Check With Your Insurance Agent
The best place to start is your current insurance agent. Go see them or call them and ask about any programs that may be available or discounts that you may be able to take advantage of. Insurance companies often change their underwriting guidelines, and rates can definitely change over time (up or down), so the quote you got six months ago might be very different that one you will get today. What questions should you ask? Well, read more to find out.
1. Can you review my account and make sure there aren’t other ways I could be saving?
2. What discounts do you offer that I may not qualify for?
3. If applicable; I have accidents or accidents that are no longer on my record (after 3 to 5 years usually).
4. Do you have any loyalty discounts?
5. Also consider factors such as an life events: moving, new cars, car modifications, retired, aging, schooling, kids moving in or out of the house, etc…
Most agents will work hard to keep an existing customer as it is far more cost effective to keep a customer than it is to try and obtain a new one. So they will work hard to keep you as a customer, but at the end of the day, you need to look at your costs, and make the wisest financial decision.
But the plain truth is, insurance companies are all about getting people to switch, and over time, it becomes effective for them to raise your rates; so if you want to be 100% sure, get a quote from our website, and compare with your current rates. It costs nothing, and you are under no obligation to buy, and our rates come from local agents competing for your business, so you are likely to save money.