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Let’s take a look at some important factors that affect how much your premium is and how you can potentially save money on your car insurance by knowing this.

Personal Factors You Can’t Change

• Age: Statistically older drivers are safer than younger drivers. Older drivers have more experience behind the wheel. Also, they’ve developed a more mature, conservative mindset when it comes to risk taking. You can’t change your age, but you can make sure that your insurance company has it right. You would be shocked at the errors found on people’s insurance credit reports, for instance.
• Gender: Sorry guys, but the gals are safer drivers than you are. There’s not much you can do here. But women, make sure you’re getting the price breaks you deserve.
• Marital Status: Now, this is something you have some control of…well a little control of. Of course, you wouldn’t want to get married just to have lower insurance premiums, but when you do get married, you want to make sure you call your insurance company and let them know. Make sure they adjust your premium accordingly.

Factors You Can Change

• Where You Live: Not only are some parts of the country considered less risky than others, but even in the same city, some zip codes are considered less risky than other zips. If you’re considering moving, you might just want to call your insurance company and see how your potential new neighborhood is going to affect your insurance. It might not be much, but everything helps.
• Driving Violations: Although you can’t control getting into a wreck all the time, you can certainly learn better driving habits. Be honest with yourself. If your driving is not up to par, then take a safe driver class. Not only will the class save you money on your insurance, but your better driving habits will translate into fewer accidents and tickets, which means lower premiums over the course of your life. That will actually save you a ton of money over, say, a twenty year period.

So, where does this leave you?

Well, you are who you are, and at least for the moment, you live in the city you live in, but you can change things like how you drive and what zip you live in. Other factors that greatly affect how much you pay for insurance are what model car you drive.

Concerned about the cost of your car insurance? Take this information, call your insurance agent, and ask him or her what you can do to lower your premiums. Don’t forget the mention that you’re looking at other companies. That in itself might just get you a better deal.

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