Car Insurance Pricing Plans
by: Joseph Kenny
The law requires liability insurance for all drivers and vehicles. This means that if you are involved in a serious accident, and it turns out that it was your fault, your insurance company will pay out any claims that are made against you. Extra coverage on your own vehicle, called comprehensive insurance, is optional.
Insurance companies based on a number of risk factors will calculate the price you pay for this insurance. Basically how it works is the more they feel you are at risk of crashing, and the more they think the resulting crash will cost them, the higher the premium you?ll pay.
Assessment
Common factors that will be used to assess the premium are the value of the car you?re driving, the safety of that vehicle, the coverage you want, will there be deductibles or limits etc.? How much you?ll drive the car, how your driving record stands, how long you?ve held your license, your age, and if you are young, also your sex.
The premium is then calculated. Usually there is a flat per car, per year rate that everyone pays, regardless of other factors. The other factors will then alter this rate, generally upwards. So if your car is especially fast or dangerous your rate will be increased by a set amount. If it is very old, your rate goes up. If you?ve had one or more accidents in the past, your rate will go up. If you?re young and male, your rate will go up. The more of these factors you satisfy, the more your rate will be going up.
Discounts
As a sales enhancement, many car insurers offer a "low estimated future mileage" discount to customers who predict that the car's mileage will be below some stated limit during the next premium period. There is no verification involved and no additional charge if the car is subsequently driven more than the stated amount. This arbitrary discount tends to foster customer belief in the mistaken idea that "miles" are just one of many classification factors used to raise or lower prices from the territorial base rate. In fact, odometer miles (which insurers do not use) are not a factor but a metric - the only valid basis for measuring each car's consumption of insurance protection in on-the-road use.
The best way to save on car insurance is to shop around, keep a good clean driving record, drive safely, and choose reliable cars that are not known for their power and speed.
About The Author
Joseph Kenny is the webmaster of the insurance site http://www.insure121.com/ where you will find information, news and links to the leading providers of car insurance in the UK.
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Advantages Of Whole Life Insurance Policies
Advantages Of Whole Life Insurance Policies
by: Donald Lusan
When you consider the advantages of whole life insurance policies I hope you will conclude that this is life insurance worth owning. I have no objection to term life insurance and even owned some when I was much younger. Each type of policy has it's place and it's own function. I cannot, for the life of me, understand why some people never have appreciated this. I refer to the term advocates who seem to hate the thought of buying a whole life policy.
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The whole life insurance policy assures you a guaranteed death benefit that never decreases and upon death is usually free of federal income taxes. If you choose you may take the death benefit in the form of a monthly income instead of a lump sum.
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5 Considerations To Computing Your Car Insurance Premiums
by: Justin Koh
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2. Adding...
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by: Stu Pearson
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by: Darren Yates
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Benefit - The money paid to the policyholder when a claim is made.
Bid Price - The selling price or cash-in value of your unit holdings.
Bonus - Relates to a with-profits policy. The amount of money added to the benefit payable under the policy. The amount is dependent upon the profits made by the insurance company. Added bonuses cannot be taken away.
Convertible Term Assurance - A term insurance policy which gives you the option to convert your current policy to a whole-life or endowment insurance policy, without having to take further medical examinations.
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by: Evan Davis
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Life insurance is purchased from an insurer by making regular payments of premiums during the life of the insured.
Upon the death of the insured, designated beneficiaries receive a financial benefit.
Although all life insurance policies maintain those consistent characteristics, there are different means to achieving the same end.
Four distinct types of life insurance have been developed and are in common usage.
*Term Life Insurance
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Why This Lawyer Says You Should Buy Car Insurance From An Independent Broker
by: Philip L. Franckel, Esq.
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