Good News

Another great day. For days I have been trying to get an insurance quote from Geico. I finally got a hold of them in Italy (you can't get a quote for Italy here in the states). They told me to email my info to them. So I did that. I was surprised that the owner emailed me back and said that it 11pm his time so he would get back to me the next day. The next he emailed me and said that their computers were down and he "promised" he would get back to me the next day. The next day came and went, so I emailed him asking about the quote. Another day went by. I emailed again and finally got a response. They are unable to insure us because of our driving history. DRIVING HISTORY???? So I emailed back and asked why. He said it was because of two tickets and two accidents, one of which was a hit and run, but since they had to payout they could still count it. I was beside myself, what the heck were we going to do. They did say however that they could MAYBE make an exception when we got to Italy, but it was going to be around 7-8 hundred A MONTH. OH MY! I told him that I was going to Geico and inquire because it just seemed a little odd to me. He said Go ahead, they will tell you to contact me, they don't really govern us. MEaning that the states Geico and Italian Geico although they have the same name, they aren't run the same. HE also told me that they were the only ones that insured over there. SOOOO I scoured the internet anyway. I came across several companies, but they didn't cover Italy. Then I found it.....Clements insurance. I called and didn't have much hope because they were located in DC and looked like just an independent company. They were so nice. The guy asked me if I worked for the government. I said my husband does. He said ok...asked me what kind of car and what year it was. Asked for my and Den's name. Then he put me on hold for about 2 minutes and came back with a quote. I said don't you need my social security number for my driver's record. He said no , I looked to make sure that your husband was employed by the government. He said we figure that because he works for the government he already jumped through hoops and had security clearances so we don't look at the driving record. Then he gave me the quote. $900 A YEAR! If he was standing in front of me I would have kissed him. I said wait are you sure that's for Italy, for both of us and you don't need our driver's records. He said no we are the government so we don't have the same underwriting that Geico has. I'm so excited. God has paved every way possible for us. This is more than we could have asked for.

Unfortunately Ava is grumpy grumpy grumpy. So I'm off to get her settled down.

That's it in a nutshell ....for today.