It’s that time of the year when your car insurance policy is due for renewal. You would get a reminder well in advance before the deadline from your vehicle insurance provider. More often than not these reminders continue till the very last date. Possibly you ignored the first one considering it is almost a month for the last date. Then probably you get so busy that all the other reminders slip by as well and one day it dawns on you that you have a break-in!
With a break-in, a host of difficulties crops up. You start fretting about the formalities that would follow, the biggest gripe amongst them being the car inspection that a break-in entails. Hold on, you can self-survey your car for renewal as well. Sounds too good to be true? Read on find out about the benefits of self-surveying applications for renewing automobile insurance online.
To begin with, let us understand what a self-survey application is and how it works. Simply put, it is a software application that runs on mobile (or any other handled device like a tablet) that enables one to survey their car for car insurance renewal. Since a survey is only required in the event of a break in for a car insurance policy period, a self-survey application comes into action only in this situation. Post break-in, a survey of the vehicle in question is required to be conducted by a surveyor that is authorized by the insurance provider. This process is quite cumbersome since it takes a lot of time and you have to wait for the surveyor. Essentially, a self-survey allows the car owner to bypass this hassle by conducting the survey himself with the help of the mobile application. Let us see how to use this handy application.
Firstly, you need to download the concerned self-survey application provided by your car insurance provider. You are required to visit either the google playstore or the apple store depending on your device. Please note that some steps might differ as per the various applications, but in general, the tasks remain the same. It is advisable that you first go through the instructions provided by the insurance provider. Using the app, you would be then required to shoot a video (via the app) of the various car parts in the order mentioned in the instructions. Then you have to upload the video and make the required payment towards the premium. In the meantime, the video will be assessed by the insurance company.
You should also be able to track the status of the video live time inside the self-survey application to get updates on the go. This is as good as it gets. Once all is done, you would get a confirmation that your policy is generated via email. Then after a few days, you would receive the hard copy of the policy delivered to your home!
From all this, we can definitely conclude that the self-survey application is immensely beneficial. It is an absolute lifesaver when you find yourself with a break-in car insurance.
