Car Insurance

[Alhamdulillah 0]

I need help finding the best insurance company to switch to fast! I've had Geico forever but when Yousef got here and got his state issued DL they jumped my monthly premium from $50/mo to $300/mo!!! They won't accept his Libyan driving experience. Have any of you found insurance companies that will take driving experience from an Arab country?

Please help!!!

[Meriem_DZ 37]

My husband did not even know how to drive when he got here. He got his learner's permit, then about 4 months later got his DL. I did not have any problem adding him to mine, and the cost did not go up any. I use State Farm Insurance.

Meriem

[Ban Hammer 13,491]

I need help finding the best insurance company to switch to fast! I've had Geico forever but when Yousef got here and got his state issued DL they jumped my monthly premium from $50/mo to $300/mo!!! They won't accept his Libyan driving experience. Have any of you found insurance companies that will take driving experience from an Arab country?

Please help!!!

you'd have to hit pretty much every insurance company to see what would be a better rate. are you eligible for usaa?

[doodlebugg 10]

Try living in Massachusetts!!! I pay $179/month just for me and I have been driving since I was 16 1/2!!

[Ban Hammer 13,491]

Try living in Massachusetts!!! I pay $179/month just for me and I have been driving since I was 16 1/2!!

doodle i'm not even paying that for 3 vehicles!

[Nasturtium 500]

I have Geico and adding Ammar wasn't a dig deal-- it raised my monthly premium $22. They did say he wasn't counted as an experienced driver, but I'm listed as primary so I don't know if that helped?

[*Maureen* 0]

We have AIG and we pay $77.00 a month for both vehicles, but it is also PLPD but includes towing and roadside service which i had to use a couple of weeks back when i had a flat tire. I got my car towed to a tire place within 30 minutes from placing the call.

[deadbird 2]

Geico raised mine only about $22 as well. It didn't even go up since the accident, only down because I didn't have to have as much insurance as I did when I had a lien holder on my car...I went from driving a 2002 Pontiac Grand Am to a 1984 Saab 900 so my insurance went from $128/month to $41! And that includes his Jeep, too.

So...maybe call Geico again and yell? That's amazing it went up that much.

[polarbear 0]

That happened to me, but I live in an area with one of the highest rates in the Country Mine went down a few dollars a month for me being married, but then when I added him it went up double the amount they reimbursed me for bc he's been driving less than a year. (I opted to pay every 6 months and just took it from my savings )

[Aymerlu 3]

My husband did not even know how to drive when he got here. He got his learner's permit, then about 4 months later got his DL. I did not have any problem adding him to mine, and the cost did not go up any. I use State Farm Insurance.

Meriem

Same here. I was impressed!

[Alhamdulillah 0]

Well, here's my update. I sat up last night calling different companies and asking about overseas driving experience and pretty much all of them would let me get something from the DMV in Libya, translated in English of course, for them to qualify him as an experienced driver. Nationwide gave me the best rate at $50 a month for both of us AND both cars. So.... I called Geico this morning just to confirm that there is NOTHING I can give them from Libya to clear this matter up and the girl confirmed that they only count US driving experience. I said "OK, well Nationwide is willing to work with me so I'll be cancelling my policy with you and going with them". The lady sounded surprised and told me she was sorry to be losing my business.

So, I was about to call Nationwide when she called me right back (about two minutes later) and was like "I talked to my manager and found out we CAN take his driving record from Libya if you have it translated and that will bring your premium down to the same price Nationwide is offering you!"

Edited March 19, 2008 by Alhamdulillah

[deadbird 2]

[*Maureen* 0]

Wow! what u driving? a porsche?corvette? or u just have a lead foot?lol

Try living in Massachusetts!!! I pay $179/month just for me and I have been driving since I was 16 1/2!!

[doodlebugg 10]

Wow! what u driving? a porsche?corvette? or u just have a lead foot?lol

Try living in Massachusetts!!! I pay $179/month just for me and I have been driving since I was 16 1/2!!

I drive a 2005 Toyota Matrix. I did get into an accident two years ago. I also backed into my neighbor's truck last summer. I guess that's why.

[Ban Hammer 13,491]

Well, here's my update. I sat up last night calling different companies and asking about overseas driving experience and pretty much all of them would let me get something from the DMV in Libya, translated in English of course, for them to qualify him as an experienced driver. Nationwide gave me the best rate at $50 a month for both of us AND both cars. So.... I called Geico this morning just to confirm that there is NOTHING I can give them from Libya to clear this matter up and the girl confirmed that they only count US driving experience. I said "OK, well Nationwide is willing to work with me so I'll be cancelling my policy with you and going with them". The lady sounded surprised and told me she was sorry to be losing my business.

So, I was about to call Nationwide when she called me right back (about two minutes later) and was like "I talked to my manager and found out we CAN take his driving record from Libya if you have it translated and that will bring your premium down to the same price Nationwide is offering you!"

amazing what happens when you tell them you are taking your business elsewhere