Accident Forgiveness: What It Is and Whether It Is Worth Paying For

Accident forgiveness stops one crash from raising your premium. Learn how it works, what it costs, and whether this popular add-on is worth your money.

Accident forgiveness stops one crash from raising your premium. Learn how it works, what it costs, and whether this popular add-on is worth your money.

At the rental counter, tired after a flight, your bag still in your hand, the agent slides a paper across and…

You are sitting at your kitchen table with the quote open, and two lines have stopped you cold: MedPay and PIP.…

Your phone rings. It is your lender. Your car was written off last week, the insurer has paid out, and the…

You are sitting in the finance office, tired, with a thick stack of paperwork in front of you, and someone is…

You are driving home, radio on, not thinking about anything. Then a sharp tick. A stone flicks up from the lorry…

Your phone buzzes, and it is the payment reminder you forgot about. The premium was due three days ago. Your card…

Your friend tosses you the keys and says you can use the car for the week. Or your own policy ends…

You are staring at a quote, and below the main price there is a list of extras with little tick boxes.…

You walk out to your car in the morning, coffee in one hand, keys in the other, and you stop. The…

You are holding two quotes for the same car, or maybe you already bought the second policy, and a nagging thought…

You walk out to your car in the morning and stop. A branch is lying across the bonnet, the windscreen is…

The keys are in your hand, and the car is sitting outside the showroom with the ribbon still on it. You…

You opened the letter at the kitchen counter, read the word cancelled, and felt your stomach drop. Your car is still…

The phone has not stopped ringing, the house is full of people, and the car insurance is probably the last thing…

You are standing at the garage counter, holding a repair quote that makes your stomach drop, and the mechanic has just…

You are standing on your lot at 7am, keys in your pocket, looking at twenty cars that are your savings on…

Picture this: you reverse out of a supermarket parking space and clip the car beside you. No police, no public road,…

You open your banking app, and there it is again: another premium payment for a car that has not moved in…

The repair shop calls. The bumper will cost 1,800 to fix. The man on the phone asks one question: what is…

You are sitting at the kitchen table with two quotes side by side. Both of them say full coverage. One costs…

The bankruptcy papers are on your kitchen table, and one worry keeps nagging at you between signatures: what happens to your…

If you are standing in front of your flooded car right now, you have one question: will your insurance pay for…

You are staring at a quote, or a renewal, and you are not sure whether the cover in front of you…

The other driver is already out of the car, saying he has no insurance. No insurance. Your bumper is crushed, your…

The new car is in your driveway. You are standing there with the keys, still smiling, and then the thought lands:…

You are sitting in your paid-off car, keys in your hand, and the renewal letter is on the passenger seat. You…

You smell it first, then you see the smoke curling from under the bonnet. You pull over, get out, and stand…

You walk back to your car and the window is smashed. Your bag is gone. Your first thought is the police.…