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| Seattle | | While some companies raise their | | Tabular Plan: A retrospective rating |
| Cookeville | | prices based on your actual age, | | plan, which uses tables to furnish the |
| Santa Ana | | most companies increase the price of | | various values for the rating formula. |
| Bloomington | | their policies six months before your | | |
| Decatur | | birthday. Its a term called Age | | Inspection: Independent checking on |
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| Des Moines | | half-year price increase could really | | policyholder, or claimant, usually by a |
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| Hot Springs | | policy the better. | | Time Limits: The limits of time within |
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| Troy | | At InsWeb, you can compare free | | loss must be submitted. |
| Duluth | | online insurance quotes from many of | | |
| Owensboro | | the nations leading insurance | | Net Loss: The amount of loss |
| Brooklyn | | companies. | | sustained by an insurer after giving |
| Topeka | | | | effect to all applicable reinsurance, |
| Worcester | | Shopping around is the best way to | | salvage, and subrogation recoveries. |
| Corpus Christi | | save money on your insurance. | | |
| Spartanburg | | | | Submitted Business: Applications for |
| Monroe | | Make sure you have a new policy in | | insurance submitted to an insurer but |
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| Stamford | | to avoid a lapse in coverage. This will | | |
| Memphis | | also prevent having to figure out the | | Premium: The price of insurance |
| Birmingham | | amount of any unused premium that is | | protection for a specified risk for a |
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| Springfield | | Why not take advantage of current | | |
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| Washington | | could afford them significant savings | | |
| Allentown | | on their auto insurance. | | |