Monday, September 28, 2009

CAR INSURANCE QUOTES: GET CHEAP CAR INSURANCE ONLINE

When was the last time you compared the cost of your current auto insurance coverage against other providers or plans? Have you taken a look at the discounts available to you through your car insurance company? Have they even let you know that they offer discounts?

Questions, questions, questions! Realistically, however, consumers tend to avoid asking a lot of questions. The reason for this is that they are often limited in the amount of time that they have for doing things like buying auto insurance, or finding different auto insurance quotes to compare to one another. Some people don’t even have enough time to consider if their coverage is the best it could be, and they just stick with a provider because that is the easiest thing to do.

These are all reasons for finding a reliable car insurance “comparison engine” to see if there is a better policy, company or provider for your needs. A comparison engine is going to eliminate the need to call up various local or national auto insurance companies and then go through a “step by step” interview again and again with each customer service agent.
Let’s just consider a standard interview with a car insurance agent – they will ask the driver for information about the vehicles, about their driving record as well as those of any other individuals covered in the plan, they will do a credit check, and they will also take all kinds of details including all contact information. This cannot be done instantly, and usually takes ten to fifteen minutes to complete. When the interview ends the agent might have a list of options for the driver to choose, and if a comparison is desired the individual is going to have to write down the details each plan. Alternately, the agent might plan on emailing or even “snail” mailing a list of quotes to the individual.

As a driver makes call after call they will begin to develop a list of auto insurance plans to compare. Is this the efficient way to find car insurance quotes? No, because a good and thorough list might take someone a full day to put together, and many valid insurance providers may be overlooked. Additionally, most agents are not going to immediately note if the driver is able to access any discounts which can often see a policy reduced in cost by ten percent or more.

The best answer is for a driver to use a reliable online comparison engine to identify various car insurance plans and prices. The thing to remember is that not all engines will be the same, and it is only worthwhile to use one that is not promoting a single company but actually delivering information based on a true request for accurate quotes. This means the driver should be asked to provide the same details as in a standard person to person interview, but in the form of an online worksheet instead.


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1 comment:

David Moore said...

Hi
I think it’s not required to go to physical places to get your vehicles insured anymore. It can be done online, just visit:www.autoinsuranceplanners.com