Four Tips to Assess Cheap Car Insurance Quotes

One of the ways that auto insurance companies use to try to attract new customers is to offer cheap car insurance quotes. Nothing wrong with this, you might say, and of course this is true. However what we really need to do is look being the advertising spin and make sure what is being offered is actually likely to be true and not just merely spiel to hook you in. There is a real risk that not all companies offering cheap auto insurance quotes are the real deal.

Be sure you do your due diligence and dig a bit deeper behind that attractive quote, and get to the bottom of the issue. You owe it to yourself and your family to really look into this, because the last thing you need is to have a car accident and you find that your car insurance doesn't cover you under ""this"" circumstance or has ""that"" get-out clause. Cheap car insurance quotes and offers may be quite enticing, however the best thing, to do is to take time to evaluate the companies, that are offering the deal, read the fine print and pay close attention to the following details:

Is the premium way lower than the industry average? so low it doesn't make sense....beware! This is a note of caution that should be considered - is the company really viable? Sometimes cheap is too cheap and does not add up.
Are there very easy entry conditions?

Most of the companies that offer cheap car insurance quotes tend to have less stringent conditions for entry. That actually means that anyone, without due restrictions can be allowed to join them as long as they have the ability to pay. Again, this would raise a red flag as to the long term viability of the company.

Is the company licensed to operate in your state? There are companies that are offering the services of insurance agencies and companies but they are not really registered properly in every state.

What are the customer testimonials saying? One good way of assessing the quality of an insurance company offering a cheap auto insurance quote is to check through the testimonials of customers.

It is important that you exercise a degree of due diligence in order to satisfy yourself that the cheap car insurance quote is legitimate.

Filing an Insurance Claim - Do You Need a Police Report? "Accidents do happen. We don't even like to think about them. But we must be prepared to deal with them should they spring upon us when we least expect it. As any careful driver, you know you need to be informed of the procedures required in case you're involved in an accident.

First of all, once you sign on with your insurance company, they send you pages upon pages of pamphlets describing what to do if... So read through all the information printed by your car insurance provider. And in it somewhere is the recommended steps to take in case of an accident. Keeping these pamphlets in the glove box of your car is a good idea.

When in an accident, the first thing you should do is check yourself for injuries. Once you've given yourself the ""all clear"" call, then check any passengers in your car for the same. Then, check the driver and riders in the other vehicle. If everyone is apparently okay. Then call your insurance agent. Let them know you've just been in an accident.

Most of the time, the police will need to be informed as well.

Even if there are no injuries claimed at the time of the crash. The police will need to be called to investigate and provide assistance and, if need be, clean up the street.
There are very good reasons to have a police report filed:

Injury assessment - Even if the drivers and passengers involved aren't complaining of any injuries at all at the time of the incident, they might try to seek false compensation in the days that follow. Have the reporting officer write down the conditions of everyone involved.

Determining fault - Make sure the officer hears, understands and writes it into his report your own account of the accident. The reporting officer is an unbiased opinion listening and writing down written statements given by all people involved as well as any eye witnesses not involved.

Affected area of property damage - Sometimes cars that get into accidents already had dents, dings, broken head lights and tail lights, and so on. These car owners might try to seek false compensation on repair of other areas of their vehicle that were not part of your accident.

A good recommendation is to take lots of pictures of the accident. Take pictures of both cars, take pictures of the traffic on the street or highway and photograph all the people involved in the crash. And yes, get your police department to file an accident report.