Honesty Is The Best Policy For Getting Your Insurance Quote
May 16, 2010 by Susan Reynolds
Filed under Car Insurance
It can take several hours getting quotes from car insurance companies whether it is by phone or the internet. It is tedious to have to give several different agents your details. The only way to ensure you receive the best possible rate and most coverage is to shop around. The real aggravation begins when your find out your quoted policy is much less than what you end up paying. This is a frequent occurrence when drivers do not disclose all their traffic violations to the insurance agents creating the quotes.
Omitting details when you are searching for insurance quotes will always end in disaster. There is no way for you to receive accurate quotes from the agents if they are not given accurate information from you. That stop sign you ran last summer may not seem important to you but to the insurance agonies that information is important as it will be reflected in your actual policy price.
Many insurance companies will be more forgiving than others and while you thought one gave a better quote once anything you have hidden comes out the policy will change and another company might have been able to save you more money. It is highly recommended that you be honest when dealing with insurance companies, it can save you money in the end.
Some companies will hold violations against you for years longer than others. Without disclosing the truth you will have no idea which ones will charge you more for your violations and which ones will not. Once you lock into a contract with an insurance agency and they reveal your violations your policy could be much higher than you anticipated. You may have received a better price form the other companies who would have overlooked the violation since it happened longer than they track. It is better to be honest in the beginning than to wait for your policy to change.
There are some insurance companies that will not tolerate dishonesty at all. It will not matter if the findings raise your policy or not for some, the simple fact you lied will be enough for them to refuse you coverage. Even if you spend hours finding the cheapest quote and even sent the down payment in to start the policy you run the risk of the insurance company coming back with a rejection for coverage after they run your credentials and find that you withheld important information or outright lied. This is considered nondisclosure and all insurance companies have the right to reject you for it.
It is astonishing that some people believe that the insurance companies will not find out about their violations. The insurance companies will always find out, so why go through the trouble of getting quotes at all? You may end up with a policy that is much higher than others and without giving the right information there is no way for you to know that. By being dishonest you not only increase your chances of being denied coverage but also the possibility of wasting hundreds of dollars on a policy that you could have gotten cheaper elsewhere.
Susan Reynolds is the content coordinator for a leading South African Insurance Provider who specialises in Providing Online Insurance Quote.