Travelers Insurance announced that California hybrid owners can now receive a 10 percent discount on auto insurance. Commonly known as an eco-conscious state, Californians registered 52,619 new hybrid vehicles in 2005. At a distant second, Florida registered 10,470 hybrids, followed by Texas, New York and Virginia. Los Angeles tops the list of hybrid-driving cities with 22,922 new hybrid cars registered, followed by San Francisco with 15,828. New York, Washington D.C. and Boston complete the top five.
“California has long been a trendsetting state whose example the rest of the nation often follows, and Californians have embraced the hybrid car in a big way,” said Greg Toczydlowski, senior vice president of product management for Travelers. “We salute this spirit of forward-looking innovation and will continue to develop products and services that evolve to fit the changing needs of our California customers.”
At www.hybridtravelers.com visitors can review up-to-date information on federal and state tax benefits for hybrid drivers and enjoy other community incentives, such as discounted or free parking, and can share their stories as “hybrid travelers.” For fun, the site features the Early Adopt-o-meter, which ranks visitors’ penchants for embracing new technologies. Visitors can also access an agent locator and obtain policy information.
Earlier this year, Travelers became the first auto insurance company to offer a discount to hybrid drivers on a national level and has been steadily rolling out the discount state by state. The company has recently made the discount available in New York, Maryland, Florida, Washington and Texas, bringing the total number of states in which the discount is offered to 42 plus the District of Columbia.
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