Car insurance

LisaT Posted: Feb 04, 2004 05:17 PM

Car insurance

thanks to Al's recent accidents, we're having trouble finding insurance in NY. We had Amex in CA, but they can't write the policy for NY.

Any advice on companies to look into that won't charge a fortune? We've both got clean licenses, except for the two recent accidents in Al's car (one's his fault).

Marcela1654 Posted: Feb 04, 2004 05:21 PM

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I switched to Geico and they saved me $600 a yr

Teri Posted: Feb 04, 2004 06:14 PM

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We use New York Central Mutual and have good coverage for a decent price....we use an agent on the island

karen32 Posted: Feb 04, 2004 06:35 PM

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i love Geico, too!!! their customer service is outstanding, which i think is half the battle with insurance companies.

sarahthegreat Posted: Feb 04, 2004 06:43 PM

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Tri-State Consumer Insurance. The payments are HALF of what I was paying with my previous company. Or Geico, my fam has it and they don't charge too much. Good Luck!

kptoys Posted: Feb 04, 2004 06:45 PM

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I switched to Geico and saved $1200!

Danielle&Scott Posted: Feb 04, 2004 07:15 PM

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I have Travelers. Right now Im paying alot because I am waiting for my car accident to pass. As soon as it is time to renew my coverage in may it will have gone down $800 a year. If you want I can give you my brokers phone number. They are a really good company to deal with. They are located in Valley Stream on Sunrise Hwy...Diagonally across from Staples.

Rob-luvs-me Posted: Feb 04, 2004 08:04 PM

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We have a number of friends who work for geico who all tell us NEVER use them - they do save you some money but once you have ANY problems at all they either drop you or drive your rates MUCH higher than other companies.

What about:
All state
State farm
Travelers
Auto one

I'm sorry you are having that problem - it can be very frustrating

butterfly20 Posted: Feb 04, 2004 08:14 PM

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state farm is REALLY good... but not the cheapest....theyre suppose to be #1 in the country

i know allstate is #1 in ny... and i think is a little cheaper

geico is cheap, but id stay away from them... theyre not the best to deal with if you have an accident...

LisaT Posted: Feb 05, 2004 01:36 PM

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I tried State Farm and Geico already. Geico is $$$$ and State Farm says we won't be eligible for 10 months.

I'm going to check out the other places mentioned as well.

Keep em coming! Thanks

Xelindrya Posted: Feb 05, 2004 01:41 PM

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Uhmm try One Beacon

It's all I can suggest.. both Jim and I (now) have clean records (for now) so we got a ridiculously cheap rate from Amica Mutual.

Unfortunately we JUST got Jim on it because he had a fender bender (little thing) back in Sept of 00 and that threw him into the High Risk pool... he was paying nearly $4,000 a year for JUST his car!!!

Now combined we pay $300 a month, two sports cars both fully covered (i love my baby, meaning my car). 10 months no deposit ever and we get back dividends at the end of each year. Odd that our insurance company pays us. *shrug*

endlessluv429 Posted: Feb 05, 2004 01:44 PM

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We have GEICO and they are amazing. I got my dad and friends to switch to them. they all saved a lot of money. only thing is they drop you like a lead balloon if you hang the wrong air freshner in your car (ok that is quite an exaggaration) but they recently dropped my brother because his wife had a few accidents, but they weren't her fault! tha't how they keep their rates so low. so i don't know if they will give you a problem because of the accidents, but they sure are cheap!!