Where Do You Find Georgia Car Insurance Company Ratings?

 

October 29, 2007 by · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Insurance Ratings 

Reader question:

How do I know that my Georgia car insurance company will be able to settle my claim?

Megan

Thanks for asking, Megan!

That is actually a very good question, and I think the best way to address it would be to go back to square one. When you are figuring out whether or not an  car insurance company will be able to settle your claim if filed, you should not be to the point where you are calling it your own company yet. This is a step that you should take while you are still in the process of shopping around for an insurance policy.

  • Georgia car insurance companies have ratings, too!

That’s right, they can’t just rate you–other companies rate them as well. There are several companies which rate car insurance providers on standards ranging from customer service to financial stability. An insurance company might quote you some fantastic low ball quote, but that’s a perfect incentive to check its financial rating and make sure there isn’t some tricky reason behind that low quote. Unless you’re getting involved with a national  car insurance company that obviously has enough money to cover you, then you should check.

There are two main companies that provide you with the information you need on insurance companies:

  • Standard & Poor’s: this is the most popular financial rating company and the most helpful. Not only does it rate Georgia car insurance companies, but it also provides profiles for more than four thousand of them.
  • Fitch Ratings: also a good source, this company provides only ratings.

One thing that these companies use to rate the  insurance companies is the length of time that they have been in business. If the company just started up last week, then there won’t be any information, and that right there is a good reason to avoid it.

Cheers,

Fashun Guadarrama.