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How to Buy Car Insurance

Choosing Esurance as your auto insurance provider means that you've already taken the first step toward securing your car insurance policy. Actually buying your car insurance policy from Esurance starts with getting an online quote. Once you've got that, you'll need to grab a few more things:

• Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) - There isn't a special card for this, but you'll probably find it on your current auto insurance policy and definitely on your lease or purchase agreement if you just bought the car.


• Car loan or lease - See? If you've got this handy, then you've got your VIN as well as the answers to all the questions you'll be asked about your car.


• Each drivers' license number - If someone besides you is going to be driving your car on a regular basis, they need to be insured, too. This is all the information you'll need from them.


• Social security number - You recited this so many times in college that you probably know it by heart by now.


• Current car insurance policy - Of course, this is null and void if you're purchasing your first policy. But otherwise, your VIN number is probably on this document, as well as your driver's license number, social security number and most of the other information you'll be asked for too.


• Payment information - You can pay with your checking or savings account, ATM card, PayPal, Discover card, American Express and, of course, MasterCard and Visa. If you want, you can even set up regular payments to be taken out automatically when you buy your Esurance policy.

Don't forget to save your quote if you need to go gather all this information in the middle of the process so that you won't have to start all over again. And if you have any questions or problems with anything, you can call Esurance anytime of the day or night to get some help.