Archive for November, 2009
Getting Rid of the Illusion of Full Coverage
There is no such thing as a car insurance policy that offers full coverage. It is a dream that even I was lured to before I realized that is clearly impossible and that those who claim to have full coverage are just adapting bad marketing schemes. Car insurance companies offer different type of coverage packages that are included in our chosen insurance policy. There are many types of coverage for a simple reason; coverage packages specialize on different needs. Policy holders just like me have different car insurance needs; our differences in our needs made insurance companies provide different insurance policy schemes for each of us.
I used to live in a dream where I am getting full coverage from my insurance company. Since then it has stayed as a dream because full coverage does not exist in reality. I cannot have every single part of my driving life covered by insurance.
The only thing I can attempt to have is an insurance policy that caters to my needs in the areas that I need them most. I travel a lot because of meetings abroad, I can have an insurance policy that will cover well for my business related and job related trips but my insurance will be less beneficial in my non business and non job related trips. It is part of the car insurance reality; a full coverage would require getting every part of my life covered which will cost around everything that I have worked for.
However, everything is not lost for us who would want to have a comprehensive coverage plan. I opted to browse in the online car insurance comparison websites see the different insurance coverage plans that will be useful in my lifestyle. My dream of getting full coverage will no longer be through aspiring for an impossible insurance scheme; it will now be based on getting my most important insurance needs covered at reasonable premium rates.