Who made this, and why

Is this a business? A nonprofit?

Neither, really. NotAQuote.FYI is a side project by one person: me, Anthony Showalter. I publish it through my small company, Bolewood Group, LLC, but it doesn't make money and isn't meant to. There are no ads, no investors, no insurance partners, and nothing for sale.

Why I built it

When my son was about to turn 16, I wanted a rough idea of what adding him to our policy would cost, and how different cars would change that. The only way I found was to send VINs to my agent one at a time and wait. Yet the numbers to estimate this are public: states publish insurance price surveys, and an insurance-industry research group publishes loss data for each car. I couldn't find a tool that answered my question the way I needed, so I built one.

What I promise

• No ads, no selling or sharing data, and no deals with insurers or agents.
• I'll keep the site online, at my own cost, through at least the end of 2027. If people find it useful, I'll keep the numbers updated after that.
• If anything on this list ever changes, I'll say so on this page first, with the date.
• If I ever stop, the code and our own data stay openly licensed, so anyone can keep it running. Outside datasets, like HLDI's, keep their own terms (see Data licenses).

What leaves your device, and when, is on the Privacy page.

Questions, or a number that looks wrong?

Tell me on GitHub. You'll need a GitHub account, and what you post there is public, so leave out what you pay and anything about you. There's also a step-by-step guide to suggesting a fix.

Last updated November 5, 2026.