10/06/2014

Auto Insurance - Help

Our vehicle insurance is up for renewal this October; and while we can make changes at any time to the policies - I use that letter in the mail as a reminder to review it in detail.

On both the Kia and the Escape we have:

  • One million in third party liability
  • $1,000 collision deductable
  • $500 comprehensive deductible
  • Accident rating endorsement (if we get into an accident, we won't be penalized in our insurance rates)
The Kia also has a 5 year replacement cost solution - which basically means if the Kia gets totaled (at fault or not), we would get a replacement; not a repair.

Our annual premiums for both was $1,668 for both and is increasing to $1,763 for both.  If we got rid of the accident rating endorsement and the 5 year replacement solution - we would save $164/year reducing our annual to $1,599.

So I'm really debating that.

The risk of course, is that paying that every year would save us a lot of we were to get into an accident.

Now...Jordan has never been in a collision.

I was in three early in my driving history - but have had zero infractions over the last six years.

So...what do you think?  Do we save the $164 - or do we suck it up and pay for 'just in case'.


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3 comments:

  1. I would keep the replacement cost but ditch the accident rating endorsement.

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  2. Wow! You must not live in the GTA! My insurance for one car 2009 Nissan altima 4dr is what pay for 2 cars (no tix, no accidents, no issue at all!). I would say keep the replacement cost because you'll get a brand new car out of the deal if you total it, vs getting the "value" of the car.

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  3. Correction...what you pay for 2 cars is what I pay for 1 car. Brampton is a high accident/high fraud area and that's where I live...

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