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Commerce Insurance Company Increases Safe Driver Discount Request

18 February 1999

Commerce Insurance Company Increases Safe Driver Discount Request


    WEBSTER, Mass.--Feb. 18, 1999--The Commerce Insurance Company, a subsidiary of The Commerce Group, Inc. today announced that it is amending its safe driver discount filing with the Massachusetts Division of Insurance from 5% to 8%. The 8% discount will be available to all Massachusetts drivers with SDIP step 9 ratings, and is available in addition to all group discounts that the Company offers, including the highly popular AAA member discount. In a statement, the Company said that "Commerce is the largest automobile insurer in Massachusetts by far. We have in the past, and will continue in the future to offer consumers the most competitively priced automobile insurance product on the market, particularly for those drivers with superior driving records." The Company did not amend its request to offer safe driver discounts of 3% for drivers with SDIP step 10 ratings.