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Archive for January, 2009

Tips On How To Get Auto Insurance Quotes For First Time Driver

First time car owner and driver here! I bought a 2nd hand 2001 Acura Integra at a car auction and I am wondering what to do first regarding First time auto insurance. I’m itching to drive it, but it’s not yet insured.

Clark

Corpus Christi, TX

 

Auto insurance industry is a booming market. Most company is trying to be superior over one another. In most cases, advertisements or information from them is incomplete, confusing and sometimes misleading. The worst thing you can think of is wasting time searching, researching and comparing quotes over and over. Getting quotes should be not time consuming and must be accurate. So here is a faster and simpler way to acquire insurance quotes.

1. Acquiring auto insurance online is a much faster and simpler way to get quotes. Rather than visiting one auto insurance company after another, you could be more efficient in gathering quotes through websites that are offering quote comparison.

2. There should always be no money involve in acquiring auto insurance quote. Usually, a trusted comparison website do services free of charge, others that require you to pay for a fee usually have some type of incentive and sometimes just collect personal information.

3. If you found a good comparison website which doesn’t require you to pay, making sure your inbox doesn’t get spammed is also a good thing too. The best way to know that you’re not going to be spammed is never give out your e-mail address.

Once you’re a hundred percent sure that you got a trusted comparison website, provide information such as age, model of car, etc and submit the form and you’ll get your quotes in an instant.

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Full Coverage Auto Insurance- Should I Buy It?

I bought a 2003 Pontiac Sunfire 2dr Coupe and I want to have the best protection I can get for myself and for my car. Should I go for a full coverage?

Jeffrey

Corpus Christi TX

 

 

Every auto insurance company has their own policy regarding the term “full coverage”. Don’t be tricked in getting into a policy agreement just because it is called full coverage. Most auto insurance company has limitations and exclusions, so it doesn’t mean that the company will cover everything that could likely happen to your vehicle and even to you. Most insurance company based their limitation policy on how a person upkeeps his car.

Most auto insurance company that is offering full coverage for the most part includes:
- liability
- collision
- towing
- rental reimbursement
- roadside assistance
- coverage for uninsured and underinsured motorist
- Medical payments

A few also include property damage and bodily injury. Despite the fact that two different insurance companies may include these on a full coverage, there is a possibility that their policy is different which means they have different policy limitations and requirements. Before you agree and sign agreements with your insurance company, make sure you study closely the policies full coverage and understand what are provided and know its limitations. Get the exact quote based on your personal and auto information and make a decision about the payment plan that will work for you.

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Drunk Driving Auto Insurance Rate Texas

I have a friend who was charged of DUI. I’d like to know, how will this affect his auto insurance rate? Also how would a DUI attorney help him? We are both from Texas.

Mint

Corpus Christi, TX

A driving under the influence conviction is a serious offense. Aside from the fact that this kind of charge often involves a lot of money for DUI Attorney fees, fines and other additional charges that he may be asked to pay, this has also a long term effect on his car insurance rate.

Once you friend is convicted of this charge or is found to be guilty, it is very likely that his car insurance company will find out about his conviction. Normally, there would be a great impact on hi car insurance rate in the sense that it will go up. Or his auto insurance company may opt to cancel his policy instead. If his insurer chose to increase his car insurance premium, he may be labeled as high-risk driver because of that conviction. If your friend chose to get another auto insurance company, other insurers will also labeled him as someone that is riskier to be insured thus will charge him with higher auto insurance rates.

As to the importance of getting DUI attorney, it’s a must to get a knowledgeable and experienced DUI attorney. Getting a knowledgeable and experienced DUI attorney will help your friend to minimize the consequences of his drunk driving activity or even eliminate the case. Thus with this, he would avoid getting higher auto insurance rates for himself.

I would suggest you seek the help of a DUI attorney to further help you with your inquiry. Also, please do not forget to drive carefully at all times.

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Automobile Insurance Question Texas TX

My son recently moved out and is living with his friend. Presently, he is driving his friend’s car. He will be buying first car soon and he’s asking me to have it insured under my name. Is this possible? Also, how can I be assured that I would get cheap automobile insurance in Texas for him?

 

Carmi

Corpus Christi, TX

There are some automobile insurance companies that would allow you to add another car under your policy even if that car does not belong to you. However, the problem here is I am not aware of any auto insurance companies that would allow you to insure another car that belongs to another address.

Normally, if you have another driver under your auto insurance policy and that driver moves out to another place of residence, your automobile insurance company will stop covering the vehicle that person is using. Thus, that driver needs to get his or her own auto insurance policy.

Since you’ve mentioned that at present your son is using his friend’s car, most likely his friend has already added him under his automobile insurance policy.

The best way to do here is to tell your son to get his own automobile insurance policy. He can definitely get cheap auto insurance in Texas by shopping online. There are several websites that offer this kind of service and it’s totally free of charge to get auto insurance quotes. You can start shopping for your son for cheap automobile insurance by entering your son’s zip code on this website.

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