Friday, 28 February 2014

How To Purchase Auto Insurance


Auto Insurance
Purchasing auto insurance is the first step you need to take after you buy or lease a vehicle. If you are leasing or financing a car then then you will usually need to have full coverage on the vehicle. If you buy a car outright then you have some more options. Regardless of which route you take whether it be buying, leasing, or financing a vehicle, it is important that you are aware of how to find the best insurance rates and what type of insurance coverage you need for your vehicle. In this article I will be going over some simple steps you can take in order to find the best and most affordable insurance for you.

Get Quoted

While looking for insurance you should expand your search to at least five different companies. Different insurance companies will give you different rates depending on what you are using the vehicle for. Instead of going to just one or two insurance companies and seeing what rate they will give you, check out five or six and let those insurance companies know if you have a better offer on the table and they may lower theirs to you. Just because you think that someone gives you a great quote doesn't mean it is the best by any means at all.

What Are You Driving

It may be too late for this, but if you have not already purchased a car or if you are looking to trade in your vehicle now for something different then this could help. The basic rule of auto insurance is the more expensive the car, the more expensive to insure. If you go out and buy a brand new BMW for $70,000 dollars your insurance rates will be through the roof. Reason being, if anything happens to that car the parts are possibly going to cost thousands to repair. Now if you go out and purchase a Honda civic or a more economical and less expensive car your insurance premiums will be low. So before you go out and buy a new sports car or expensive luxury car make sure that you can afford to pay the high insurance rates that go along with the vehicle.

What Type of Coverage Do You Need

Sometimes it is not about what insurance coverage you want but what you need. If you go to a dealer and have the money to purchase a vehicle outright instead of making payments then you will have more options as to if you want full coverage on the car or basic. Now if you go lease a car or you decide to buy one and finance the vehicle then you are usually required to get full coverage for the car.

Full coverage is going to cover you and the other driver if you happen to get in an accident or something goes wrong with the car. If you just have basic coverage then you will be covered if you hit another person's vehicle, but if you are hit you may not be covered. What you will need to do is talk to your insurance agent and have them go over all the different types of coverage's and what the differences are between them. This way you will have a good idea of what you do and don’t need for your car.

Finding auto insurance can take some time. It is important for you to understand that the first quote you get may not be the best. Shop around at different insurance agencies, find the best price and plan for you, and get your car insured and on the road!

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Today's post was written by Colin Quinn form CFL Insurance. Colin is a skilled blogger and part of their content development team.