Posts Tagged ‘affordable auto insurance’

Affordable Auto Insurance — Loyalty My Foot!

Tuesday, July 20th, 2010

There are various discount that are touted by insurers. Their main aim is to keep you with your current insurer. One of the very popular ones is known as the Loyalty Discount. However, do you know that you might actually be losing on premium dollars because of this loyalty. Here’s what to do if you want to ensure you are always getting to pay the most affordable auto insurance rate for your coverage needs and profile…

Get and compare quotes from a wide range of reputable insurance companies from time to time. I will personally recommend once every six months. Then check what you’d save with a loyalty discount with the lower rates you found as you did this exercise. If it makes sense, stay. If it doesn’t, feel free to switch to the insurer that offers you the better deal.

Don’t forget that this is NOT a whole life policy where you build some form of cash value the longer you stay. You get nothing else but covereage. So look for where your bread is better buttered at any point in time. However, make sure you look at a company’s track record before you switch over.

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Affordable Auto Insurance — The Effect Of The Area You Live

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

Have you noticed that you are always required to provide your zip code whenever you want to get quotes? Have you ever bothered why something like that is a standard everywhere you turn? The answer isn’t far fetched: It is one of the factors that is used to determine whether you get to pay little or much as premium. It determines whether you’d be eligible for a very affordable auto insurance. Here are ways a person’s place of residence affects his or her rate…

i. If your area has a high crime rate (Especially cases of car theft and vandalism) then you are considered a higher risk than another prospect who lives in an area that has very low incidence of car theft and vandalism.

ii. What is the crash rate of your city of residence? Does it matter? I bet it does. Don’t forget that, sometimes, good drivers get hit by reckless ones.

iii. Also connected to your residence is how far away it is from your workplace. A person who lives 7 kilometers from their office would have to drive a total of 14 kilometers (to and fro) each day. Such a person would definitely accumulate a higher annual mileage count than another who just has to travel a total of 5 kilometers each day.

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