One thing that’s certain with today’s economy, everyone is thinking about money…

Over the last 6 months, I’ve been on a mission to review and reduce all expenses, both personally, and for my business.  I aim for 10%, but usually get 20% to 35%.

It’s been very rewarding!

On a side note, I’ve found it interesting that many people don’t seem to make the connection that:

• Saving money,
• Making more money, and
• Spending less money

all go hand-in-hand, putting more money in your wallet.

A few days ago I e-mailed my car & boat insurance representative to recalculate my insurance rates — aiming to reduce them 10% (my latest insurance premium arrived 10% higher than the previous term).

My request was simple.

After bringing my boat policy down about 6%, and essentially ignoring my auto-policy request — I pressed for a second time to do whatever it took to reduce my auto policy 10%, the response I received was:

“I have a new auto program the first of the year.
[We'll] get back with you then if it is ok.”

This answer was completely unacceptable.

With the power of the Web, I decided to take into my own hands…

I’m incredibly happy I did — check this out!

Within 10 minutes, I had created my own quote on Progressive’s web site, and here’s the results:

2 Cars (Semi-Annual Term, Same Coverage):

• Allstate Policy:  $ 1,256.82/semi-annual
• Progressive Policy: $ 588.83/semi-anual

Total Savings: $1335.98 per year!

1 Boat (Annual Term):

• Old Allstate Policy: $524.04/year
• New Progressive Policy: $288/year

Total Savings: $236.04 per year

So that’s that.  I’m a Progressive customer, and enjoying the savings.

Want to get started?

Visit Progressive.com — you might be amazed, like I was, on how it knows the cars you have based on your mailing address.

Have you been doing things to save money?  Please share them by commenting below!