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Low car insurance is at the top of the priority list for most people. Who wants to pay high when they can go low, after all? But before you sign on the dotted line for low car insurance, however, there are some things you need to keep in mind. Just because the cost of car protection insurance is low doesn’t mean it’s good.

First you need to shop around. Check every company, not just your current insurance provider. You may have been getting gypped for years and not known it. Loyalty to your company should not enter into your calculations when reconsidering insurance policies on your car. And just because they were a great deal a few years ago does not mean that they still are.

You also need to know what coverage is mandatory in your area and which is optional. Are you paying more than you have to on things you don’t actually need? Or is your car not as covered by insurance as it should be? You need to find both these things out as you could be breaking the law without knowing it.

Take liability coverage, for example. How much does your area require you to have? You might need more. If so you’ll have to bump up your premiums to get that extra coverage. Or is your car not fully paid off? Then you’ll probably need some form of collision coverage.

The biggest factor in determining how low your premiums will be is your deductible With collision coverage especially, the higher your deductible is the lower your premiums will be. You’d be surprised how much less you’ll pay just by upping your deductible (but make sure that you can afford to pay that deductible first; otherwise you might be in trouble when an accident rolls around and you can’t cover that deductible again).

The best place to search is online. Most insurance companies worth their weight in gold will have a website that will fully explain their policies, and third party websites will present unbiased financial and comparative information you need for your decision.