I Need an Auto Insurance Specialist

Reader’s Question:

Hi, I have a plan of buying a new car here in Manchester, New Hampshire and I wanna know what features in my new car will affect my insurance premiums. Is it true that if you buy a sports car or one which is likely to be stolen more would increase my premiums?

Carlo

Manchester, NH

Several things could actually affect the premiums you will be paying for your car insurance. Your car insurance premium would be slightly higher on that type of vehicle because insurance companies assign some amount of risk to the make and model of the car, but that would not be all. There are a lot of factors more important that the type of vehicle you are driving in determining the rate of the premium. These factors include the age and the gender of the driver, his/her driving history, density of vehicle in the area, overall market for insurance, etc.

Other factors that can affect your car insurance premium are how expensive it is to repair the vehicle and its safety equipment. Car insurance companies need to determine how much your car accessible to thieves is so the design of your car and the facilities are also important deciding factors for your car insurance premiums.

The ‘distance covered by cars’ is also an important factor towards deciding the premium rate because the more distance the car covers, more likely it is gonna get damaged by another car. As much importance as picking up the best car for you, you should also pick up the best car insurance. Get an online rate quote from a great insurance company in Manchester, New Hampshire available on this website and find out how much you could save on your car insurance.

Cheap Teen Auto Insurance Rates With 1 Traffic Ticket

Reader’s Question:

My teenager son just had his first traffic ticket. And I fear that it will affect the rate of my insurance policy in Manchester, NH since he is under my name. Is it going to cause my insurance to go up?

Rey

Manchester, NH

Yes. No matter which side of the coin you look at, having a traffic violation always means one thing – negative impact to the insured driver.

When my teenage daughter had her second speeding ticket, I was shocked on the increase in my car insurance policy. My rate increased from 50% – 150%. When she got her first speeding ticket, we used the deferment program for the first time and just paid the ticket. With this, given that my daughter does not get her second speeding ticket within the year, her traffic violation will be removed from her record, so my insurance company will never know about this. But unfortunately, she does it again within the same year. So my car insurance charged me with higher rate, more than I could imagine.

But you should know that such increase does not apply if your son was caught driving going 20 miles or more than the speed limit. Brace yourself, because you’re just up to paying even higher premium to your auto insurance.

It’s always important to remember that having a clean driving record is a significant factor on keeping our premium low. Teenagers should know the value of being a responsible driver. After that incident, I demanded that my daughter pay her share in our auto insurance. Since then, gone are the speeding tickets.