Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Tips For Cheaper Motor Car Insurance In California



You must take note of several factors while you shop for motor car insurance if what you truly intend to have is the best value. You can get it cheap and expose yourself while another buys it at an inexpensive rate too without reducing the quality of service they are given. These are a few things to make sure are in order before you pay for a policy.

1. Make sure the insurance company you finally go for is licensed to provide auto insurance in California or wherever else if you're not in California. It's necessary to know how legitimate they are, their reputation and, lastly, their standing. Use organisations such as BBB, A.M Best Company, Phelps, Inc., Standard & Poor's Insurance Rating Services, Moody's Investor Services, Inc. and others to check how good their ratings are. You'll have the peace of mind that you are buying your really cheap auto insurance from a solid company.

2. Make calls to your friends, relatives and acquaintances and know what they think of their insurance company. What was their experience with those they used previously and what is their experience with their current agents or insurers? It makes sense to go with their their provider if they speak highly of them.

I must emphasize, though, that you have to be careful with going with only one person's suggestion. They might not have shopped extensively themselves. Get referred to many agents. Take out time to get cheap auto insurance in California quotes from each agent your friends referred you to. Have some time with each of them, note their response, and who has the best value. This is really effective but at the same time very time-consuming.

3. You can bring down your auto insurance premium by getting and comparing quotes from at least five good quotes sites.

4. While shopping for affordable motor car insurance in California it's very important that you don't get carried away by just the cheapest quote. What you want is not merely the cheapest quote but the quote that offers the best value for its price. You can get very low rates that offer you the value you want if you do your shopping extensively. Nevertheless, if you need to pay slightly more for adequate coverage, then pay more.

I say this because some cheap rates could be that low because they don't offer much. In those situations, the cheapest certainly isn't the best but the best for you will be the best deal eventually.

By Chimezirim Odimba