Buy the Cheapest Haughton Auto Insurance

Expensive auto insurance can empty your savings account and force you to make sacrifices. Shopping your coverage around is free and is an excellent way to reduce premiums and put more money in your pocket.

Insurance companies such as GEICO and Progressive promote their brand names with ad campaigns and it is difficult to sift through the bull and effectively compare rates to find the best deal.

Be sure to get all your discounts

Properly insuring your vehicles can get expensive, buy you may qualify for discounts to help offset the cost. Larger premium reductions will be automatically applied when you quote, but some must be requested specifically prior to getting the savings.

  • Claim Free - Drivers who don't have accidents can earn big discounts when compared to drivers who are more careless.
  • Own a Home - Simply owning a home may earn you a small savings because of the fact that having a home requires personal responsibility.
  • Drivers Ed for Students - Make teen driver coverage more affordable by requiring them to successfully complete driver's ed class in high school.
  • Low Mileage Discounts - Keeping the miles down can qualify you for better rates on cars that stay parked.
  • Paperwork-free - Certain companies will discount your bill up to fifty bucks just for signing your application digitally online.

It's important to note that most discount credits are not given to all coverage premiums. Most only apply to the price of certain insurance coverages like comp or med pay. So even though it sounds like you can get free auto insurance, you're out of luck. But any discount will reduce the amount you have to pay.

Is there truth in advertising?

Auto insurance providers like Progressive, Allstate and GEICO regularly use television and radio advertisements. They all make the same claim that you can save if you move your coverage to them. How can each company make almost identical claims? This is how they do it.

All companies have a preferred profile for the type of customer that earns them a profit. An example of a driver they prefer could possibly be a mature driver, insures multiple vehicles, and has a high credit rating. A driver who matches those parameters is entitled to the best price and is almost guaranteed to save when they switch companies.

Potential customers who don't measure up to the requirements will be quoted a higher premium which leads to the driver buying from a lower-cost company. Company advertisements say "drivers who switch" but not "drivers who get quotes" save that much money. This is how insurance companies can state the savings.

This emphasizes why you should get quotes from several different companies. It is impossible to predict which insurance companies will have the lowest rates.

More information is available on the website for the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Click here for link. Louisiana consumers can read industry bulletins, get help finding coverage, download brochures, and find disaster information.

Final considerations

Lower-priced auto insurance is possible online as well as from independent agents in Haughton, and you need to price shop both to have the best rate selection. Some insurance companies don't offer you the ability to get quotes online and these smaller companies work with independent agents.

As you restructure your insurance plan, it's a bad idea to buy lower coverage limits just to save a few bucks. There are too many instances where drivers have reduced liability limits or collision coverage only to find out that they should have had better coverage. Your strategy should be to buy enough coverage for the lowest price while still protecting your assets.