Finding Discounts for Cheap Car Insurance Quotes

May 15
07:46

2012

Mona Penslon

Mona Penslon

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When you have a few dings on your driving record and you have to deal with higher car insurance rates, you will be anxious to keep checking for cheap car insurance quotes online to find the day when your rates start going back down.

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When you have a few dings on your driving record and you have to deal with higher car insurance rates,Finding Discounts for Cheap Car Insurance Quotes Articles you will be anxious to keep checking for cheap car insurance quotes online to find the day when your rates start going back down. In the meantime, make sure you are taking advantage of all eligible discounts.

Many discounts on cheap car insurance quotes are automatically calculated based on information that you provide in the quoting form. This is why it is essential that you enter complete and accurate information.

Automatic Discounts

For example, if you put your date of birth and your driver’s license date in the fields correctly, you may receive a surcharge for less than three years driving experience no matter what your actual age. You don’t want the hassle of buying a new policy only to have the rate double on you once the system verifies that you have had less driving experience.

Another way to get automatic discounts on cheap car insurance quotes is when you use a VIN rather than just a general year, make, and model for your car. The VIN will tell the quoting system what safety features come standard with that car. Keep in mind that if safety features were added post-factory, you will want to indicate what those features are so that the quoting system can manually provide that discount.

If you search cheap car insurance quotes for more than one vehicle on the same quote, it will automatically include a multiple car discount.

Manual Discounts

Discounts that won’t be automatically found or included in your quotes are good student, defensive driving class, married, single parent, and homeowner discounts. There may be more, so pay attention to what the questions ask to ensure the most accurate rate.

It is tempting, especially when in a rush, to not pay attention to detail and just fill out forms as quickly as possible. However, some of the questions cheap car insurance quotes will ask will specifically provide a discount, such as, “Have you had any claims in the past 59 months?” If you answer no, you will probably get cheap quotes with an accident-free discount.

Take the time to check out cheap car insurance quotes online or on the phone. You could watch your rates decrease every six months that you check, especially if you are a younger driver and/or have marks against your driving history.