[snap url="http://nationwide.com" alt="www.nationwide.com"]Nationwide Insurance is a company authorized to sell insurance in over 40 states. It specializes in auto, homeowners and life insurance, and has almost $160 billion in assets. The company was founded in Ohio in 2005, and went public in 1996. Nationwide Insurance additionally opened a banking service in 2007. The company website can be found at www.nationwide.com.
If you are looking a car, home or life insurance, and are interested in signing up with Nationwide, you should go to www.nationwide.com to see what they can offer you. When you arrive at the site, you will see there are several options. Firstly, identify your self as a business owner, or a private individual. You do this by clicking on the respective tab on the horizontal navigation bar. This will then give you a list of available insurance offers best suited to you professionally.
The main area of the home page for individuals, deals with providing you with an insurance quote. You can select the type of insurance you are interested in from a drop-down list. Options range from regular auto insurance to insurance against identity theft, and insurance plans for more unusual vehicles such as snowmobiles, golf carts, or personal watercraft. Once you have chosen the type of insurance you are interested in from the list, enter your ZIP code, and click submit.
A new page then loads asking more personal details about you and the type of vehicle or home you want to insure. Examples of the types of information the company collects are previous insurance claim histories, driving records and consumer reports. Your credit reports may also be checked.
If you are not comfortable with providing such information online, or you simply prefer to talk to an agent face to face, the Nationwide website makes this easy to do via the provided “Find a local agent” link. If you have the agent’s name you want to deal with, you can enter it, or if not provide your address and a list of nearby agencies is generated, with a handy map.
Alternatively, you can simply call the phone number given on www.nationwide.com and speak to an employee about the best insurance plan for you.
Before making a decision to buy insurance from nationwide Insurance it is a good idea to check out other people’s reviews. There are many to be found online, and although some are negative and report poor customer support, others contradict this and claim the company offers a helpful customer service. As people are more likely to make the effort to write a review when they are unhappy, rather than when they are pleased with the service, you must use your own good judgment to decide if Nationwide is the best company for you. However, as with anything else, make sure you read the small print before signing.
All in all, the nationwide website is easy to use, offers lots of options, and is user-friendly, even for those who are not proficient internet surfers. Once you are a Nationwide Insurance policy holder, you can login to www.nationwide.com to pay your fees, report a claim or check your 401k balance.