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Using Illustration To Help Investigations Stay Grounded and Approachable
Taking inspiration from The Simpsons and Chevron commercials, we created an illustrated explainer to ground our storytelling
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The Markup’s investigations into insurance companies’ inequitable algorithms.
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Car Insurance, Cats, and Racial Discrimination
Car insurers in Michigan are not allowed to use race when setting premiums, but Black drivers are still being penalized
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Michigan’s “Fair and Reasonable” Reforms Allowed Car Insurers to Charge More in Black Neighborhoods
An investigation by The Markup and Outlier Media found lawmakers created loopholes big enough to drive through
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How We Investigated Car Insurance Loopholes in Michigan
We found that Michigan’s reforms allowed auto insurers to charge higher rates in Black neighborhoods
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Why Stopping Algorithmic Inequality Requires Taking Race Into Account
Let us explain. With cats
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How to Get a Discount on Your Car Insurance
Step 1: Buy more insurance. Yup, you read that right
Allstate’s Algorithm
Newly Public Documents Allege Allstate Overcharged Loyal California Customers $1 billion
A 2020 Markup investigation found the company pursuing similar goals in other states
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Michigan Regulators Question Allstate’s Car Insurance Pricing
The agency is raising the same issues we found in our investigation of Allstate's proposed algorithm in Maryland
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Texas Drivers Sue Allstate over Secret “Suckers List”
A joint investigation by The Markup and Consumer Reports was cited in a lawsuit over discriminatory car insurance rates
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How We Analyzed Allstate’s Car Insurance Algorithm
By parsing a rare document containing fine details of the company’s auto insurance pricing, we found stark differences in how high proposed price hikes were allowed to rise
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