Tips About Auto Insurance Companies
Posted on June 3rd, 2012
Some basic tips for understanding auto insurance and choosing auto insurance companies are available on CNNs website through a collaboration with Fortune and Money. They first want you to know that you are often a statistic, rather than a person. Auto insurance companies tend to see you as a risk based on certain risk factors like your job and where you live.
Even if the coverage appears the same, prices are always different through different auto insurance companies. Shopping around is one of the best tips related to finding the best auto insurance premiums. Dont shop only on price though. Just because a company has the cheapest price, it doesnt mean that they have quick and reliable customer service. Those are very important as well.
Its smart to get more than the minimum coverage required in your state because most state requirements are really just the bare minimum. Always ask your insurer for discounts. They are available and most companies will lower your auto insurance rates if you have a good driving record and you simply ask.
Some auto insurance companies force you to use replacement parts that are not made by the original equipment manufacturers. This can cause problems in your vehicle, so make sure that your insurer will cover original parts. The article reminds the reader that while the insurance company does want you to recoup your financial losses, you may not have the same ideas of what is fair compensation. Make sure that your plan is updated and that you know all of the details before filing a claim.
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Insurance Companies Double Down On Deceptive Campaign to Influence Insurance Commissioner Race; Companies On Track To Spend $5 Million
Posted on October 20th, 2010
Santa Monica, CA – Insurance companies’ addition of $1.365 million this weekend to their campaign to elect Mike Villines as insurance commissioner is consistent with Consumer Watchdog’s expectation that the industry will spend at least $5 million before election day. The following insurance industry contributions, totaling $2.655 million, have been given to a Sacramento political committee called “JobsPAC,” since late September:
- George Joseph, Chairman of Mercury Insurance – $775,000
- Allstate Insurance – $700,000
- Liberty Mutual – $490,000
- Progressive Insurance – $390,000
- Anthem Blue Cross – $100,000
- Health Net – $100,000
- Farmers Insurance- $100,000
To date, JobsPAC has spent approximately $845,000 on ads attacking candidate Dave Jones and $566,000 on ads supporting Mike Villines. Read more…
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Insurance Companies Launch Premium Hikes for the Over-50s
Posted on October 18th, 2010
The insurance sector is abuzz with more of the car insurance companies acceding to hiking the insurance costs for the senior citizens within UK. It is seen that motorists over the age group of 50 would soon see a tremendous hike in their motor insurance costs. This premium hike would be bigger than any of the previous incidents in the current calendar year. As per the survey conducted by ConsumerIntelligence.com including more than 600,000 participants, the costs of the insurance premiums has increased at a rate of 26% in any given year after the economic slump.
How To Change Auto Insurance Companies
Posted on June 13th, 2010
Sometimes Change Is Good
There are many reasons why you may want to change auto insurance companies. There are so many reasons why people change insurance companies and these often include rate increases, bad service, and sometimes an unfair claims experience. Here is the best way to go about changing auto insurance companies.
The first step to changing car insurance companies:
You want accurate auto insurance quotes. The first thing you must do is pull all your records from the past five years. These records include things such as claims, accidents, tickets, driving courses taken, etc.
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Find Local Car Insurance Quotes from Local Insurance Companies
Posted on April 24th, 2010
Discount Insurance rates has always been available to safe drivers who have time to compare local car insurance companies. But most of us don’t want to spend hours on the phone calling around to multiple low car insurance companies, submitting our information over and over and waiting for a car insurance quote. That’s why we’ve created this website. With
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