Sunday, March 2, 2008

Cutting Insurance Budgets Creatively -- Tips For Paying Far Less

Cutting Insurance Budgets Creatively -- Tips For Paying Far Less


You can cut on your insurance budget creatively without putting yourself or family at risk. Here are great tips for paying far less for much more...
1. All professions are not equal -- At least as far as auto insurance is concerned. Scientists are the cheapest to insure while business owners get the highest rates. Statistics, for example, shows that scientists (due to their discipline and way of life) are better risks than every other profession.
If you want to know where your vocation belongs and what to do, ask your agent. Just bear in mind that each insurance provider might maintain a slightly different position.
2. A CLUE (comprehensive Loss Underwriting Exchange) report is essential for every home buyer. This report will show you things that could make you pay a lot more for home insurance.
For example, some people do NOT know that they'll pay more if the town they live in has just a volunteer fire service and NOT a full time service. In the same way, The distance of a home to the nearest fire hydrant is a factor in calculating home insurance rates as well as how close it's to a police station.
Get such useful information before buying a house. You could spend less for the house and end up paying much more on insurance.
3. Although this does not affect your homeowners policy directly I'll add it since it affects what you'd have to pay for before you'll be said to have the right coverage for your home. Those who have homes in flood-prone areas pay an additional $400 yearly on flood insurance.
Every mortgagor will insist that you buy it if your home is in a flood-prone locality. Making an adjustment in the region you get a home will lower your insurance budget.
4. Get and compare quotes for all your insurance policies. To do this effectively, make sure you visit at least five or more reputable quotes sites. This simple exercise will easily save you thousands premium dollars if you do it right.
Here are great pages for insurance quotes...
InsureMe Insurance Quotes
Insurance Quotes
Chimezirim Odimba writes on insurance.
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