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Liability vs Comprehensive Auto Insurance

Filed under: car insurance — Alston @ 8:52 pm November 5, 2010

Liability insurance and comprehensive insurance are two components of the personal auto policy. These two aspects of your PAP pay for different things.

Liability insurance is mandatory. It is mandatory because this is the part of your policy that pays other persons for their injuries and for damage to their property. Every state has a minimum liability limit for policies sold to their state’s residents.

Liability insurance is the part of your car insurance that pays other parties. If you are at fault in a car accident, the liability section of your policy will control how the other driver or other party is paid.

Comprehensive insurance is optional as far as your state’s laws are concerned. However, if you have a lease or a loan against your automobile, your lien holder may require you to have this coverage.

Comprehensive and collision insurance will be mandated by your lien holder’s contract to protect their interest. You may be able to raise your deductible to a certain limit, but you will not be allowed to drop the coverage entirely. This is because a totaled car isn’t very good collateral.

Comprehensive insurance sounds more impressive than it is. The comprehensive part of your policy pays for damage due to falling objects, birds and animals and fire. It also pays if your car is in a fire.

Comprehensive coverage is far from comprehensive. It doesn’t pay other parties. It doesn’t fix your care if you have a collision with another car.

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