Benefits of Car Insurance and feature
The primary benefit of car insurance is the financial peace of mind you gain from coverage. The specific benefits you receive vary based on the types of coverage you obtain. Common examples include legal protection, insulation from huge expenses and preservation of vehicle value.
Legal Protection
There are three basic categories of auto insurance: liability, collision and comprehensive. The first major benefit of obtaining liability protection is that in all states but New Hampshire, you must meet your minimum legal requirement, according to the Insurance Information Institute. Each state has different guidelines on how much coverage to carry, but having drivers carry liability benefits insures that motorists are financially equipped to pay for third-party injury or damage obligations. Insure.com also points out that this basic coverage means drivers meet their social responsibility of protecting the interests of others while driving.
Insulation from Huge Expenses
Collision and comprehensive coverages pay for damages incurred by your car in a single-car or multi-car accident. For most types of driving accidents, your collision benefits cover the costs. Comprehensive insurance pays for such damaging events as natural disasters, animal impact and vandalism.
Some people don't buy these non-required insurances for less expensive vehicles. However, you could suffer a major financial hit if you don't carry protection on a higher-value car. Assume you owe $20,000 on a vehicle that you bought for $30,000. If you total your car and have no insurance, you owe your lender the remaining $20,000 and get no insurance benefits. In contrast, someone with full coverage normally receives a payment based on the car's value on a total loss, less any deductibles. These are very different financial realities for drivers.
Personal injury protection and uninsured/underinsured motorist protection are two additional components often included in a full-coverage auto insurance plan, though some plans don't offer PIP, according to 21st Century Insurance. These additional areas of protection extend your financial benefits. PIP pays for medical bills incurred by you and any passengers. Uninsured/underinsured coverage protects you when other drivers don't meet their own legal obligations to carry liability insurance.
Preservation of Vehicle Value
With car insurance, drivers can also more easily maintain their vehicles for durability and resale value. Someone without insurance might avoid getting costly repairs done that guard against more extensive problems later on. Proper upkeep on the car helps preserve its value, meaning you more likely get good money for it at trade-in or on a private sale. A significant loss of equity from repair avoidance may negate much or all of the premium savings from not having insurance.
Tip
Another benefit of full coverage auto insurance is that it often comes with extra perks, such as 24-hour roadside assistance, flexible payment plans and accident forgiveness.
About the Author
Neil Kokemuller has been an active business, finance and education writer and content media website developer since 2007. He has been a college marketing professor since 2004. Kokemuller has additional professional experience in marketing, retail and small business. He holds a Master of Business Administration from Iowa State University.
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What Is Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist Coverage?
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Uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance protect drivers from financially irresponsible drivers.
Research conducted by the Insurance Research Council places the number of drivers without insurance (uninsured motorists) as high as 25 percent in some states. That number typically includes drivers who are insured below the state's required minimum coverage (underinsured motorists). Even if you are carrying insurance, you may not be protected if one of these drivers hits you. And even though the remaining drivers have at least the minimum coverage required by law, damage to your vehicle or injury to you may exceed the limits of their policy, which means that they are underinsured motorists.
Function
If an insured driver gets into a collision with an uninsured or underinsured motorist, uninsured or underinsured motorist (UI/UM) insurance policies will pay for damage to the insured driver's vehicle as well as any injuries sustained by the driver or passengers in the insured's vehicle.
Enhancement to Existing Coverage
Uninsured and underinsured motorist insurance policies can be confusing because collision insurance covers damage caused by other vehicles. However, both UI/UM enhance collision insurance and protect policyholders even in the event of a hit-and-run collision, and in the case of uninsured motorists insurance, even if the policyholder has no information on the liable driver who escapes. UI/UM both compliment collision coverage, but may also be purchased to enhance a basic liability policy without collision insurance.
Underinsured Coverage
Underinsured motorist insurance kicks in when a liable driver does not have enough insurance to cover your damages. Your insurance will determine the amount that will be paid by the responsible party and then pay the rest. The limit of this coverage listed on your policy may be confusing, because it refers to the total amount that both your insurance company and the underinsured motorist's insurance company will pay, as opposed to an additional amount your insurance company pays.
Uninsured Insurance Components
Uninsured motorist insurance has two components--property damage and bodily injury protection--just as liability insurance does. Uninsured motorist property damage insurance covers the damage to an insured driver's vehicle, while uninsured and underinsured motorist bodily injury insurance covers any injuries sustained by the driver or passengers of an insured vehicle. While some states only allow insurance companies to sell uninsured motorist bodily injury coverage, many states allow the sale of both. Uninsured motorist insurance typically covers you while you are a pedestrian, in the event you are hit by a vehicle without insurance coverage.
Limits
While an underinsured motorist addendum provides an amount above the coverage of the other driver, uninsured motorist insurance is restrained to the boundaries of the policyholder's own liability limits.
Deductible
As with any other type of coverage, both underinsured and uninsured insurance come with a deductible, which is the amount that the policyholder pays before the insurance kicks in.
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