How to save money with auto deductibles

Switching companies can save you big on car insurance, but so can a simple move that takes a few minutes: upping your deductible. Increasing your auto insurance deductible from $500 to $1,000 slashes premiums by an average of about 8.5 percent across the U.S., according to a new survey from insuranceQuotes.com, conducted by Quadrant Information Services. And making a bigger change, from $500 to $2,000, can nearly double those savings, to an average of almost 15 percent.