Ok this gets me people pay some damn high rates in Michigan. I was going to go with esurance and told my agent that, but heard a lot of bad things and I'd rather deal with the place person to person if an incident happens. I email my agent back home and he gives me this. I know esurance would've been 135 for both, but I see they upped it some to about 160'ish so from what he quoted below I can't complain. It sure beats paying 220/month! then $30 on top for renters insurance.

I know I went to another allstate agent and talk about giving me the run around! and I've noticed they aren't around anymore least the guy back home gives me the info straight up.

quote you request me to quote you thru our new auto insurance company, I should be able to save you some money.... I cant just run it, you have to request it (allstate's rules) But I think it would be a whole lot closer to the 135/ month (if you keep comp on the Bonneville, it would most likely run about 160 / month.... Without comp on the Bonneville..about 137 / month) but again, you have to request a new quote thru AP&C (our new company) and sign a form

Insurance companies use as one of their most important criteria a credit score and report. It seems that people with bad credit have an inordinately high amount of claims, on average. Before they can run your credit report, they have to have a valid reason and that would be a request from you for a rate quote. The Fair Credit Reporting Act has a lot of really sharp teeth in it and insurance agents and agencies, which also have licenses on the line, really want to try to keep things on the up and up.

John Stricker

quote Originally posted by LoW_KeY: Ok this gets me people pay some damn high rates in Michigan. I was going to go with esurance and told my agent that, but heard a lot of bad things and I'd rather deal with the place person to person if an incident happens. I email my agent back home and he gives me this. I know esurance would've been 135 for both, but I see they upped it some to about 160'ish so from what he quoted below I can't complain. It sure beats paying 220/month! then $30 on top for renters insurance. I know I went to another allstate agent and talk about giving me the run around! and I've noticed they aren't around anymore least the guy back home gives me the info straight up.

quote you request me to quote you thru our new auto insurance company, I should be able to save you some money.... I cant just run it, you have to request it (allstate's rules) But I think it would be a whole lot closer to the 135/ month (if you keep comp on the Bonneville, it would most likely run about 160 / month.... Without comp on the Bonneville..about 137 / month) but again, you have to request a new quote thru AP&C (our new company) and sign a form

That's weird. I know that every company has different rules, but I work at an office for an independent agency here in Michigan; and we represent nine different auto companies. Any one of our insureds, at any time, can call us up, and ask us check our companies to make sure that they are receiving the most competitive price.

maybe its cause I'm currently with them? still they should let you know you can lower rates by signing a piece of paper. I know my credit score is something like 750'ish now so hopefully that lowers it a chunk.

that throws my dad for a loop he doesn't think it's right to charge people upon their credit score.

update got an email he said it'd save me 500 a year. I don't drive the fiero yearly so that's a plus. I guess I'll be sticking with them although their age thing is a bit weird.. 25 no tickets and my discount is 13 bucks.

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quote Originally posted by LoW_KeY: 25 no tickets and my discount is 13 bucks.

32 or 33 is the magic number for the discount

Progressive.com will give you other insurance company rates.

I like goign through companies direct, agents to me are useless. If you get into an accident the most your agent will do for you is call and report the claim to your company. They aren't claims reps so they are powerless to help you. If you know the game and the coverages and such there's no need for an agent. My parents had statefarm when I was in my accident, the agent did nothing except give them a hard time when trying to move me off the policy after I moved out.

If you know your policy, just cut out the middle man, he's just there to make sure you get the right coverages.

quote Originally posted by Scurvy: Progressive.com will give you other insurance company rates.

Progressive can pound sand. I called them up asking for a quote from them, State Farm, Farm Bureau and USAA(who I'm currently with), then got those quotes directly from those companies, and Progressive quoted considerably more for those other companies than the actual companies quoted. With USAA, Pro quoted FIVE times what I currently pay.

According to Pro, they were the SECOND least expensive company, but after I called everyone myself, Pro was BY FAR the MOST expensive.

And I know that being a current customer of USAA my rates are different than if I were to start a new policy with them now, but not FIVE TIMES more!

Besides, USAA has handled three claims for me, and they've been so good to me that I wouldn't change for any drop in rates. I would recommend them to everyone, except I think you have to be a Vet to join.

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I hadn't heard of USAA before. I tried to check my eligibility online, but their website is a piece of crap. Was asking for my seperation date, and no matter what format I entered it, it kept coming back saying to enter a valid date. I thought Sept 28 1987 was a valid date. I guess the known universe skipped that date....