Save Money On Auto And Homeowners Insurance…REALLY?
January 27th, 2012Everybody is searching for ways to save money these days. Were you aware when you bundel your car and home insurance you can save up to 30% for your yearly insurance premiums? You already know I have heard the same assurance made by so many insurance companies, so often, I decided to actually give them a call.
I picked up my phone and started to call the big Insurance Carriers, inquiring about how much cash can I actually save a year by bundling my insurance policies? My existing auto insurance plus, house insurance policies (with earthquake insurance and Flood protection) is around $2900 a yr, so my overall savings ought to be around $870 dollars.
So the 1st big carrier I called only managed to save me around $330. The second was somewhat better roughly $350, and the third was the worst of the 3, merely saving me $180 a year. When I received these “Whopping” insurance savings, they were not even close to the thirty % advertised. Knowing this I asked them all; “Your advertisements state that I could reward yourself with a “Huge” insurance savings discount by bundling insurance protection with you”. All of them answered with the exact same cookie cutter answer “Sir the advertising campaign says…you could save up to 30%, not that you’re going to save 30%”.
So being a fairly level headed person I think, fair enough commercials is usually a bit elusive to the truth so I actually can’t whine about it. After that I tried a couple of smaller local insurance companies. You know the independent insurance companies not fixed to just one insurance service provider. Now these independents got me way closer to the 30% and one company got me more than the thirty percent insurance savings discounts, all these advertisements assure. These “non captive” insurance agents quoted myself starting $585 – $930 dollars in savings a yr naturally I signed with the local independent insurance agency saving myself $930 a yr. And if you think about it, the money I saved by signing to this local agency will pay for my auto and a part of my flood insurance coverage, as well as I only get one statement for both insurance plans. Therefore I suppose all those commercials promising “BIG” insurance saving are true…provided that you use a local independent insurance agency.
