Online Verses Offline Car Insurance In India

By Author: Neha Sharma
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With the rising number of online services, most customers like to buy health insurance online. It is definitely different than the traditional way of buying a policy and hence people are advised to understand the benefits and limitations of both modes well enough before choosing.

Whether you have a 2-wheeler, 4-wheeler or a commercial vehicle, car insurance is designed to financially support you against damage to the vehicle, third party legal liability, third party injury, etc. There are comprehensive policies that include towing assistance, co-passenger cover, theft cover and fire or other disasters cover.

Benefits: Most players in Indian car insurance industry have their online portals that make the purchase more convenient, faster and easier. You can find insurance company websites, online insurance broker websites and online insurance comparison sites. In the offline car insurance market, there are agents, brokers and insurance companies. However, most insurance agents can offer personal support during the entire process including registration, renewal and claiming.

Limitations: If you buy car insurance ...
... via an agent, broker or insurance company, the process is lengthy, tiring, boring and time consuming. However, agent or broker, the mandatory middle man in the offline insurance world is a lot more valuable as support for renewals, claim applications and follow ups. Customers are relatively uninformed with the claim process and legal limitations. That’s where these experts are available and offer you dependable and factual information.

Company portals can be confusing and misleading to a lot of first timers. The industry jargon might seem unfamiliar. If the claim is rejected, you would be in no position to peruse this issue further, in spite of having infrastructure support for the same. You wouldn’t understand the technical jargons and solve the issue satisfactorily enough to get claimed amount. Without these problems, online car insurance process remains the best possible option for the most customers. Remember that the convenience and ease of access provided by the online medium is unmatched by no other.

Detailed analysis of online and offline facilities would suggest that you should use any third party car insurance broker who can offer you online as well as offline support as they identify the best auto insurance policy for your vehicle. The offline support, though may not be needed at the point of purchase, it would still be useful while receiving the due claim, getting “No Claim Bonus” or cashless claim at several motor garages.

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