Tightwads Guide to Saving on Youngwood Car Insurance

Overpriced car insurance can take a big chunk out of your savings account and make it hard to pay other bills. Shopping your coverage around is free, only takes a few minutes, and is a good way to reduce premiums and put more money in your pocket.

With so many companies and agents to choose from, it can be hard to pick the best car insurance company.

It's important to shop coverage around on a regular basis because rates are constantly changing. Even if you got the best deal a few years ago you can probably find a lower rate today. Starting now, ignore everything you know about car insurance because you're going to learn the proper way to find better rates and still maintain coverage.

How to Lower Your Car Insurance Cost in Youngwood, Pennsylvania

Most companies allow you to get coverage price quotes on the web. The process is fairly simple as you just type in the coverages you want into the quote form. When the form is submitted, their rating system will obtain your driving record and credit report and quotes a price. This streamlines rate comparisons, but having to visit each company's website and repetitively enter the same data into a form can get tiresome after awhile. Unfortunately, it is important to do this in order to find a lower rate.

There is a better way!

A quicker way to find lower prices utilizes a single form that gets price quotes from many companies. It's a real time-saver, requires less work, and makes price shopping online a lot less work. After sending the form, it is rated and you can choose any or none of the quotes returned. If the quotes result in lower rates, it's easy to complete the application and buy the policy. The entire process only takes a few minutes and may save quite a bit of money.

If you want to find out how much you're overpaying now, click here and enter your information. If you have a policy now, it's recommended you complete the form with the insurance coverages as shown on your current policy. This ensures you will get comparison quotes for similar insurance coverage.

More discounts equal less premium

Companies that sell car insurance don't always publicize all their discounts very well, so here is a list some of the more common and the more hidden savings tricks you should be using.

  • Sign Online - A handful of insurance companies will give a small break just for signing your application online.
  • Accident Waiver - Some insurance companies permit an accident before raising your premiums as long as you don't have any claims for a particular time prior to the accident.
  • Anti-lock Brake System - Anti-lock brake equipped vehicles are safer to drive and qualify for as much as a 10% discount.
  • Early Signing - A few companies offer discounts for switching to them before your current expiration date. This can save 10% or more.
  • Air Bag Discount - Factory air bags or automatic seat belts can receive discounts up to 30%.

Keep in mind that most discount credits are not given to all coverage premiums. Most cut the cost of specific coverages such as liability, collision or medical payments. So even though they make it sound like all those discounts means the company will pay you, it just doesn't work that way.

To see a list of companies offering car insurance discounts in Pennsylvania, click here to view.

For more Pennsylvania car insurance information

Additional detailed information is available at the Pennsylvania Insurance Department website. Consumers can get help finding coverage, learn about insurance regulations, find out industry alerts, and learn about specific coverages.

Additional helpful sites include this site for Pennsylvania car insurance information and see this list of insurance agents in Youngwood.