Uninsured and underinsured policies provide the coverage that covers expenses normally taken care of by the at fault driver in situations where that driver does not carry any automobile liability insurance at the time of the accident, or the insurance
policy of the negligent driver is not enough to handle all expenses.
Not exact matches
Fortunately, in most
of these cases, damages owed by
negligent pet owners for injuries to the
driver or their vehicle are amounts well within their
policy limits.
However, if you have additional coverage
of $ 100,000, you will be able to collect $ 100,000 — $ 20,000 from the
negligent driver's
policy and $ 100,000 — $ 20,000, or $ 80,000 from your
policy.
Uninsured motorist insurance — which is available for all insurance
policies written in Maryland — also covers claims made for victims involved in accidents where
negligent or drunk
drivers leave the scene
of the accident.
With the high costs
of auto repairs and medical bills, your injuries might not be fully covered by the
negligent driver's
policy.
These are different (but related) provisions
of your auto
policy and come into play when the
negligent driver either has no insurance or insufficient insurance coverage, to pay for the bodily injuries and / or property damage you acquired as a result
of a car accident.
If someone else caused your accident, then you can file a third - party liability claim for the amount
of the
negligent driver's
policy limits, which must be at least $ 200,000.
In other words, if a
negligent motor vehicle operator with 50k
policy liability limit rear ends a pickup truck motorist and the pickup truck
driver has 50k in medical bills as well as lost wages, traumatic brain injury and pain and suffering then the injured motorist can collect the $ 25,000
policy from the tortfeasor in addition to his own $ 100,000 under - insured motorist
policy for a total
of $ 125,000.
If the bus
driver is employed by a bus company or any agency or entity, the company, agency, or entity can also be sued based either on the actions
of its employee or based on its own
negligent policies and practice (for things like poor hiring procedures or inadequate training).
The bus company's insurance
policies were limited and so the lawyers had to focus their efforts on convincing the Ohio courts that the University's own insurance
policies, totaling some $ 16 million, should extend additional insurance coverage for the
negligent actions
of the bus
driver.
Underinsured motorist coverage protects you as a covered
policy holder from having to personally take care
of the costs ordinarily paid by the other party in cases when you get into an accident and the
negligent driver has no insurance.
These parts
of an auto
policy only come into use when the covered
driver is not at fault and when the other (
negligent)
driver is either not insured or has insufficient coverage to handle all expenses.
If you are involved in an accident with an uninsured
driver and that
driver was at fault for the collision, your uninsured
policy will pay out for the losses that would normally be the responsibility
of the
negligent driver's liability insurance.
Insurance companies encourage people to purchase this
policy because the injured persons would be taken care
of immediately and they would not sue the
driver who had been at fault for
negligent driving.