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Originally Posted by sweeps
DC, if I paid installments, I would pay an extra $21 on a $500 bill. Why would I do that?
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Originally Posted by LuxLiving
My installment fee would be $24. No thanks.
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Same answer for both of you. Like I've said many times before, should you cancel your policy before the coverage term expires, you're likely to get less than what you thought a prorated rate should be.
If nothing else, it's always better to stop paying the installments than to try to get a partial refund from a lump sum payment. It's one small way that insurance carriers try to take advantage of insureds.
Now this is speaking from my experience in the insurance industry, and does not represent practice for every carrier, but I would still venture to say that at least a portion of my arguments hold for the majority of major insurance carriers.
If you disagree, please post the algorithm insurance carriers use to calculate your prorated refund.