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Saturday, April 18, 2009

Understand Car Insurance Rates

By Selena Smithson

Many individuals think that the state is the one that sets the auto insurance rates car insurance companies charge on clients and that these rates are fixed. Although these rates are indeed regulated by state laws, the state does not set the rates themselves. This means that for each car insurance company, a different rate could be charged.

Let us look at how these rates are determined. First, after you submit your application, you will be categorized into one of certain individualized groups. This categorizing would take into account the information in your application as well as some other sources.

Complicated software completes the whole process based on the information from your application and from the information gathered from what insurance company agent's type into a computer.

Once you have been sorted into a group, the insurance company drafts that group's pricing information. If you are eligible for some discounts, these would be deducted from the price, after which the price would be applied to the quote that will be returned.

There are many factors, which affect the auto insurance rates you receive. This includes your personal information such as age, gender, marital status occupation, home ownership, credit history, and number of years licensed.

Another is information on what you have done such as whether you got involved in accidents, had been given traffic tickets, filed for bankruptcy or other claims, had a "B" average in school for students, and if you have taken a Defensive Driver Course.

The information about the car you drive is also taken into account such as the year, model, make, price, annual mileage, safety features, and whether it is a hybrid or not.

The amount of coverage you want, such as coverage for comprehensive and collision, property damage and bodily injury, UM/UIM, medical bills, roadside assistance and rental reimbursement also affects the rates charged. - 23211

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