![]() But when we covered this in 2021, we wrote, " Denver is the only other city in the country where the South Korean brands have become low hanging fruit." That's no longer the case. Milwaukee being out in front might be due to a local connection to the trend, being in the same state where the first video appeared. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel said 66% of the 10,476 cars stolen in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 2021 were Hyundais or Kias. The theft rates are even wilder in other metro areas. A Geico customer had his rate upped by about $400 a year, got turned down by Progressive, and was quoted as much as $350 per month by another company. Progressive and State Farm turned him down. When a policyholder with American Family Insurance had his annual rate raised $300, he began shopping around. The paper said Kia and Hyundai thefts in the city climbed 1,450% in 2022, going from 273 vehicles stolen in 2021 to 3,958. ![]() ![]() Louis region, while Nationwide and Geico were raising premiums for some current policyholders. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote that both insurance companies stopped taking new policies for some owners in the St. However, comments by various owners say they are having their rates raised as well even though their vehicles aren't part of the trend. Models with push-button start always included immobilizers and aren't a part of the theft surge. The Highway Loss Data Institute said engine immobilizers came standard on 96% of vehicles spanning the 2015 to 2019 model years, but only 26% of Hyundais and Kias from the same time. When the affected model owners apply online for a quote, they get an automated message denying consideration. In response, in some geographic areas we have increased our rates and limited our sale of new insurance policies on some of these models." Neither insurance company would specify which cities or regions were off limits to this subset of Hyundai and Kia owners. Progressive told the news channel, "Given that we price our policies based on the level of risk they represent, this explosive increase in thefts in many cases makes these vehicles extremely challenging for us to insure. In response to the surge, State Farm told CNN "This is a serious problem impacting our customers and the entire auto insurance industry," so it "has temporarily stopped writing new business in some states for certain model years and trim levels of Hyundai and Kia vehicles." After a group of kids in Wisconsin calling themselves the "Kia Boyz" posted a TikTok video showing how easily these particular models cars could be stolen, Hyundai and Kia theft rates have gone ballistic over the past two years. The automakers, both part of the Hyundai Group, did not designed those vehicles engine immobilizers. The problem is out-of-control theft rates of Kia models from 2011 to 2021 that are started with a physical key, and Hyundai models from 2015 to 2021 that also use a key. ![]() Several local news outlets and now CNN have reported that State Farm Insurance and Progressive Insurance are refusing to issue new policies on certain Hyundai and Kia models, and raising rates for current policyholders that own the two brands. Insurance companies refusing to carry some Hyundai and Kia models over thefts Depending on what city you live in, insurers are fed up and you might be out of luck
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