Monday, April 6, 2009

Car Insurance Rates

By Carl Pontti

Anyone driving is mandated by law to get a car insurance. It is mandatory to cover any liability that will result from road accidents.

We have several insurance companies that offer different insurance packages that may suit your budget. Therefore it is necessary to gather facts to know the basic requirements when it comes to choosing a policy coverage that will fit your needs.

An insurance policy may cover different aspects such as personal liability coverage and collision coverage. You should be able to check carefully whether those things covered in your policy before signing in any document. Be able to determine first your specific needs to understand what coverage you will only need. Like for an example, if your car belongs to the lower group, you don't have to get a higher level of coverage since your car is not too risky to insure thus you will not be paying that extra high cost coverage that you won't apply to your car's model.

Apart from the varying coverage, car insurance rate quotes also differ among insurance companies. There are several factors being considered by different insurers. That is why insurers require you to answer several questions for them to determine your classification, if you are a high or low risk driver. Other factors affecting your car insurance rates are the following: if the car belongs to a high or low type group, if driver is young or old, if the driver's residence is safe or not, if the holder is male or female. High end cars usually are charge higher premiums since they have high costs of repair and high risk of getting stolen. Young drivers have high cost of insurance premiums since they are regarded by insurers as high risk drivers since they always get cited for traffic violations and accidents. Insurers also give high car insurance rates if the driver is living in a place where crime rate is high.

Male drivers are generally reckless than female drivers thus they are charged with higher premiums.

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