We recommend beginning your baseline estimate at your state's minimum required insurance, then consider
adding higher coverage amounts — and possibly additional coverage types — to ensure you have adequate protection.
Typically, you can obtain $ 1 million in
coverage for a couple hundred dollars annually;
higher coverage amounts can be even more cost - effective.2 Before
adding umbrella insurance, however, you generally must purchase the maximum liability
coverage on your homeowners and automobile policies, which serve as a deductible for the umbrella policy.