January 07, 2010

Saving Money on Car Insurance is Easy - Your Search For Affordable Insurance Has Ended

This time of year, people sit down and take stock of their finances and look at all the ways on which they are spending their money. With the way the economy is behaving it is no surprise to see folks going through their spending habits with a comb trying to plug any possible leaks in their budgets. One big expense that most people have each month is their car insurance. They get whatever coverage they think is good for them or whatever the bank that has the car loan demands them to get, like in the case of leased cars. What they rarely think about is that saving money on car insurance is easy and that by looking at a couple of details, they could literally save hundreds of dollars.

The most common mistake that people make is getting a very low deductible. Most people don't really pay attention to their policies and they only care about a low deductible. Typically, $250 to $500 is the most common number they can come up with. Some friend or family member gave them wrong advice about setting deductibles really low so that in the even that they may have an incident, their out of pocket expense would be really low.

What they don't really investigate is that by having low deductibles, your policies immediately go higher and higher in price. Just go online and see how much your insurance cost changes by having a $250 deductible versus a $500 versus a $750 or $1000 deductible. If you are a good driver, the chances of you ever getting into a traffic accident are very little, but by having a low deductible you are paying more than if you had a higher deductible. Chances are, you are never going to have to use it anyway. So, why give your hard earned pay to your insurance company.

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