If you've ever invited an agent into your home for a car insurance price quote, only to find he doesn't leave until well after your bedtime, you'll appreciate an online quote. Everyone that's dealt with insurance agents at one time or another has had a bad experience where they felt they might have to adopt the agent because he stayed so long. You often simply want a quote not a total financial analysis, but your agent feels differently about your situation and suddenly you're held captive in your own home.
The good news is that you can get a car insurance price quote without going to a representative's office or inviting them into your home. In fact, there's even better news. You often can get quotes from several different companies when you input the information one time. Many Internet sites secure quotes from multiple companies and your fingers only have to type in the information once. Compared to an interview with a live agent, it takes only seconds.
Suppose you insist on just a quote and make calls to several different companies. Your time is still valuable and looking up numbers, waiting for someone at the agency to help and repeating the same information over and over takes valuable time. Again, in the time it takes to make one call, you could visit several websites, get as many as 25 to 30 quotes and still have time to spare. You'll also find there's a wide range of differences in companies' quotes for the same coverage.
