Woman Car Insurance – Do Females Really Get Lower Rates?
Reader question:
Why is a woman car insurance coverage much cheaper than that of a man?
Allen
It is only for a certain period of time, Allen.
There is a period in a young person’s life when driving is new and risk is high, among both genders. I can tell you from experience driving with male and female friends who are young and only have had their driver’s license for a few years, that none of them are bastions of driving talent. I can also say that between me and my husband, we’re both insurance and probably should be forced to travel on bicycles for the safety of humanity. Okay, don’t get scared; I’m kidding. However we, as well as many others, are in that age group under twenty five where car insurance companies decide that you need to be charged so much more because of the high risk factor. Funny thing is, his half of the premium is more than mine.
The reason that men end up paying more than the woman car insurance premium, typically, is because not only do they fall into the young high risk car insurance policy holders group, but the group of young males is high risk as well. This is called big numbers rating, which means that the insurance company is determining how much you pay based on the rate that people in your demographic make car insurance claims. While most car insurance companies glean this information from their own data and are won’t to have different results when it comes to things such as more expensive vehicles and areas, the under twenty five male is pretty much a global pariah of the insurance biz. That doesn’t mean you won’t be able to find good car insurance coverage like a woman car insurance buyer would. It just means that it will cost about two hundred percent more than it would if you were female.
You might be wondering why you are getting punished for a claim you never made. Yes, it is true that even if you have a record for driving and motor vehicle insurance claims that is squeaky clean, you will still end up pying more into the system based on the group that you are a part of, even if that squeaky clean record does take some of the edge off of it. The reason for this is that the car insurance companies aren’t the police. They can’t charge you after you’re guilty because if they did then they would go out of business instantly. The amount that you would receive in the event of a bad accident and a claim is often a lot more than the amount that you pay into the system with your car insurance premium. The car insurance company that you are with needs to cover that difference.
So what you end up getting is a system in which people are separated into different groups, and all are throwing their money into a big pool. The pool needs to equal the same amount of money, but not everybody can give as much as everybody else because you can’t penalize someone who only drives five hundred miles a year for the claims of someone who has three DUI charges. So, the people who have fewer risk factors end up throwing less into the pool than those who have more risk factors, and anybody can retrieve money from the pool, so long as their car insurance claim is approved. That’s how the system works.
Cheers,
Fashun Guadarrama.
How Do I Get A Student Car Insurance Discount?
Reader question:
I’m getting student car insurance for the first time. How do I do this?
Mandy
Great question.
Stepping into the car insurance market can be a disorienting thing when you are a student who has possibly just gotten her first car. In fact, it might not be the first thing that you are thinking about when you embark on your journey to college and the rest of your life, because so many people do not put the priority on car insurance that it requires.This general lack of attention is one of the primary causes to the fact that the majority of policy holders driving in this country are paying more for their car insurance policy than they actually need to. When you’re a student and are paying higher prices than most anyway, shopping around for a good car insurance company becomes extremely important.
Most of the time, when you are just getting into car insurance for your first time, you might not be clear on the details. Do I even need it, you might ask. And why? There’s a good reason why. In every state there is some kind of law regulating posession of car insurance, and if you go driving without car insurance coverage, then you are going to end up with serious fines and possibly the loss of your license–and once you shape up and get that insurance, after you’ve made your mistake you might be paying higher rates than before.
There is another good reason to get the state’s minimum car insurance coverage. The fact is that if you cause an accident, you are responsible for the damages to the other car. If you don’t have car insurance, then the only person the other driver has to come to for their repairs is you, and you could end up with a big law suit on your hand. Even the most expensive car insurance premium is cheaper than thousands and thousands of dollars in legal fees.
One thing that most who are under the age of twenty five know when they are going into the student car insurance market is that they will e paying high prices. This takes their guard down. The truth is, you can get a good price even at twenty. How?
- Shop. The first thing you need to do when looking for car insurance coverage is get online and find a site that offers free online auto insurance quotes from several companies. Then, take your best quotes and look up the websites for their companies to find out which one you like best.
- Be informed. Figure out before you send over the money what kind of coverage you need. Get to know what your state minimum is. As for the other ones, do you have health insurance? If not, get personal injury protection. Is your car pretty old and junky? Then you probably don’t need comprehensive or collision.
- Inform your car insurance agent that you are looking at several other companies. This makes them more competitive in giving you a good price.
- Discounts are one of the best ways to get a low car insurance rate. Since you’re a student, you might do well to get the good student discount which rewards a B average or better. If you are studying something like mathematics, some companies give discounts for that, too.
- Make your deductible as high a you can afford. That will keep your premiums extra low, and if you drive safe, then you might not ever need to pay it.
- Always stay aware of what’s going on. If something is seriously wrong with the company, then you might need to file a complaint.
Cheers,
Fashun Guadarrama.
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