Cheapest car insurance in Richmond, Virginia

Virginia requires minimum liability coverage of 30/60/20, raised from 25/50/20 in 2025, plus uninsured motorist coverage. Rates below are monthly estimates for the 25-55 driver, Full coverage, Good credit bracket.

Filed per-carrier data
Methodology → All of Virginia →

Pulled directly from carrier rate filings for this city.

With 226,610 residents, Richmond sits in the mid-size band where carriers file rates regularly but the field of insurers is a bit shorter than in a major metro. The spread here is wide, 43% between the cheapest and priciest insurer we track, which is exactly the kind of gap a flat citywide average would hide. On average, drivers here pay about 26% more than the national baseline we track.

What do you pay now?
#InsurerPosition in spreadMonthly
01 Auto-OwnersFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $190.08
02 State FarmFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $195.84
03 CSAAFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $253.44
04 ElephantFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $257.76
05 USAAFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $262.08
06 ProgressiveFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $264.96
07 ChubbFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $285.12
08 ErieFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $298.08
09 MercuryFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $299.52
10 GEICOFiled rate, credit/record adjusted $332.64
Rate explainer
Why is your best rate $190.08 and not $209.31?

Richmond is priced against 10 insurers for the 25-55 driver, Full coverage, Good credit bracket. Below is every step from the national baseline to your best filed rate.

City vs national baseline, adult/full $-26.01
Age bracket, 25-55 +$0.00
Coverage, Full coverage +$0.00
Credit tier, Good (modeled) +$0.00
Driving record, At-fault crash (modeled) +$80.65
About these numbers

Rows marked filed come from a per-carrier, per-city import. Rows marked state-average estimate are built by spreading a statewide average across insurers until real per-city data is imported. Credit tier and driving record are always modeled adjustments, never filed. Your real premium depends on your record, exact address and chosen limits.