Auto Insurance Basics

Get your basic knowledge about Auto Insurance

A brief history of Insurance

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Part One: Insurance in the ancient world:

Insurance is everywhere and attached to everything we do. In the western world practically each and everyone of us is involved with a number of seperate insurance policies everyday and everywhere we go. Whether it be in our cars, in our homes or in our jobs we will no doubt be insured somehow at any given moment.

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IIHS Says Traffic Cameras Save Lives

An intersection with a traffic camera has the potential to catch you breaking the law and end up increasing your auto insurance rates, but according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), while those cameras could be annoying, they’re also saving lives. The IIHS issued a report last week that found  these cameras have saved over 100 lives so far.

159 Lives Saved by Red-Light Photo Enforcement

According to last week’s report issued by the IIHS, a nonprofit traffic safety organization funded by the auto insurance industry, 159 lives were saved by red-light photo enforcement between 2004 and 2008. The

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Cheap Auto Insurance FL

Florida Auto Insurance premium rates averaged $1.00 in the year 2008 representing a difference of 4.4 % from the previous year. The premium rates figure in 2008 implies that the Comprehensive coverage averaged at $113.68, the collision averaged at $280.92 and the liability coverage averaged at $756.04. Apart from the shocking statistics, the National Association of Insurance Commissioners has recently conducted a survey that has found out that people living in the district of Florida, New Jersey and Columbia pay more on their auto insurance policies than the people of other states. Read more…

The cheapest caravan insurance

People like to get a bargain, so looking out for the cheapest caravan insurance may be high on their priority list and theres nothing wrong with that.

Trying to save a bit of money is perfectly understandable – particularly when things are tight, so those headlines offering the cheapest caravan insurance may seem very attractive.

When looking at these cheap deals though, you may wish to bear in mind that the cover they provide may not give you the protection you would like to have.

You may also need to factor in variables such as:

  • the age and value of your caravan and its contents, fixtures and fittings;
  • new for old versus market value replacement;
  • whether you use your caravan exclusively in the UK or take holidays abroad in it too;
  • your annual mileage, as limits may apply to some policies;
  • age limits for drivers;
  • the level of excess you may be expected to pay in the event of a claim;
  • UK and continental breakdown and recovery arrangements

Everyone may have their own ideas about what constitutes cheap caravan insurance. W

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Moving could be fun with state farm

State Farm one of the leading insurance companies has made moving a lot of fun. The first iPad application has been launched by the insurance company called MoveTools which is a free tool that helps people in planning and functions as a household assistant of inventories. Now, with one click of the finger, it is possible to build an entire to-do list and manage inventories and other stuff.

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