Never realized my local insurance place offered a military discount until I randomly asked. Knocked a chunk off my car insurance bill, which was a nice surprise. Anyone else lucked out with discounts for their job or service?
SCORED A SWEET DEAL ON INSURANCE THANKS TO MILITARY DISCOUNT
Funny you mention this, because I just found out about a discount for teachers at my insurance company last year. My wife’s a teacher, and we’d been with the same place for years—never thought to ask. One day she mentioned it to the agent while we were updating our policy, and boom, they knocked off like $200 a year. Not life-changing, but hey, that’s a couple tanks of gas or a dinner out with the kids.
Honestly, I think these companies just keep quiet about half the discounts they offer. If you don’t ask, they’re not exactly volunteering the info. I get it, business is business, but it’s kind of annoying. Makes me wonder what else I’m missing out on. I’ve heard some places do discounts for first responders too, but when I asked about that for my brother (he’s a firefighter), they said it only applies to certain policies. Go figure.
I’ve also noticed that sometimes the “discount” isn’t as big as they make it sound. Like, they’ll give you 5% off for something, but then your rate goes up for some other random reason. Insurance math is a mystery to me. Still, any break is better than nothing.
Anyway, good on you for asking. Reminds me I should probably check if there’s anything else we qualify for—maybe there’s a “parents of three wild kids” discount out there somewhere... wouldn’t that be nice?
