Rivian Insurance: An unexpectedly good experience

[commanderSalamander]

I've had home, auto and motorcycle policies through Progressive for 10 years. I received my VIN and purchase steps for my R2 order today, so I called Progressive first to see what kind of a quote they would give me.

I got all my policy info together for comparison purposes and then I called Rivian insurance. The rep I spoke to was very knowledgeable and super friendly. I asked her to build a quote for bundling my home and auto insurance and was pleasantly surprised by the result.

Not only was she able to beat Progressive's auto quote on price, but I got higher coverage limits and extra features (like full glass coverage, full vehicle replacement coverage, etc.) which weren't present on my Progressive policy. Most surprising of all was the home policy quote. Higher coverage limits across the board and $400/year less than I've been paying with Progressive.

Definitely going with the Rivian insurance coverage for my R2, and I'm curious to know what your experiences with this process are?

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[Oldsmobile_Mike]

We switched all of our insurance to Nationwide ("Rivian insurance"). Including home & my wife's car. The bundled deal beat everything our previous companies (including USAA & Erie) could do. Zero complaints, zero issues. Obviously Ymmv.

Editing to add: Not sure if they still do it, but at the time they even sent us a Ting for free, and gave us a discount for that.

 

[Lord Leroy]

Hope it doesn’t happen to you, but many people who went with rivian insurance had their rates jacked up after the first year. They use the bait and switch on ya.

 

[EV-overland]

How much are they quoting you for the R2?

 

[SwaziCAR]

Definitely going with the Rivian insurance coverage for my R2, and I'm curious to know what your experiences with this process are?

Guessing the policy is through Cincinnati Financial? If so, similar experience for me and, of course, it's not "Rivian insurance"; it's "Cincinnati Financial insurance" (or whoever the actual insurer is).

 

[VSG]

Hope it doesn’t happen to you, but many people who went with rivian insurance had their rates jacked up after the first year. They use the bait and switch on ya.

Insurance rates have been going up by crazy percentages for the past few years. All the insurance companies are raising their rates. USAA has been getting approval for statewide increases (here) of 25% or more every 6 months for the past two years. Just last month mine went up 39%. I'm paying more than twice as much now for my 4 year old Rivian, and it has nothing to do with my driving record - it's all rate increases filed with the state.

 

[Lord Leroy]

Insurance rates have been going up by crazy percentages for the past few years. All the insurance companies are raising their rates. USAA has been getting approval for statewide increases (here) of 25% or more every 6 months for the past two years. Just last month mine went up 39%. I'm paying more than twice as much now for my 4 year old Rivian, and it has nothing to do with my driving record - it's all rate increases filed with the state.

False. Mine with geico since 2023 has never went up.

 

[PhatDaddy]

I feel like I am lifetime ahead on insurance thanks to Rivian (Nationwide) insurance. In my area (Florida) they were the only option that offered full replacement coverage which I really wanted due to the cost of the R1T and the crazy prices I was hearing to repair. Full replacement coverage cost me $38 for the first year I had my truck. Before the year was up I was rear-ended sitting at a traffic light by a Silverado going 40 mph. I was able to drive away when it was over - not so much the Silverado. But ultimately my R1T was deemed ‘totaled’. Not a single issue with Nationwide… they wrote me a check for a brand new $100K+ R1T (G2 this time - I was a discounted pre-order holder first time around). You can bet I signed right back up for ‘Rivian insurance’… and full replacement coverage… just in case lightning strikes twice. See details in my signature line.

 

[VSG]

False. Mine with geico since 2023 has never went up

Sure bro. I'm just lying, and so is the state insurance commission. It's far more likely it's "bait and switch”.

 

[Blitzjb]

Hope it doesn’t happen to you, but many people who went with rivian insurance had their rates jacked up after the first year. They use the bait and switch on ya.

Rates across all lines of insurance drastically increased the past few years. Rivian is not an insurance company and has ZERO control over rates. Insurance is not comparable person to person or location to location.

 

[dduffey]

I have to jump from insurance to insurance every few years.

This year we jumped from AmericanFamily to Progressive (and previously was Travelors and previous was Progressive). AF doubled twice on us, and moving (back) to Progressive dropped our auto from over $8k/year to $2.6k/year (before adding the R2).

I am sure that's a teaser rate that will go up in a year, always does. We also found that bundling wasn't always the best option.

Shop around.

 

[Swiszo]

I've had home, auto and motorcycle policies through Progressive for 10 years. I received my VIN and purchase steps for my R2 order today, so I called Progressive first to see what kind of a quote they would give me.

I got all my policy info together for comparison purposes and then I called Rivian insurance. The rep I spoke to was very knowledgeable and super friendly. I asked her to build a quote for bundling my home and auto insurance and was pleasantly surprised by the result.

Not only was she able to beat Progressive's auto quote on price, but I got higher coverage limits and extra features (like full glass coverage, full vehicle replacement coverage, etc.) which weren't present on my Progressive policy. Most surprising of all was the home policy quote. Higher coverage limits across the board and $400/year less than I've been paying with Progressive.

Definitely going with the Rivian insurance coverage for my R2, and I'm curious to know what your experiences with this process are?

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I've had home, auto and motorcycle policies through Progressive for 10 years. I received my VIN and purchase steps for my R2 order today, so I called Progressive first to see what kind of a quote they would give me.

I got all my policy info together for comparison purposes and then I called Rivian insurance. The rep I spoke to was very knowledgeable and super friendly. I asked her to build a quote for bundling my home and auto insurance and was pleasantly surprised by the result.

Not only was she able to beat Progressive's auto quote on price, but I got higher coverage limits and extra features (like full glass coverage, full vehicle replacement coverage, etc.) which weren't present on my Progressive policy. Most surprising of all was the home policy quote. Higher coverage limits across the board and $400/year less than I've been paying with Progressive.

Definitely going with the Rivian insurance coverage for my R2, and I'm curious to know what your experiences with this process are?

When I leased my R1S last fall I got on the phone with Rivian insurance and received a quote from them that was 4x more than my present State Farm cost

 

[Hereforthesnacks]

False. Mine with geico since 2023 has never went up.

lol I’m not sure his experience is “false.” Interestingly, SF has lowered our insurance for each of our cars this year. And they are sending dividends. Not sure what the deal is. But this I KNOW - the insurance company always wins in the end.

 

[SwampNut]

Our insurance costs have been going down quite a bit over the last few years, on most things. This year, however, the house went up from $1200 to $1600/year. All the cars and the EV motorcycle are down, but one motorcycle went from $96/year to $104. Need to re-budget I guess.

On the Rivian specifically, when I quoted it with Nationwide/Rivian, two things stood out. The process was horrible. It was so much effort on my part, the people were assholes. Second, it was well over double what we pay with Progressive.

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