Saving 10% on my car insurance
By MARILYN
@Marilynda1225 (79963)
United States
July 25, 2016 10:04am CST
I was just speaking to my insurance agent and found out that if I switch to paperless billing I can save 10% on my car insurance.
Everything will go through my email and I can access my information that way including billing.
I figure 10% off my already high insurance payments will benefit me especially since I'm always looking for ways to save money.
Do you do paperless billing these days? It seems popular but I never tried it before.
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@Marilynda1225 (79963)
• United States
26 Jul 16
I'm finally catching up to living in this century 
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@CRK109 (14558)
• United States
27 Jul 16
@Marilynda1225 lol! Well, sometimes I wish we could go back in time a little bit. Some of technology is wonderful and other things....not so much!
@MarshaMusselman (38663)
• Midland, Michigan
26 Jul 16
I've done a lot of paperless billing, but for certain bills, I've gone back to regular paper billing especially for those bills that I tend to forget about. Some years ago our bank began charging extra for paper statements, so now we get those online instead. It is good to find ways to save on any bill.
If you want to save those bills you can download them into a folder on your computer or drive of some sort.
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@Marilynda1225 (79963)
• United States
26 Jul 16
It's nice to know that all this information can be saved on the computer and I won't be having all that paper clogging up a file cabinet
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@MarshaMusselman (38663)
• Midland, Michigan
31 Jul 16
@Marilynda1225 You just have to remember to save it somewhere else on a regular basis. You have several choices; flash drives, CD drives, other external drives and the cloud. The only problem with the cloud you need a good password in case it's ever compromised as several have been in the past.
I don't know that some of that info as in billing needs to be saved long term, though. Unless you want to save your first bill of each year to see whether it changes or not. I think they still send the actual policies by snailmail.
@koopharper (7487)
• Canada
25 Jul 16
We have gone paperless on a lot of things. There are a few I don't really trust so I still get my hard copy in the regular mail. I'm very cheap and would change those as well if there was a financial incentive.
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@koopharper (7487)
• Canada
25 Jul 16
@Marilynda1225 Not all of them offer any incentive.
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@Marilynda1225 (79963)
• United States
25 Jul 16
Since I found out I can save so much on my car insurance I wonder how much I could be saving on other bills by going paperless
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@PatZAnthony (14752)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
26 Jul 16
That is a huge savings. We have paperless everything-but no discount on anything.
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@Marilynda1225 (79963)
• United States
26 Jul 16
I didn't know about the savings until the agent told me. All this time I've been getting my bill in the mail and had no idea there could be a savings
@Marilynda1225 (79963)
• United States
26 Jul 16
I still get other paper bills but figured this was a good way to save that 10% since it's a big bill and the savings will be great
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@Marilynda1225 (79963)
• United States
26 Jul 16
It certainly does save paper and postage
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@quantum2020 (12040)
• Ciudad De Mexico, Mexico
25 Jul 16
Does paperless billing means computer transaction instead of old papers handling? If that´s what it means, then, I do some paper billing with the bank. I´m sent a montly statement through the bank´s site onlne.
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@Marilynda1225 (79963)
• United States
26 Jul 16
Yes, no more bills arriving in the mail only on the computer
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@Marilynda1225 (79963)
• United States
25 Jul 16
Seems as if this something I should have been doing all along. Didn't realize I could be saving so much money
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@Marilynda1225 (79963)
• United States
25 Jul 16
Seems as if more companies are looking to do away with paper bills and offering discounts if you paperless
@Morethanamom (1948)
• Canada
25 Jul 16
In May I finally set up automatic withdrawals from my account, and we assessed my coverage. For my next renewal, I have downloaded an app to track my driving which could save me up to 25% more, but I am not a perfect driver so I will be happy with whatever I can save.
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@Marilynda1225 (79963)
• United States
26 Jul 16
Any amount you can save is better in your pocket than theirs
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@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
25 Jul 16
Great to get any savings! I do have some bills come in the email, I get a discount for that too!
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@Marilynda1225 (79963)
• United States
25 Jul 16
I never knew until today that you an get a discount for paperless billing
@silvermist (19702)
• India
26 Jul 16
@Marilynda1225 Paperless bills save paper and postage and of course reduces clutter.
@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
26 Jul 16
I am so old school it's not funny. I send all my bills with payment through the snail mail. I can't help it, it's just the way it is with me.
