Perplexed by the wide range of car insurance options? You have a lot of company. Consumers have so many options available that it can be a big hassle to locate the lowest price.
Properly insuring your vehicles can get expensive, but companies offer discounts to cut the cost considerably. Some trigger automatically when you purchase, but less common discounts must be requested specifically prior to getting the savings.
A little note about advertised discounts, most discount credits are not given to the overall cost of the policy. Some only apply to individual premiums such as physical damage coverage or medical payments. So even though it sounds like adding up those discounts means a free policy, companies wouldn’t make money that way. Any qualifying discounts will help reduce the amount you have to pay.
Insurance companies that may offer some of the above discounts are:
Before buying, ask each company what discounts are available to you. Savings may not be available everywhere.
When buying coverage for your personal vehicles, there isn’t really a cookie cutter policy. Every insured’s situation is different.
For example, these questions could help you determine whether you would benefit from an agent’s advice.
If it’s difficult to answer those questions but a few of them apply, then you may want to think about talking to an agent. If you want to speak to an agent in your area, take a second and complete this form.
Understanding the coverages of your policy can be of help when determining the right coverages at the best deductibles and correct limits. The terms used in a policy can be ambiguous and nobody wants to actually read their policy.
Collision insurance
This coverage covers damage to your Stanza from colliding with an object or car. A deductible applies and the rest of the damage will be paid by collision coverage.
Collision insurance covers things like crashing into a building, hitting a parking meter and driving through your garage door. Collision is rather expensive coverage, so consider dropping it from vehicles that are older. You can also increase the deductible to bring the cost down.
Medical expense coverage
Coverage for medical payments and/or PIP pay for expenses for chiropractic care, rehabilitation expenses, EMT expenses, pain medications and X-ray expenses. They are utilized in addition to your health insurance policy or if you lack health insurance entirely. Coverage applies to both the driver and occupants and will also cover getting struck while a pedestrian. Personal Injury Protection is not an option in every state but it provides additional coverages not offered by medical payments coverage
Comprehensive protection
This pays to fix your vehicle from damage from a wide range of events other than collision. You first must pay your deductible then your comprehensive coverage will pay.
Comprehensive coverage pays for things such as a broken windshield, theft, hitting a deer and hail damage. The most your insurance company will pay is the actual cash value, so if your deductible is as high as the vehicle’s value consider removing comprehensive coverage.
Uninsured or underinsured coverage
This protects you and your vehicle when the “other guys” are uninsured or don’t have enough coverage. Covered claims include injuries sustained by your vehicle’s occupants and damage to your 1990 Nissan Stanza.
Since many drivers have only the minimum liability required by law, their limits can quickly be used up. For this reason, having high UM/UIM coverages should not be overlooked. Frequently your uninsured/underinsured motorist coverages are similar to your liability insurance amounts.
Liability
Liability insurance provides protection from damage or injury you incur to people or other property that is your fault. Coverage consists of three different limits, bodily injury for each person, bodily injury for the entire accident, and a limit for property damage. Your policy might show limits of 100/300/100 that means you have $100,000 bodily injury coverage, a limit of $300,000 in injury protection per accident, and property damage coverage for $100,000. Alternatively, you may have a combined single limit or CSL that pays claims from the same limit without having the split limit caps.
Liability can pay for claims like emergency aid, attorney fees, bail bonds, repair costs for stationary objects and pain and suffering. The amount of liability coverage you purchase is your choice, but you should buy as much as you can afford.
As you go through the steps to switch your coverage, make sure you don’t sacrifice coverage to reduce premiums. In many instances, consumers will sacrifice collision coverage and discovered at claim time that they should have had better coverage. Your strategy should be to find the BEST coverage at a price you can afford while still protecting your assets.
Cheaper 1990 Nissan Stanza insurance is definitely available on the web in addition to many insurance agents, and you should be comparing both in order to have the best price selection to choose from. There are still a few companies who do not provide online price quotes and most of the time these small, regional companies sell through independent agents.
Drivers who switch companies do it for a variety of reasons including delays in paying claims, being labeled a high risk driver, unfair underwriting practices or even questionable increases in premium. Whatever your reason, choosing a new insurance company can be easy and end up saving you some money.