Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Affordable Hawaii Auto Insurance -- My Credit History?

By Chimezirim Odimba

This one is still on the subject of making as much savings on your Hawaii auto insurance as possible. This article will center on another factor that really affects the risk most insurance companies associate with insuring you. This in turn determines your rates...

Do your best to have an excellent credit record. If you have anything to do with people and marketing you will understand why this is an increasingly important factor with a growing number of insurance companies...

Few things show more about you than the way you treat your bills. If you have a very poor credit history, an insurer will certainly take you as a higher risk than someone else of similar profiles who has a good history.

Here's their thinking: Those who pay their bills in a timely manner are also more likely to be more responsible in other areas -- including driving. For them a pattern of carelessness with personal bills means general irresponsibility which is also carried on behind wheels.

An insurance company is in business to make money too and certainly wouldn't value a person who has a poor credit record. It means you may also neglect premium payments or might even be declared bankrupt as a worst case scenario.

So what do you think will happen to your insurers in such situation? That's a topic for another discourse. The issue is how this will affect what you pay on insurance.

Since you are a high risk to them, they raise your rates. You can see your rate doubled in some cases if you miss two payments on a credit card. Depending on how many times you default, you might even lose your auto insurance policy.

So, do yourself a favor, do all you can do to maintain a great credit record (As if you did not know you should).

You can even ask around for cheaper rates for your excellent credit record. If you do business, you'll rather have a client with an excellent credit record. Such people are not likely to miss payment on their premiums. Insurance companies know this and love such people for it.

Do you have an excellent credit record? Make some savings for it. I know you're eger to know how so here it is: Locate as many Hawaii auto insurance quotes sites as you can and get quotes from all of them. Thereafter, check each of them and pick the best quote. This is very important as it can result in savings of over $1000 in some cases. - 16759

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