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Tips for cheap car insurance
Is geography a fair factor when it comes to the price of car insurance? WalletHub’s survey found that Americans are split evenly on the issue. Other factors like gender and credit scores are largely considered to be unfair, with 71% stating they think it’s unfair for gender to be a factor in car insurance pricing, while two in three people feel similarly about credit scores affecting car insurance costs.
If you don’t live in an area with cheap car insurance, WalletHub has some tips on how to get cheap car insurance.

Get a car that’s cheap to cover.
Be on your best behavior and avoid driving recklessly.
Take advantage of discounts like getting paperless statements or bundling policies.
Build good credit.
Look locally before looking at national companies.
Choose a higher deductible.
Select less comprehensive coverage.
Consider pay-per-mile plans.

Don’t be lulled by a quiet June and July, the real Atlantic hurricane season is about to kick off.

The hurricane season runs from June 1 to the end of November. But the next six weeks — “the season within a season” — is regularly the most dangerous and active time for storms to develop in the Atlantic, said Dennis Feltgen, spokesman for the National Hurricane Center in Miami.
Only two named storms have developed in the Atlantic so far this year. Dry, dusty air from Africa’s Sahara robbed potential storms of moisture, and wind shear spurred by the El Nino climate systems ripped apart budding storms. Now, those brakes on hurricane development are gone.

The result: “A big change in the pattern over the Atlantic, going from a very lackluster quiet weather pattern to a much more active one,” said Dan Kottlowski, the lead hurricane forecaster at AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania. “We are thinking this season will be back-loaded.”
Last week, the U.S. National Weather Service forecast 10 to 17 named storms in the Atlantic. Last year, there were 15, including hurricanes Florence and Michael that killed a combined 96 people and caused more than $49 billion in damage. A storm is named when it reaches tropical storm strength, with maximum sustained winds of at least 39 miles per hour.