The severe impact on economy drives everyone to find a source for cutting down any of his personal or home expenses. Though it may be true or not it is told that car insurance happens to be first victim as it has become a regular monthly expense, whether or not you use your car. Many people pay for car insurance, only because of compulsion. However at times of an accident claim, the car insurance companies make your life a hell, before paying you, to set right your car.
A popular means to reduce your monthly car insurance premium amount is to raise the insurance deductible. Let us explain the deductible. Suppose you had met with an accident and the fault lies on you. You are shelling some money from your pocket at the time of insurance claim. This amount is said to be a deductible.
In an anxiety to reduce your monthly car insurance premium payment you accept for an increase in car insurance deductible. Think before you decide. In case you go for an option of double the deductible, you must have a reserve equivalent to the agreed amount with you in the event of an accident and a subsequent claim. By any chance you have the sufficient reserve with you, in order to hold the money with you need to do a careful driving, keeping away the risk of a car accident. It is for sure in your economic conditions, you may have the reserve and hence cannot opt for this deductible.
Your car driving habits has a significant influence on your insurance expenses. For a safe driver, increasing deductible will be beneficial as he can stay long periods without an accident and the opposite is with an unsafe driver who meets with accident often, it does not worth raising the deductible. Also getting an accident just after raising your deductible ends up in loss like in the following example.
Safe drivers can also get a discount. I had a car accident, my car was hit while parked, but my insurance went up, even though it wasn’t my fault. For the next 3 to 5 years after the accident, I still had to claim it every time I shopped for insurance. Speeding tickets and DUIs need to be claimed also so improve you driving habits and lower your insurance premium.
Considering that it is possible to keep driving without any accident for 3years and 4months, but there are others on the road who are less efficient which naturally raises chances of involving you in an accident. Again, city dwellers are very much familiar with traffic, rush and reckless driving. Therefore if you are driving mostly in urban area, your chances of getting an accident is very high and so you have to reconsider raising the car insurance premium deductible.
Knowing you are a safe driver doesn’t mean you don’t need insurance. You can’t control others or mother nature. So answer this question, do you need your car? If the answer is yes, then you need car insurance. So if you are trying to save money, shop around for discounts, but don’t cut your insurance.
Graham McKenzie is the content syndication coordinator for Carinsurancesa.co.za, a leading South African car and vechile portal.
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