly refused to install immobilizers on their cars sold in the U.S. between 2011 and 2021 to boost profits. In 2015, 96% vehicles sold by other manufacturers had immobilizers. However, only 26% Hyundai and Kia vehicles were equipped. Hyundai and Kia\u2019s vehicles were sold in other markets during that time period with the immobilizers because they were mandatory, but not in the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u201cpublic safety issue\u201d Kia and Hyundai made stealing cars too easy for kids, and they then had to chase them down by the police. Anyone should not sympathize with someone who is killed while committing an offense, except lefties who are looking to make a quick buck.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t want to belabor the point. The information regarding the absence of immobilizers was not classified as national security. In 2014, I was thinking about buying a Kia. I heard about the deficiency back then \u2014 not that it influenced my decision not to buy one. But the suit is presupposing that someone wouldn\u2019t buy a vehicle solely because of the lack of an immobilizer.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s a hard sell to a jury.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to significant increases in theft, major insurance companies such as State Farm and Progressive are refusing coverage to many Hyundai and Kia owners. The massive jump in thefts \u2014 from 273 to 3,958 in St. Louis, representing an increase of 1,450% \u2014 is being blamed on a TikTok video showing exactly how to break &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1827222,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[6997,7756,16830,8322,16829,5686,7397,12770,6913],"class_list":["post-1827219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-companies","tag-cover","tag-hyundais","tag-insurance","tag-kias","tag-louis","tag-refusing","tag-st","tag-theft"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1827219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1827219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1827222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1827219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1827219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1827219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}