You'll still have to pay for
your underlying auto liability insurance coverage, though, and you may face additional costs due to your traffic violation.
Not exact matches
If a judgment against you exceeds the
liability limits of an
underlying policy, such as
auto or homeowners
insurance, a personal umbrella policy may help provide an additional layer of coverage.
Personal umbrella coverage comes into play when your
underlying liability limits (such as from a homeowners or
auto insurance policy) have been reached.
If the
liability limits are exhausted on your home,
auto, or other
underlying insurance policy, your umbrella
insurance policy takes over and provides you with additional protection.
Umbrella
insurance is a
liability only
insurance policy which provides
insurance in excess of your
underlying insurance coverages (such as
auto insurance, home
insurance, boat
insurance, etc).
If you're considering a personal
liability umbrella, you should know that
insurance companies typically require that you maintain a certain level of
underlying coverage on your existing home and
auto policies in order to qualify.
In fact, many
insurance companies won't sell you an umbrella policy unless you already carry a certain amount of basic
liability coverage - generally $ 300,000 of
underlying coverage on your homeowners
insurance policy and $ 250,000 of
underlying coverage on your
auto insurance policy.
Because the personal umbrella policy pays out after the
underlying coverage is exhausted, most insurers will want you to have about $ 250,000 of
liability insurance on your
auto policy and $ 300,000 of
liability insurance on your homeowners policy before they will sell you an umbrella policy.
If the
liability limits are exhausted on your homeowner
insurance,
auto insurance, or other
underlying insurance policy, your umbrella
insurance policy takes over and provides you with additional protection.
If a judgment against you exceeds the
liability limits of an
underlying policy, such as
auto or homeowners
insurance, a personal umbrella policy may help provide an additional layer of coverage.
Even though your
underlying policies (like
auto, homeowners, or pleasure craft
insurance) may provide substantial
liability limits, it may not be enough.
Though your
underlying insurance policies (like
auto, homeowners, or pleasure craft) may provide substantial
insurance liability limits, those limits may not be enough to protect you from personal exposure or financial disaster in all cases.
Personal excess
liability insurance (or «umbrella»
insurance) kicks in after the
liability limits in an
underlying policy (homeowners,
auto, etc.) are depleted.
An umbrella policy typically kicks in once you've reached the
liability limits on an
underlying policy, such as homeowners or
auto insurance.
Umbrella
insurance works in conjunction with your
auto and / or homeowners
insurance policy to provide additional
liability coverage if you happen to exceed the limit of the
underlying policy.
Personal umbrella coverage comes into play when your
underlying liability limits (such as from a homeowners or
auto insurance policy) have been reached.
For individuals, these policies are usually «excess» to both the homeowners and
auto policy and come into effect if a claim exceeds the policy limits of the underlying (homeowners or auto) policy (for more, see Auto Liability Insurance - How Much Is Enou
auto policy and come into effect if a claim exceeds the policy limits of the
underlying (homeowners or
auto) policy (for more, see Auto Liability Insurance - How Much Is Enou
auto) policy (for more, see
Auto Liability Insurance - How Much Is Enou
Auto Liability Insurance - How Much Is Enough?)
Personal umbrella
liability insurance, or umbrella
insurance, kicks in when you reach the
underlying liability limits on your homeowners, condo, rent, or
auto policies.
This is, of course, on top of what they pay for their
underlying general
liability and commercial
auto insurance policies.
A commercial umbrella policy increases the limits of
liability on the
underlying general
liability and commercial
auto insurance policies if any.