That's why it's important to consider
bodily injury liability coverage limits that are higher than what your state requires.
Keep in mind that if you injure someone and their medical expenses exceed
your bodily injury liability coverage limits, you may have to pay out of pocket to cover the costs.
Need help understanding your state's
bodily injury liability coverage limits?
Any motor vehicle liability policy that insures both commercial motor vehicles as defined in G.S. 20 - 4.01 (3d) and noncommercial motor vehicles shall provide underinsured motorist coverage in accordance with the provisions of this subsection in an amount equal to the highest limits of bodily injury liability coverage for any one noncommercial motor vehicle insured under the policy, subject to the right of the insured to purchase greater or lesser underinsured motorist
bodily injury liability coverage limits as set forth in this subsection.
Not exact matches
For example, if you have
bodily injury and property damage
liability coverage, any damage you cause to someone's property is covered by your insurance policy, up to the
limits of your policy.
Connecticut requires that every driver carry minimum
liability limits of $ 20,000 per person and $ 40,000 per accident in
bodily injury coverage and $ 10,000 property damage
coverage.
At the least, you're required by law to buy a 20/40/10 policy: minimum
bodily injury liability limits of $ 20,000 per injured person, up to a total of $ 40,000 per accident, and property damage
liability coverage of $ 10,000.
California requires that car insurance policies have at least
bodily injury liability and property damage
liability coverages of the
limits below:
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By law, the minimum
coverage and
liability limits required in Maryland are
bodily injury, personal
injury, and uninsured motorist
liability.
Coverage includes and is not
limited to:
bodily injury liability, collision and / or comprehensive
coverage, full glass, loan / lease gap, medical payments, non-owned automobile, personal auto plus, personal
injury protection, pet medical
coverage, physical damage plus and / or
liability, rental car, road trouble service as well as underinsured or uninsured motorist
liability.
Sometimes, insurance companies will provide
liability coverage that has a single
liability limit to cover
bodily injury for individuals and property damage.
firms were advised that their general
liability insurance policies (intended to cover
bodily injury and property damage scenarios) may offer only a
limited amount of
coverage for cyber-related exposures.
All drivers will need to purchase basic
coverage to pay for the other driver's losses which includes
bodily injury liability limits of $ 25,000 per person up to $ 50,000 per accident as well as property damage
liability of $ 10,000.
Analysis used a consistent base profile for the insured driver: a 30 - year - old single male driving a 2013 Honda Accord EX with a good driving history and
coverage limits of $ 50,000
bodily injury liability per person / $ 100,000
bodily injury liability per accident / $ 50,000 property damage
liability per accident with a $ 500 deductible for comprehensive and collision.
If SUM
coverage has been purchased and you have an accident with another vehicle that is insured but has
bodily injury liability limits lower than yours, or if such vehicle has no insurance at all, SUM
coverage will be activated.
Underinsured motorist
bodily injury (UIMBI)
coverage will help cover your costs for
bodily injury when the other driver's insurance is not sufficient, as long as your UIMBI
limit is higher than the at - fault driver's
liability limit.
For most categories, NerdWallet averaged rates from the largest insurers for 30 - year - old men and women in 10 ZIP codes and with 100 / 300/50
liability insurance
limits, 100/300 uninsured motorist
bodily injury coverage limits, and collision and comprehensive
coverages each with a $ 1,000 deductible.
FAJUA offers medical expense
coverage for drivers with personal
injury protection,
bodily injury liability coverage, and property damage
liability or personal
injury protection and combined single
limits of
liability.
Maryland's minimum
liability limits for
bodily injury compare well with other states», but anyone with a house or savings should consider increasing their
liability insurance
coverage across the board.
The driver who was found at fault has
bodily injury liability coverage with a
limit of $ 100,000, so you get a check from that driver's insurer for $ 100,000.
If you have assets that you wish to protect, you should seriously consider purchasing higher
limits of
bodily injury liability coverage — $ 50,000 / $ 100,000, $ 100,000 / $ 300,000, $ 250,000 / $ 500,000 or even higher.
The
bodily injury liability insurance
coverage amount is a «Split
Limit,» such as $ 100,000 / $ 300,000.
Policy
limits for
bodily injury liability are per person and per accident and
coverage is written as such.
Usually property damage
liability coverage will appear as a digit following the
bodily injury liability limit.
However, the amount of SUM
coverage may not exceed the
bodily injury liability limits of your policy.
For example, if you have uninsured / underinsured
coverage of $ 300,000 and you sustain $ 400,000 in personal
injuries caused by an at - fault driver with $ 200,000 in
bodily injury liability, without underinsured conversion
coverage you would normally only be able to collect the $ 200,000 from the other driver's insurance plus $ 100,000 from your own underinsured
coverage, which equals your $ 300,000
limit.
If you do carry
bodily injury liability coverage, but with low
limits, you still could be putting yourself at risk financially, since if you cause a serious accident where
injury expenses exceed your
limits you can be held responsible for the amount above your
limits.
You have to have underinsured motorist
coverage limits that are HIGHER THAN the
limits of the at - fault driver's
bodily injury liability coverage, or you may not receive benefits.
If your
injury expenses exceed the at - fault party's
Liability limits, you can use Underinsured Motorist
Bodily Injury coverage to pay for the amount not covered by the at - fault person's insurance.
If bills exceed that
limit, the at - fault driver is legally personally responsible unless he or she has bought
bodily injury liability coverage.
UM
coverage will pay up to your
limits — without a deductible — which typically mirror your
liability limits (per person and per accident) because UM is basically taking the place of the other driver not having
bodily injury liability coverage.
If you opt for
bodily injury liability coverage with
limits that are 50/100 or higher, then you can also get added personal
injury protection.
When the ridesharing app is open but a passenger has not been assigned, referred to as Period 1, Uber and Lyft offer low
coverage limits for drivers:
Liability coverage of 50 / 100/25, which translates into $ 50,000 for
bodily injury per person, $ 100,000 for
bodily injury per accident, and $ 25,000 for property damage.
South Dakota car insurance policies must include
liability insurance and uninsured / underinsured motorist
bodily injury coverage with at least the following
limits:
Offset or Difference in
limits coverage — In most states, underinsurance motorist
bodily injury coverage is allowed to have a reducing clause that allows your insurance company to reduce, or offset, your payout by any amounts recovered from another party's
liability policy.
Additionally, if you are to blame in an accident and carry single -
limit liability insurance, the injured party's attorney may press for a higher amount in a settlement because there is no
limit (with the exception of the total
coverage limit) to
bodily injury coverage.
Sometimes, insurance companies will provide
liability coverage that has a single
liability limit to cover
bodily injury for individuals and property damage.
Bodily injury liability coverage per person: $ 15,000 for a standard policy (see notes)
Bodily injury liability coverage per accident: $ 30,000 for a standard policy Property damage
liability coverage: $ 5,000 for a standard policy Personal
injury protection: $ 15,000 per accident, plus up to $ 250,000 for severe
injuries for a standard policy Uninsured / underinsured motorist
coverage: Must match
liability limits if purchasing a standard policy
Then she can raise her
coverage to the Plus level, which increases
bodily injury and property damage
liability to 50 / 100/50, with the same
limits for uninsured motorist
liability.
Bodily injury liability coverage per person: $ 25,000
Bodily injury liability coverage per accident: $ 50,000 Property damage
liability coverage: $ 25,000 Personal
injury protection: Optional Uninsured / underinsured motorist
coverage:
Coverage must equal
liability limits, so $ 25,000 per person and $ 50,000 per accident
Uninsured / underinsured motorist
coverage covers
bodily injury to you, your relatives who live with you and your passengers if they are injured in an accident caused by an uninsured motorist, a motorist whose
bodily injury liability limits are less than your uninsured / underinsured motorist
limits or a hit - and - run driver.
Within
bodily injury liability coverage, there are
limits as to how much can be paid out.
A combined single
limit combines property damage
liability coverage and
bodily injury coverage under one single combined
limit.
The
limits of such uninsured motorist
bodily injury coverage shall be equal to the highest
limits of
bodily injury liability coverage for any one vehicle insured under the policy; provided, however, that (i) the
limits shall not exceed one million dollars ($ 1,000,000) per person and one million dollars ($ 1,000,000) per accident regardless of whether the highest
limits of
bodily injury liability coverage for any one vehicle insured under the policy exceed those
limits and (ii) a named insured may purchase greater or lesser
limits, except that the
limits shall not be less than the
bodily injury liability limits required pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection, and in no event shall an insurer be required by this subdivision to sell uninsured motorist
bodily injury coverage at
limits that exceed one million dollars ($ 1,000,000) per person and one million dollars ($ 1,000,000) per accident.
An «uninsured motor vehicle,» as described in subdivision (3) of this subsection, includes an «underinsured highway vehicle,» which means a highway vehicle with respect to the ownership, maintenance, or use of which, the sum of the
limits of
liability under all
bodily injury liability bonds and insurance policies applicable at the time of the accident is less than the applicable
limits of underinsured motorist
coverage for the vehicle involved in the accident and insured under the owner's policy.
(d) Such motor vehicle
liability policy shall state the name and address of the named insured, the
coverage afforded by the policy, the premium charged therefor, the policy period and the
limits of
liability, and shall contain an agreement or be endorsed that insurance is provided thereunder in accordance with the
coverage defined in this Article as respects
bodily injury and death or property damage, or both, and is subject to all the provisions of this Article.
This comparison of six month premiums for a 2004 Chevrolet Malibu LS 4 - door sedan, or where ** is shown, a 2010 Chevrolet Malibu LS 4 - door sedan reflects the following insurance
coverage: A $ 25,000 maximum
bodily injury limit for anyone person in any one accident subject to a maximum for all
bodily injury damages of $ 50,000 in any one accident; a $ 25,000 maximum
limit for property damage
liability for any one accident; a $ 500 comprehensive deductible; a $ 500 collision deductible.
This comparison of six month premiums for a 2010 Chevrolet Malibu LS 4 - door sedan reflects the following insurance
coverage: A $ 25,000 maximum
bodily injury limit for anyone person in any one accident subject to a maximum for all
bodily injury damages of $ 50,000 in any one accident; a $ 25,000 maximum
limit for property damage
liability for any one accident; a $ 500 comprehensive deductible; a $ 500 collision deductible.
(4) The named insured's underinsured motorist
bodily injury coverage limits, if applicable, shall be equal to the highest
limits of
bodily injury liability coverage for any one vehicle insured under the policy unless the insured elects to purchase greater or lesser
limits for underinsured motorist
bodily injury coverage.