{"id":6042,"date":"2021-03-16T09:27:15","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/?p=6042"},"modified":"2023-10-20T12:54:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T18:54:55","slug":"replacing-a-car-what-your-insurance-agent-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/replacing-a-car-what-your-insurance-agent-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"Replacing a Car? What Your Insurance Agent Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Replacing a car with a new one is an easy insurance transaction. Here&#8217;s the info your agent needs to do it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3 Things Your Agent Needs:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>VIN &#8211;<\/strong> The Vehicle ID Number for the new vehicle. It&#8217;s 17 digits long. That&#8217;s easy to transpose. And lots of letters and numbers sound alike, so they&#8217;re easy to get wrong. A photo of the VIN simplifies the process and reduces mistakes. <a href=\"sms:+12075174065\">Text it<\/a> to your agent, or <a href=\"mailto:info@nha-ins.com\">email it to them<\/a>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Finance Info &#8211; <\/strong>Did you buy the vehicle outright? Congratulations! Your agent doesn&#8217;t need anything. But if you lease it or take out a loan, they do. The name and address of the finance company will be on your title application. <a href=\"mailto:info@nha-ins.com\">Email <\/a>or <a href=\"sms:+12075174065\">text<\/a> a photo to your agent. Or, you can call with the info.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Aftermarket Safety or Security Options &#8211; <\/strong>The VIN contains details about what&#8217;s on your vehicle when it comes off the assembly line. If you purchased add-ons at the dealership, let your agent know. That might include subscription items like OnStar. Or an after-market alarm system. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><a href=\"sms:12075174065\">Link: TEXT VEHICLE INFO <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:NHAHive@nha-ins.com\" title=\"\">Link: EMAIL VEHICLE <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-vivid-red-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:24px\"><strong><a href=\"mailto:NHAHive@nha-ins.com\" title=\"\">INFO <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1004\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/car-keys-blog-graphic.png\" alt=\"replacing a car is an easy insurance transaction\" class=\"wp-image-6044\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/car-keys-blog-graphic.png 1004w, https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/car-keys-blog-graphic-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/car-keys-blog-graphic-768x436.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1004px) 100vw, 1004px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Replacing a Car &#8211; What to Expect Next<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once your agent has this info, they can: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>email or text an insurance card to you, so you can register your vehicle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>email proof of insurance to your dealer. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>update your policy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>let you know the insurance premium difference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Be sure to let your agent know if you&#8217;re holding on to your old vehicle, so they can keep the insurance active. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Buying a car outside your agent&#8217;s business hours?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/does-maine-auto-insurance-automatically-cover-a-new-vehicle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"Does Auto Insurance Automatically Cover New Vehicles in Maine?\">A new vehicle is almost always automatically insured<\/a> until you can notify the insurance company. Whatever you do, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/5-reasons-not-to-buy-maine-car-insurance-at-the-dealer\/\" title=\"5 Reasons NOT to buy car insurance at the dealership\">don&#8217;t let the dealer talk you into buying insurance in a<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/5-reasons-not-to-buy-maine-car-insurance-at-the-dealer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" title=\"5 Reasons NOT to buy car insurance at the dealership\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/5-reasons-not-to-buy-maine-car-insurance-at-the-dealer\/\" title=\"5 Reasons NOT to buy car insurance at the dealership\">hurry<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you live in Southern Maine and have questions about auto insurance? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/meet-our-team.html\" title=\"Meet our Team | Noyes Hall &amp; Allen Insurance\">Contact a Noyes Hall &amp; Allen Insurance agent <\/a>in South Portland at 207-799-5541. We&#8217;re independent and committed to you. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Replacing a car with a new one is an easy insurance transaction. Here&#8217;s the info your agent needs to do it: 3 Things Your Agent Needs: Link: TEXT VEHICLE INFO Link: EMAIL VEHICLE INFO Replacing a Car &#8211; What to Expect Next Once your agent has this info, they can: Be sure to let your [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6044,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5],"tags":[7,65,122],"class_list":["post-6042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-auto-insurance","category-car-insurance","tag-living-in-maine","tag-portland-maine-insurance-agent","tag-replacing-car"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6042"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6659,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6042\/revisions\/6659"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.noyeshallallen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}