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When you buy an auto insurance
policy, you are actually buying several individual coverages.
Each coverage protects you against
different types of losses. A brief description of the six basic auto insurance policy
coverages is provided here.
- Bodily Injury Liability pays for the other person’s
medical expenses, rehabilitation, funeral costs,
and other covered costs, if you or your family are
at fault in an
auto accident. It also pays for settlement of
lawsuits and your
legal expenses.
- Property Damage Liability pays when you or your family
members damage other property in an accident. It pays
for repair, replacement,
or cash value of the other owner’s property. It also
pays for your legal expenses.
- Personal Injury Protection (PIP or No-fault) pays for
medical expenses, rehabilitation, funeral expenses,
lost wages, and
in-home assistance for you and your passengers injured
in an accident, regardless of who is at fault.
- Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Protection pays you
or your passengers for medical, rehabilitation, and
funeral costs.
It also pays settlements of lawsuits resulting from
an accident caused by an uninsured, underinsured
or hit-and-run
motorist.
You and your family are covered as pedestrians or
when riding your bike.
- Collision pays for the repair of your car in a collision
or rollover.
- Comprehensive pays for damage to your auto resulting
from windstorm, fire, hail, etc.
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