What Happens to My Car Insurance Rate After An Accident?
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.
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