Know exactly what your auto insurance covers

I lay out the parts of a policy that decide your bill and your payout, so a quote stops being a guess and starts being a choice.

Hands held over a car beside a policy document
About CharonCars

A quieter place to work out your car cover

I run this site on my own and keep it to one subject: insuring the car you drive. Each type of cover gets its own plain explanation, the terms that decide a payout are spelled out, and quote steps arrive in the order a real request asks for them.

  • Cover explained by what it pays for
  • Limits and exclusions set side by side
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Coverage options

Cover choices worth knowing before you pick one

Your policy renews whether you read it or not

Spend twenty minutes on it now and the next renewal becomes a decision instead of a surprise.

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In their words

What drivers tell me once they have read it

I had two quotes open and could not tell them apart. Ten minutes reading side by side and the difference was obvious.

Imogen Slater

My deductible was set higher than I could pay in one week. Bringing it down cost far less each month than I expected.

Rafael Quintero

Adding my daughter to the policy sounded costly. Going through it line by line turned the renewal into a real choice.

Dawn Mercer

I assumed a cracked windscreen was covered. It was not, and learning that early beats finding it out at the roadside.

Colin Radcliffe

Questions drivers send

The five that come up nearly every week

If one of these is close to your situation but not quite it, send me the details and you will get a direct answer back rather than a brochure.

Raise it and the monthly amount usually drops, because you cover more of the repair yourself. Pick a figure you could hand over the same week.

Your record, the mileage you report, the car itself, the limits you pick and how the bill is paid. Some of those you can change this month.

License details for everyone who drives it, the vehicle identification number or plate, a rough yearly mileage, and where the car parks at night.

Not always. Two quotes can sit close together until you read the payout limits and the list of things each one leaves out.

After a move, a different car, a change in how far you drive, or when a driver joins or leaves the household.