Kaz Weida

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NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast · Insurance in 2026: Best Auto, Home, Life, and Pet Insurance Picks—Plus a Wake-Up Call on Credit Card Debt · 15 Jan 2026 podcast

So we're differentiating here between the common way, which is just to ax your coverage or raise your deductible.

But perhaps the best way to go about lowering your auto insurance rate is just to talk to your insurer first.

In a lot of cases, you might be eligible for some discounts you didn't know you were eligible for, which is great.

You can also talk to them, and you can talk to your home insurer too, about bundling auto and home insurance.

So generally, you're going to see some pretty significant savings from doing that.

And that's a good first step to take if you need to lower your rates before you take any more drastic steps.

I've seen some folks get into monitoring programs for auto insurance, so some of those telematics programs.

And I would just caution, before you embark on that with your insurer, just make sure you're the kind of driver that that makes sense for.

Some folks have a little bit of a heavy foot, and you might actually raise your premiums instead of lower them.

So just be careful there.

It can be.

So I think what we say at NerdWallet is it's worthwhile to go out there and just check.

Just do a check once a year before you go renew with your current insurer and say, hey, what else is out there?

It's pretty easy to get a couple of quotes, especially for auto insurance online, or just call the insurer quickly.

And just do a couple of price comparisons.

Make sure that you're still getting the best deal for the coverage that you need.

You know, with household budgets sort of feeling some financial stress and pressure, both from inflation and a lot of other factors, one of the things that the auto insurance team at NerdWallet is looking at is, will there be more uninsured drivers on the road?

In 2023, the Insurance Information Institute said about one in seven drivers was driving uninsured.

out on the road.

That's a lot of people.

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