cxx

Looking for a good insurance company in the New England area. (Not State Farm as their rates keep changing / increasing during the quotation process.) Any recommendations please?

tom169

What are you looking at insuring?

cxx

Oops, sorry, we're looking for house insurance

tom169

We currently rent and have had a good experience getting renters insurance via Wells Fargo. Not sure what they are like for home owners.

It may be cheapest if you get it bundled with car insurance.

Rete

We had Nationwide, still do, for our apartment and auto insurance in NY and a separate policy from them down here in Mississippi for the house and husband's auto and motorcycle insurance.

I had GEICO for over 45 years before switching over to Nationwide and only made the change because GEICO does not insure apartment rentals in the NYC area. Got a discount from Nationwide for having rental and auto.

I consider both companies good and GEICO top awards for customer service. Yes, I've had claims for both rental and auto over the years.

kins

I would recommend getting some agents to quote for you - ours cut the premium we were paying by half.

petitefrancaise

another + for nationwide.

don't forget if you get all your policies (cars/house) together then you can look into getting an umbrella policy. Doing it this way, cut our premiums quite a bit but improved the coverage.

malch

I like Amica for auto and homeowners insurance. They appear to offer coverage in most New England States.

Amica Mutual Insurance Company

cxx

Thanks for the info. Geico seem to be offering the best rates with Travelers insurance. Anyone had any experience with them please?

Bob

Where in NE?

Some might be local, so not much use like Dedham.

cxx

ME. Went with Geico as they were half the cost of State Farm.

scottyvisa

Do you have any military links? If so USAA provide an excellent service.

Bob

When we lived in Maine, we saw Bouchard Insurance Agency, out in Searpsport who at the time for a new license got me a very good policy for $620 which went down to around $450 a year by the time we moved to MA and the same level of coverage jumped to $1500.

They got us on a smaller, local type company rather than a big name though.

kins

Geico or Travelers? My experience with Geico was excellent.

cxx

Thanks for the info. I suppose the answer to your question is Both. Geico as brokers, Travelers as insurers.