NU Online News Service, Apr. 9, 4:01 p.m. EDT

As some companies begin eliminating or playing down the significance of annual mileage as a rating factor, a new study reports a "strong correlation" between miles driven and auto insurance claim costs.

Quality Planning, a unit of Jersey City, N.J.-based Insurance Services Office, that validates policyholder information for auto insurers, said it studied over 450,000 insurance policies and "found a significant difference in average claim costs between high and low annual mileage groups."

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