Average auto rate low, Pickens says.Arkansas Arkansas, river, United States Arkansas (ärkăn`zəs, är`kənsô'), river, c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long, rising in the Rocky Mts., central Colo. has a lower auto insurance rate than every surrounding sur·round tr.v. sur·round·ed, sur·round·ing, sur·rounds 1. To extend on all sides of simultaneously; encircle. 2. To enclose or confine on all sides so as to bar escape or outside communication. n. state except Tennessee, said Mike Pickens, state insurance commissioner. Pickens said Arkansas ranked 33rd in 2001 for average cost of auto insurance, with an average premium of $621, lower than premiums in Louisiana ($839), Mississippi ($638), Texas ($736), Missouri ($638) and Oklahoma ($622). The figures are from a report released by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) is an Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization which seeks to organize the regulatory and supervisory efforts of the various state insurance commissioners from around the United States. . The report said the national average premium was $718 in 2001. North Dakota North Dakota, state in the N central United States. It is bordered by Minnesota, across the Red River of the North (E), South Dakota (S), Montana (W), and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba (N). had the lowest average at $498; New Jersey had the highest with $1,028. |
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