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Buying Auto Insurance (part 4 of 4)
Continued from part 3.
Think About it: You Need to Buy Insurance to Protect Yourself, Passengers, and Family Members by Purchasing Underinsured Motorist Coverage (part 4 of 4)
One serious mistake is to decline UIM coverage. Some companies require that you purchase UIM in the same amounts as the liability insurance. However, many companies, depending upon state law, are authorized to sell denominations of UIM coverage less than the liability limits. The insured thinks that he is providing some satisfactory minimal coverage for his family and decides to save some money with lower UIM limits. However, UIM is probably the most important place to spend money.
You are not as likely to cause an accident, as you are to be a victim of an accident. At least if you are taking the time to read this article, you are probably a person who will exercise more care and judgment in your driving than the ordinary person. Therefore, it is more likely that you will be making a claim against another person for injuries sustained by you at the hand of the third party tortfeasor. In this instance, the tortfeasor may (but likely will not) have sufficient insurance to cover you and your passengers for all of your medical expenses, wages loss, and general damages. If not, then the tortfeasor is said to be underinsured. In that instance, the balance of the value of your claim, above the bodily injury policy limits of the tortfeasor, is the responsibility of your own companys UIM coverage.
A third possibility is if the tortfeasor is uninsured. This is a distinct likelihood if someone who is reckless, or who has a drinking problem or who is driving with a suspended license involves you in their traffic habits. They caused you and your passengers harm, but they have no insurance. You will be making your entire claim under your UIM polity limits.
All too often, we have seen serious injuries to individuals and their families receive little or partial compensation because the insured elected to save money by not purchasing the maximum UIM coverage available to him. Purchase as much UIM coverage as you can.
Be Honest
A word of caution in dealing with your insurance company: dont try to fool them on any of the information requested, or by insuring only one driver for each of the family vehicles. We have numerous cases holding that one family member is not covered because he or she was not named as a driver of another family vehicle. Questions of whether the vehicle was available for the regular use of any individual are complex issues, and history tells that you will lose. Disclose the full number of drivers and you will have the knowledge that you and family members are covered.
The same thing pertains to marital status and student status of children. Our recommendation is to be honest in your application and in your relationship with your company. The few dollars you save otherwise will never be a bargain should you loose out in the long run. A contract entered into with materially fraudulent representations can be voidable by the company under some circumstances.
Table of Insurance Coverage Requirements, by State
Most states require that you have liability insurance. This covers you when you're at fault in an accident. If you live in New Hampshire, South Carolina, Tennessee or Wisconsin, you aren't required by law (yet) to have liability coverage. For the rest of us, the mandatory coverage varies according to state. In the chart below, minimum liability limits are read as follows (in thousands of dollars): bodily injury liability for one person in an accident/bodily injury liability for all people injured in an accident/property damage liability for one accident.
So, for Alabama, the minimum requirements are $20,000 of bodily injury liability for one person, $40,000 bodily injury liability for all people and $10,000 property damage liability.
StateRequired coverage typesUninsured/Under-insured Motorist Coverage Required?Minimum liability limitsNo fault?
Alabama bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo20/40/10no Alaska bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo50/100/25no Arizona bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo15/30/10no Arkansas bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo25/50/25no California bodily injury and property damage
liabilityNo15/30/5no Colorado bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo25/50/15yes Connecticut bodily injury and property damage liability, uninsured motoristYes20/40/10no Delaware bodily injury and property damage liability, personal injury protectionNo15/30/10no DC bodily injury and property damage liability, uninsured motoristYes25/50/10yes Florida BI liability not required, only property damage liability, personal injury protectionNo10/20/10yes Georgia bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo25/50/25no Hawaii bodily injury and property damage liability, personal injury protectionNo20/40/10yes Idaho bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo25/50/15no Illinois bodily injury and property damage liability, uninsured motoristYes20/40/15no Indiana bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo25/50/10no Iowa bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo20/40/15no Kansas bodily injury and property damage liability, personal injury protectionYes25/50/10yes Kentucky bodily injury and property damage liability, personal injury protectionNo25/50/10yes Louisiana bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo10/20/10no Maine bodily injury and property damage liability, uninsured motoristYes50/100/25no Maryland bodily injury and property damage liability, uninsured and underinsured motoristYes20/40/15no Massachusetts bodily injury and property damage liability, personal injury protection, uninsured motoristYes20/40/5yes Michigan bodily injury and property damage liability, personal injury protectionNo20/40/10yes Minnesota bodily injury and property damage liability, personal injury protection, uninsured and underinsured motoristYes30/60/10yes Mississippi bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo10/20/5no Missouri bodily injury and property damage liability, uninsured motoristYes25/50/10no Montana bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo25/50/10no Nebraska bodily injury and property damage liability, uninsured and underinsured motoristNo25/50/25no Nevada bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo15/30/10no New Hampshire Insurance not required; proof of financial responsibility, medical payments, uninsured motoristYes25/50/25no New Jersey bodily injury and property damage liability, personal injury protection, uninsured motoristNo15/30/5yes New Mexico bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo25/50/10no New York bodily injury and property damage liability, uninsured motorist, personal injury protectionYes25/50/10yes North Carolina bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo30/60/25no North Dakota bodily injury and property damage liability, personal injury protection, uninsured and underinsured motoristYes25/50/25yes Ohio bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo12.5/25/7.5no Oklahoma bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo10/20/10no Oregon bodily injury and property damage liability, personal injury protection, uninsured and underinsured motoristYes25/50/10no Pennsylvania bodily injury and property damage liability, medical paymentsNo15/30/5yes Rhode Island bodily injury and property damage liabilityYes25/50/25no South Carolina bodily injury and property damage liability, uninsured motoristYes15/30/10no South Dakota bodily injury and property damage liability, uninsured motoristYes25/50/25no Tennessee Insurance not required; proof of financial responsibilityNo25/50/10no Texas bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo20/40/15no Utah bodily injury and property damage liability, personal injury protection, uninsured and underinsured motoristNo25/50/15yes Vermont bodily injury and property damage liability, uninsured motoristYes25/50/10no Virginia bodily injury and property damage liability, uninsured and underinsured motoristYes25/50/20no Washington bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo25/50/10no West Virginia bodily injury and property damage liability, uninsured motoristYes20/40/10no Wisconsin Insurance not required; proof of financial responsibility, uninsured motoristYes25/50/10no Wyoming bodily injury and property damage liabilityNo25/50/20no
About the Author
Jeanine Steele is an editor with SettlementCentral.Com, the online resource for self-help do-it-yourself personal injury claims.
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