Personal Insurance Blog

If you participate in on-line banking and have set up your policies to be paid by your bank, you need to pay special attention to notices from your insurance company of any policy #, remittance address or premium changes. Additionally, be sure to allow enough time for your payment to reach its destination. Not all insurance companies receive payments electronically and are mailed to the company.

We often see remittance addresses changing in our industry and on a less frequent basis, we see the policy #'s changing which is usually due to system conversion at the company. You should review your policy each time it renews or any time you make a change to the policy as the price will change and you will need to adjust your payment amounts on your on-line banking account.

The easiest way to avoid a late payment for any of the reasons above is to sign up for Electronic Funds Transfer so that your payments are just withdrawn automatically. This way, you usually avoid installment fees and your payments are spread over a longer period of time, thereby reducing the monthly installment amounts.

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