Looking for lower car insurance rates for your Tesla Model S? Did you fall for a flashy sales pitch and buy high-priced car insurance? Believe me when I say there are a lot of people just like you who feel imprisoned by their car insurance policy.
You have so many insurance companies to insure vehicles with, and even though it’s nice to have a choice, more choices can make it harder to compare rates and find the lowest cost car insurance.
This information will instruct you on the most effective way to quote insurance and some tips to save money. If you are paying for car insurance now, you should be able to cut costs considerably using these techniques. But drivers must know how big insurance companies determine prices because it can help you find the best coverage.
To find cheap rates, there are a couple of ways to obtain and compare prices from lots of insurance companies. The recommended way to lower the rate you pay for Tesla Model S insurance is to get quotes online. It’s really quite simple and can be done by using one of the methods below.
Whichever method you choose, try to use nearly identical information for every quote you compare. If you have different limits and deductibles on each one it will be nearly impossible to get a fair rate comparison. Having just a slight variation in coverages may result in large price differences. Keep in mind that having more price comparisons helps improve the odds of finding better pricing. Not every company does rate quotes online, so you also need to get prices from the smaller companies as well.
Some insurance providers don’t necessarily list every policy discount very clearly, so the list below contains both the well known as well as the least known ways to save on car insurance.
Discounts reduce rates, but you should keep in mind that most of the big mark downs will not be given to the entire policy premium. Some only reduce the cost of specific coverages such as liability and collision coverage. Even though it appears adding up those discounts means a free policy, company stockholders wouldn’t be very happy.
A few of the larger companies and the discounts they provide include:
If you are trying to find affordable insurance quotes, ask every company which discounts they offer. Depending on the company, some discounts may not be offered in your state. To view insurers that offer some of these discounts, click this link.
When it comes to buying adequate coverage for your personal vehicles, there really is no best way to insure your cars. Every insured’s situation is different and a cookie cutter policy won’t apply. For example, these questions might point out whether you might need an agent’s assistance.
If it’s difficult to answer those questions, then you may want to think about talking to an agent. If you want to speak to an agent in your area, simply complete this short form or click here for a list of auto insurance companies in your area.
Learning about specific coverages of a insurance policy can be of help when determining the best coverages for your vehicles. Policy terminology can be confusing and even agents have difficulty translating policy wording. Below you’ll find the usual coverages available from insurance companies.
Med pay and Personal Injury Protection (PIP) – Medical payments and Personal Injury Protection insurance kick in for bills for things like hospital visits, dental work and ambulance fees. They are utilized in addition to your health insurance program or if you do not have health coverage. Medical payments and PIP cover not only the driver but also the vehicle occupants as well as getting struck while a pedestrian. Personal Injury Protection is not available in all states but it provides additional coverages not offered by medical payments coverage
Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist (UM/UIM) – This protects you and your vehicle when other motorists are uninsured or don’t have enough coverage. It can pay for hospital bills for your injuries and also any damage incurred to your Tesla Model S.
Since many drivers only carry the minimum required liability limits, it doesn’t take a major accident to exceed their coverage limits. So UM/UIM coverage is very important. Frequently your uninsured/underinsured motorist coverages are similar to your liability insurance amounts.
Liability coverages – This coverage protects you from damage or injury you incur to other people or property that is your fault. It protects YOU against other people’s claims. It does not cover your injuries or vehicle damage.
It consists of three limits, bodily injury for each person, bodily injury for the entire accident, and a limit for property damage. As an example, you may have limits of 50/100/50 which stand for a limit of $50,000 per injured person, $100,000 for the entire accident, and property damage coverage for $50,000. Alternatively, you may have a combined single limit or CSL which limits claims to one amount with no separate limits for injury or property damage.
Liability coverage protects against claims like court costs, repair bills for other people’s vehicles and pain and suffering. How much coverage you buy is up to you, but consider buying as large an amount as possible.
Comprehensive insurance – This coverage covers damage caused by mother nature, theft, vandalism and other events. You first have to pay a deductible then the remaining damage will be covered by your comprehensive coverage.
Comprehensive coverage protects against claims such as damage from getting keyed, a tree branch falling on your vehicle, damage from flooding and rock chips in glass. The most a insurance company will pay at claim time is the market value of your vehicle, so if the vehicle is not worth much consider removing comprehensive coverage.
Collision – This pays for damage to your Model S from colliding with another vehicle or an object, but not an animal. You first must pay a deductible and the rest of the damage will be paid by collision coverage.
Collision insurance covers things like damaging your car on a curb, hitting a mailbox, scraping a guard rail and colliding with another moving vehicle. Collision is rather expensive coverage, so consider dropping it from vehicles that are older. You can also increase the deductible to get cheaper collision coverage.