Best High Performance Car Insurance Rate

 

September 21, 2007 by fashun · Leave a Comment
Filed under: High Performance Insurance 

How do you save money on your high performance car insurance? By proving to your high performance car insurance company that you know what you are doing when it comes to safety. This isn’t hard to do, and it involves more than just driving within the speed limit. But having a safe car discount can often take ten to fifteen percent off of your expensive high performance car insurance premium, so there is no excuse for avoiding taking advantage of this great premium reducing chance.

It’s no secret that high performance cars are more likely to get stolen than other cars, so these types of cars require extra safet measures than others. Not only will they help you get lower car insurance comprehensive rates over all, but most car insursance companies will give you a discount if you have more safety features on your car. So what kind of safety features do you need to get low high performance car insurance comprehensive coverage rates? An alarm. There are several types of alarms, though.

  • Active vs. Passive

Alarms can be divided into two main groups, being active or pasive. A passive alarm is one that has to be activated by the driver every time they leave their car. This type of alarm is more dangerous, because it is very easy to forget to activate it, especially when you have just gotten it. The other type of alarm is an active alarm. This kind of alarm is constantly active, regardless of any involvement from the driver. The type of alarm that the car insurance companies will give you a discount for is the active alarm, because they do not trust you to be able to remember to turn the passive alarm on all the time, so your car would not be considered to be constantly protected with that type.

  • Whistles, mechanical, and disablers.

Beyond that, there are three more subgroups of car alarms, and the first one is the most common that comes on most cars. It’s the alarm that just makes your lights flash and makes noise. Then there are the mechanical ones, which make it to where the thief would not be able to drive by doing things such as freezing the wheel up. Finally, there are the disabling ones. This will make it to where the thief cannot even start the car by disabling the ignition. Of all of these, the one that your high performance car insurance company will give you a discount for is the third.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.

What Happens to My Car Insurance Rate After An Accident?

 

September 6, 2007 by fashun · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Auto insurance help 

Reader question:

I have pretty much every type of car insurance coverage available on my car. Now what do I do if I get into a car wreck?

Jimmy

Great question!

While the brunt of the handling of the situation will rest with your car insurance company, you will have to do your own share as well. Because of this, you should always be prepared and know what to do ahead of time. It’s good that you are taking interest in this in advance. Here are some guidelines to follow when you get into a car insurance accident.

  • Keep an insurance kit in your car. This will contain things like your car insurance card, a disposable camera, a flashlight, pen and paper, phone numbers you might need, and anything else you can think of that might be necessary in the case of a car accident. Stick it all in your glove compartment for easy access.
  • Stay cool. If you freak out, not only might you forget to do things that you need to do at the scene of the accident, but you might forget more about what happened when the time comes to tell.
  • If there are any injuries, no matter how not serious, call 911.
  • If it is possible, drive both cars to an area where they are not in the way of traffic. You already got into one accident for the day, you don’t want to cause another.
  • If the damages are more than you can pay, then you should call a police officer so that a police report can be filed. The cop will want to get information from you as well as for those who witnessed the accident, and it is important that a police report be filed with both sides of the story.
  • Use your camera to take pictures of damages. This helps you avoid fraud.
  • Sometimes you are unable to get a cop out there to file a report. If this happens, you an the other driver have to go to the station to do it yourselves.
  • Always report the accident to your car insurance company, and if it is for more than your deductible, file a claim. Even if the other person said that wouldn’t file a claim, call anyway, because you never know if they are telling the truth and you want your car insurance company to hear it from you first.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.

Who Has The Cheapest Georgia Car Insurance Rates?

 

September 6, 2007 by fashun · Leave a Comment
Filed under: auto insurance quotes 

Since 1990, Georgia car insurance has been among the cheapest of in the entire country, and the residents of that state have enjoyed their relatively low premiums, especially after the rapid rate doubling of the eighties. In 1989, they had finally gotten fed up with the rising rates and had called for reform. The insurance commissioner of the time got replaced with a different one, who was given the power to decide when car insurance companies could or could not raise their rates. And then the rates just dropped.

Now, some folks in Georgia are wondering if those good times have come to an end. A part time insurance agent, part time state representative has proposed another reform to the state’s insurance law which will actually reform it back to where it was before, with the commissioner not having the power to approve car insurance rate raises before the companies get to make them. The companies will be able to raise rates on their own.

The representative and his supporters say that this proposal will do well for Georgia’s economy. They say it will make car insurance companies more competitive, and will probably end up pushing the rates even lower. And, they say, if all else fails, the commissioner may not be able to approve rate increases, but he can still veto them after the fact.

However, opponents say that the rates would not go down if this proposal went forward. Everyone with a car has to have car insurance in Georgia, so these companies would be able to charge whatever they felt like because the customers don’t really have a choice. They say that the companies are only looking for a reason to get to raise the prices, and the way things are going now are just fine.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.

Cheap College Student Car Insurance Rate Quotes Please

 

September 6, 2007 by fashun · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Student Car Insurance 

When your kid goes to college, it has both a lightening and a heavy effect on your checkbook. For one thing, you are no longer having to feed your bottomless pit of a teenager, buy him clothes, wash those clothes, and everything else. On the other hand, it might be up to you to fit the bill for things like classes, books, and school supplies, just like you did in K-12. How every, when you are getting your student car insurance, you might be giving yourself a big break on premiums. Whenever your kid goes away for college (and they do have to go away), most insurance companies either eliminate the charge for having them on the policy, or decrease it by a lot, all while still keeping their name on your car insurance policy.

Surprised? I bet you were. That’s why it’s a good idea to go in to look over your policy and see if it is right for your circumstances anytime something big happens such as marriage, divorce, a kid with a new license, or college.

The limit on distance generally required by the car insurance companies is a hundred miles away from home, and the student still has to keep his parent’s house as his permanent address. The risk assigned to a teenager a hundred miles away from his car for most of the year is obviously far less than normal, and the student will still be able to drive the family car when he comes home for the holidays. Whenever you exploit this car insurance discount, you can get as much as thirty percent off of your car insurance premium.

As for if your student is going to school in the city, unfortunately that won’t get you a better car insurance premium rate, unless they are making good grades. More reason to get them far, far away!

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.

DUI – How Will This Effect My Car Insurance Rate?

 

August 31, 2007 by fashun · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Dui Insurance 

Reader question:

When you get a DUI, do your car insurance rates always go up?

Dwayne

They do usually, but not always.

Most states require you to file an SR 22 form to prove that you have DUI car insurance, but not every state does. If you want to know if your state is one of the ones that does not deal with the SR 22 form, then you should contact your state department of insurance. If they don’t, then it’s very possible that your car insurance company won’t find out about your drunk driving offense until you give them the heads up. The reason for this is primarily because the insurance companies aren’t keeping a constant eye on the record, and if anything, they probably only look at it every six months, if not less.

There are a couple of other reasons though. One of them is that the courts don’t automatically give all of their information over to the DMV, so even if your car insurance company does look at your record, the offense might not be there. Another is that a lot of times, when people commit moving violations, they will take defensive driving courses in order to wipe the violation from their record. This is one of the very popular possibilities when it is offered, because most courses are either very cheap or free. Sometimes when you commit a DUI, your license gets suspended, but the shorter the time of the suspension the less likely is your car insurance company to find out.

Even if they don’t know right away, though, they still have a period of three years to find out. During that time, they can cancel your policy as soon as they find out. Aside from the misrepresentation, that in itself doesn’t mean that your rates will go up or you’ll get canceled, either. Some companies have policies where, if you have been a customer with a good history and driving record, you can be forgiven for an offense, even one as serious as driving under the influence of alcohol. Sometimes you don’t even lose your safe driver discount, so long as you keep driving clean.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.

Why Does My Car Insurance Rate Keep Going Up and Up?

 

August 22, 2007 by fashun · Leave a Comment
Filed under: auto insurance quotes 

Reader question:

I’m a good driver, I don’t speed, I never get into an accident, I have a safe car that’s a few years old–so why does my car insurance premium keep on going up?

July

Good question.

It’s annoying to watch those prices rise even when you are doing everything that you can to stop them. However, that is the way it is, and the reason that your premium prices are rising out of your control is not your own fault, but the fault of other people who are insured by your car insurance company. Fixing a car and replacing it are things that are getting more and more expensive every year, and with the number of claims that are filed, it can be difficult for a car insurance company to keep the prices down on their premiums while still making a profit.

You cannot avoid this problem entirely, but one way to lessen its effect is to go looking for a car insurance company whose rates are not rising so rapidly. Get a free online auto insurance quote and see what other companies would offer you in terms of quotes. It could be that you find another company that is just as good as the one you are currently at, but which gives you your car insurance for much cheaper.

Even if your prices aren’t rising at your current car insurance company, then you should still get an online quote every once in a while, just to see where you’re at. Many of the people who have car insurance today and are overpaying are doing so because they become comfortable with their car insurance company and don’t realize that there are companies out there that could be offering them more for their money. A twice yearly look at your policy and your price for updates and searches can keep you satisfied and a little bit richer.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.

If I Get A Speeding Ticket Will My Car Insurance Rate Go Up?

 

August 22, 2007 by fashun · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Auto insurance help 

Reader question:

If I get a speeding ticket, will my car insurance rates go up?

Andy

Usually.

It all depends on who you are and what car insurance company you are with. Typically, a speeding ticket is one of the big factors in the rise of your car insurance rates. It is evidence that you are an irresponsible driver and puts you into a high risk pool of people being insured. One speeding ticket might not be the end of your car insurance history, but it does usually have a big impact, although not nearly as much as getting into a car accident. Car insurance companies want to nip speeders in the bud, though, considering that speeding is more likely to get you in a car accident to begin with. If your rate goes up too much, though, you can get free auto insurance quotes and see what other companies are like.

However, it isn’t necessarily true that you will see an increase in your premium. If you have been a long time customer with your car insurance company, they might want to give it a little bit of thought before giving you reason to leave them be. If you have a good driving record from the past and the speeding ticket is a one time thing that is in no way normal to your driving experience, it is very possible that you will see little to no effect from your speeding ticket on your premium.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.

How To Determine My Car Insurance Rate

 

August 22, 2007 by fashun · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Auto insurance help 

Reader question:

What determines how much car insurance rate are?

Rebecca

Let’s see.

You probably know what factors go into your own car insurance premium, but why is it that, with all of your factors being the same, some car insurance companies have drastically different prices? Are they just over charging? This isn’t always true, although it can be. Generally, the main thing that factors into a car insurance companies average premium price is how much it costs them every year to pay for accidents and all the claimed results thereof. Then there are the normal costs that come with operating a car insurance business, such as advertisement and paying the salaries of all of the workers.

Car insurance companies have to plan ahead in what they charge because, due to the nature of the business, some years they make plenty of money and other years they don’t make much at all. The underwriting goes and comes in cycles. So long as they have enough money from previous years, they are able to handle the bad years, even if a few come in a row. Most companies work like this because they like to have more than necessary so that they can make a profit. As well as that, most of the time the state requires that an insurance company have cash set aside to avoid going under financially. All of these factors affect free auto insurance quote rates.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.