How A Vehicle Influences Teen Auto Insurance Prices

By Chris Channing

A first vehicle is important as well as memorable. More and more teenagers are getting better, fancier, and fast cars. The insurance rates keep increasing too, especially since teenagers are now getting into more accidents than they were just a few years ago. The car you are purchasing your teenager may heavily change the prices that you pay for auto insurance, and the reasons are surprising.

SUV's and other large clunky vehicles are high risk. Auto insurance for teens will cost considerably more if you are insuring an SUV or other popular large vehicle. These vehicles are unsafe and roll over badly in wrecks. Auto insurance companies see them as very high risk, and its not worth it to them to offer you cheap insurance. Even if your teenager desperately wants an SUV, avoid getting him or her one, especially if it lacks a considerably amount of safety features.

Before you purchase that beat up car you see on the lot for a bargain price, consider a few things. Older vehicles do come with cheaper insurance, assuming they are not any older than 10 to 15 years. Even then it still might be a bit expensive for you. Teen auto insurance is influenced by many things, so you need to consider these before purchasing a car. Older cars have less safety features, making them likely to be damaged more during a wreck. This translates to risky business for insurance companies. Not to mention, older cars are usually more expensive to fix, and that isn't fun for anyone.

It is so important that you choose a vehicle for your teenage that you can afford; especially when it comes to teen auto insurance rates. A good vehicle with great safety options, as well as one that is low risk for insurance companies is always a good choice.

Expensive cars that drive a fast speeds are also another risk for insurance companies. These vehicles are also likely to be stolen, so the cost for getting teen auto insurance is higher than average. Teenagers are very likely to damage their first car, so be careful when buying them that fast sports car they have wanted since they were 5.

Different vehicles pose different risks and problems associated with owning them. You should always aim to find the middle ground when purchasing your teenagers first car. Teen auto insurance will definitely be more forgiving if you buy your teen a reasonable vehicle with sturdy security, as well as one that is not easily stolen or one lacking good safety.

Closing Comments

Now that you know why the vehicles you purchase your teen influence their auto insurance rates, you can begin to make the right vehicle choice. Auto insurance for your teen is very important, so never cut corners on it, but do make informed decisions.

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Is a Pensions Release the right option for you ?

By Roger Gordon

In desperate times we often resort to desperate measures and if you are one of the many thousands of people over age 50 and in a financial predicament as a result of the current UK market crisis you may be pleasantly surprised to discover that your pension fund may prove to be your salvation now, rather than in later years.

An element of tax free cash may be withdrawn now with the remaining funds staying in the fund until the desired retirement date. This form of partial withdrawal is known as Pension Release, which allows a portion or all the Tax Free Cash to be withdrawn from the fund (normally 25% of the total value of the fund) with the rest remaining until you opt to take Income from your pension or reach retirement. This arrangement changes in 2010 when the minimum age to take pension release will be raised to 55

Even if you take benefits from your pension as young as age 50 you can still continue to work and contribute to your pension. This can be done immediately or at some point in the future when your finances are back under control.

Any new contributions will create an additional fund from which you can take more Tax Free cash and additional income. All contributions attract tax relief and can be paid as regular payments or as lump sums. Pensions are more flexible than you may have thought but seek qualified Independent Advice before committing yourself.

Pension Release is a great option for many but you must not lose sight of the fact that. You are essentially taking income today in exchange for forgoing income in the future. You must be fully aware of any hidden costs, and the financial implications of this action in terms of losses as well as the immediate gains.

You should be able to obtain Specialist Pensions Advice free of charge to advise you of your current position and possible options to take.

In many cases your existing pension provider will have the facility for a Pension Release. If this is not possible it will be necessary to transfer your benefits to another arrangement. This is likely to involve some costs and you need to be fully aware of these before confirming. You should push to get the Tax Free cash element deducted before any costs and charges are applied.

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Will the UK drop in base rate make any difference to the crisis?

By Chris Clare

The Bank of England's monetary policy committee met on 6th November 2008 and took the decision to drop the bank base rate by an incredible 1.5%. Not only has this never occurred before, but the last time the base rate sat as low as 3% in the United Kingdom was 1954.

But is this going to make any difference to the market as it stands? Unfortunately, in my professional opinion, the answer to that question is probably "no". It seems likely to me that most lenders are unable to compete and drop their interest rates by this 1.5%.It seems that the majority if not all of the lenders have failed to pass this reduction on to their clients and are holding their standard variable as it stands, regardless of the fact that his is now at least 6 months behind the times.

The problem that most lending institutions have both here in the UK and around the globe is even though bank base rates have reduced the cost of funds from bank to bank has not fallen at the same rate. The rate at which financial institutions in the UK lend to each other is called the LIBOR rate which stands for the London inter-bank offered rate. Whilst LIBOR has come down very slightly over the last few months it is quite considerably out of sync with bank base rates. So even though money appears to be cheaper it is not.

The LIBOR rate is dictated by the willingness of the institutions to loan money to each other. Due to the onset of the credit crunch and the fact that the poor lending policies of the institutions have come to light, there has been an unwillingness to lend between the institutions and this has a knock on effect on the LIBOR. They all know about each other's shoddy lending policies of the past and, due to the down turn in the economy, they do not want to expose themselves any further.

You might have thought that the huge injection of capital from governments both here and abroad would have oiled the system but let me tell you this is far from the case. I am unsure why, there are rumors that lenders have been told that as a condition of the injection they have to lend a set percentage more next year than this year and as such they are saving themselves for that mandatory position but who knows. All I know is there is very little money out there, what is there is at low loan to values and the rates are poor.

In my opinion, what the decision of 6th November will do is up the confidence levels of the public. People will come to the natural conclusion that the lowering of base rates means there is light at the end of the tunnel. They will soon realise this isn't so when they see that their mortgage rates have not changed in line with the bank's new rate. The difference may be seen in commercial finance though. Most commercial rates are set at a level above the bank's base rate, so it may reach here.

What is unusual though is that many commercial lenders have all of a sudden increased their over base rate levels, or have eliminated their levels completely. This is to offset any risk of money loss when such a change in the base rate is put forward. It seems odd that they should react so quickly and shrewdly. Did they know the change was coming perhaps? Impossible to say....or prove.

So in short will it have any effect? Well may be not in the short term but I would like to think may be even hope that over the coming months this recent reduction will find its way to the pumps as it were. If it doesn't and doesn't soon then all I can say is in the immortal words of Dads Army, We're all doomed, doomed I tell you. Let's hope not hey?

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