If I put a feeze on my credit, will I have to temporarily freeze it each time I shop for new auto insurance?

I am considering putting a freeze on my credit. However, there are so many auto insurance comapnies that now check some sort of credit score when determining premiums Are there enough left out there that don't do this for me to be able to get insurance? Or will I have to temporarily thaw my reports before I get an insurance quote?

As I understand it, a credit freeze keeps new creditors from looking at your credit report and score. Existing creditors still see it and add info to it, but you cannot get any new credit while it is frozen. I am interested in this because I no longer use debt at all, and I don't want anyone looking at my report without me specifically giving permission for them to do so. The only area I can think of where this might hurt me is in getting insurance. It takes 3 days to thaw a frozen credit report.

Yes, you'll have to unfreeze it when you're shopping around for auto insurance. IF they can't get a hit on your credit score, either they'll refuse to write you at all, or you'll get the highest rates they offer.

I am not sure what a credit freeze is. Can you give more detail? What is is for? What advantage would there be to freeze credit? Lack of credit or lack of activity, is generally looked at negatively by the credit agencies. So if you have poor credit the best advice would be to fight all inaccuracies first. The agencies are, by law, obligated to research each claim with the group that entered the info against you. Other than than time and good habits are really the only way to combat a poor credit score.

You will have to temporarily suspend the freeze on your account. You would have to look far and wide for a company that does not use the credit score as a basis for offering their best rates.