You will already know, what a pain in the neck renewing your car insurance once a year has become, even though you will not really think about it until the renewal notice comes through the letter box and lands on your doormat. That psychic voice inside your head says, "how much has it gone up this time," because you automatically know that it is going to be a lot more expensive this year.
Up until a few years ago the norm would be to pay your car insurance premium by direct debit and be done with it. But now you know deep down that, the only way to fight the greedy investor plague, that is finding it's way around all avenues to get more retirement funds from the consumer, is to reduce your car insurance as much as possible.
Car insurance is set to rise as much as 50% next year and insurers are once again blaming record low interest rates for causing cuts in their investment returns. Underwriting losses and lawsuits are amongst everything else they manage to pull out of the bag and palm you off with. The good news is: you can easily reduce your car insurance premium by doing a little bit of groundwork yourself, just by doing your normal surfing online.
You don't want to be paying for car insurance you are not likely to need, so the first thing you can do is have a look at your car insurance schedule that came with your policy to see exactly what you are paying for. You can use this to help you make a list of insurance products that suit your personal circumstances and requirements.
The best insurance broker for you is....you, so there is nothing stopping you from dealing directly with insurance companies and cutting out commissions to the middle men. There is an A to Z information list of over 100 insurance providers that you can browse through and click on their website for more information. Some of these will deal directly with you and it gives you a variation of all the insurance products and packages aimed at different driver categories.
Don't forget: car insurance is priced on how likely the driver might make a claim, so do not be put off if a lot of information is asked for when you apply, this is the normal procedure and it is well worth the hassle once a year if it saves you a lot of money, that is far better in your pocket than in theirs.
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