Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Basic Points About Auto Insurance

By Adriana Noton


It is not only important, but also mandatory to protect a car and its driver from unexpected damages with a good auto insurance policy. Sometimes, it becomes confusing and time-consuming job to select the right coverage. But it can be simpler and money saving, if it is properly understood. The French word for it is assurance auto, which protects a driver and its vehicle from any kind of losses and damages.

Insurance coverage is an agreement between an individual and his insurer where the individual pays the company a certain amount of money, and in return the insurer protects him against big financial losses because of an accident for a specific period. There are several coverages included in a policy. These coverages are different in different states.

Whenever an individual drives a vehicle, it is likely to get involved in an accident. Car accidents happen, even to a best driver and it is possible that he may cause property damage or injure himself or others. For most citizens, it is really difficult to pay for big expenses caused by any driving related accidents. Therefore, the government has made a low that every driver must carry certain amount of liability insurance.

It is also necessary to cover a driver's medical expenses and job disability due to on-road accidents injuries. This coverage is often referred as bodily injury or accident benefits. It gives a person complete peace of mind when he is having his own driving-related coverage included in the insurance.

Although, comprehensive and collision options are not compulsory by low, most drivers like to purchase them in a policy. They protect the driver and his car against most common causes of vehicle damage. When a car hits or is hit by any other object/car, collision coverage will pay for any damage done to the vehicle. On the other hand, comprehensive coverage protects a car against general losses such as flood, fire, theft, vandalism or other covered threats.

Many general policies include extra options such as underinsured motorist and uninsured motorist coverage. Underinsured motorist coverage pays when a driver at fault is having insufficient insurance. Uninsured motorist coverage protects a driver when a driver gets injured or have some property damage by a hit and run driver or a driver who does not have any insurance.

It is important to decide what type of coverage a person needs before buying one. Then he can shop around and ask for number of quotes from different companies. It is necessary to compare rates in order to get the best coverage for the premium. The premium on a policy is the total of various coverage in it for given time. So it needs to decide what deductible amount a person will have on his comprehensive and collision options.

Shopping smart is the way to get the best coverage auto insurance. It helps to research different insurers and comparing their policy quotes. For a driver, it will work as a firewall against any economic storms in case an accident happens where injuries to people and/or property damage occurs.




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