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Most states require that you have liability insurance.
This covers you when you're at fault in an accident.
If you live in Mississippi, New Hampshire, Tennessee
or Wisconsin, you aren't required by law (yet) to have
liability coverage. For the rest of us, the mandatory
coverage varies according to state.
Personal Injury Protection (PIP), or Medical Payments
(MedPay) in some states, pays for your own medical expenses,
any lost wages and whatever other costs may arise when
you're injured in an accident. It usually pays about
80 percent of your losses, and it also pays a death
benefit. PIP is required in Colorado, Delaware, Florida,
Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Oregon
and Utah.
Some states also require you to purchase insurance
that will cover your own medical expenses, pain and
suffering losses and, in some states, car damage in
the event that the other motorist is at fault and is
either uninsured or underinsured. See the chart below
to find out if this applies to you.
Even though each state has minimum (or no) requirements
for bodily injury liability, it is probably in your
best interest to purchase higher limits. If someone
else is injured and you're at fault, the minimum liability
coverage may not cover their medical expenses, in which
case their attorney will most likely come after your
assets. It is generally recommended that you purchase
100k/300 limits of bodily injury liability. On the other
hand, if your personal assets don't amount to much,
you don't have a whole lot for them to bother about,
so the minimum requirements might actually suit you,
not to mention save you some much-needed cash.
Besides bodily injury liability, personal injury protection,
property damage liability and uninsured/underinsured
motorist coverage, you have collision and comprehensive
auto insurance coverage to consider. Collision covers
damage to the policyholder's car resulting from running
into anything, be it another car, a fire hydrant, a
light post, whatever. Comprehensive coverage takes care
of your car in the case of theft, fire, falling objects,
missiles, explosion, earthquake, flood, riot and civil
commotion, among other things (like what? Alien invasion,
we guess).
Comprehensive and collision coverage are required on
most lease contracts, and are essential if you own an
expensive car. If you're driving an old POS, on the
other hand, and the cost of the sum of your premium
and your deductible nearly or in fact exceed the worth
of your vehicle, you might want to consider doing without
this coverage.
Before you purchase any type of auto insurance coverage,
be sure to study your other insurance policies so you
don't end up paying for something you don't need. If
you have a decent health insurance plan, you might get
away with purchasing the bare minimum personal injury
protection coverage, or none at all. However, you might
end up paying a co-pay and deductible that wouldn't
apply with PIP or MedPay. Uninsured or underinsured
motorist coverage might also be a wise buy, even if
you have full medical coverage, because they can pay
for your pain and suffering damages. If you belong to
an organization that offers roadside assistance, you
don't need to purchase that through your insurer. Same
goes for mechanical breakdown insurance if you own a
newly financed or leased vehicle which is still covered
under warranty.
In the chart below, minimum liability limits are read
as follows (in thousands of dollars): bodily injury
liability for one person in an accident/bodily injury
liability for all people injured in an accident/property
damage liability for one accident. So, for Alabama,
the minimum requirements are $20,000 of bodily injury
liability for one person, $40,000 bodily injury liability
for all people and $10,000 property damage liability.
| State |
Type(s) of Coverage
Required |
Minimum Liability
Limits |
| AL |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability (effective 6/2000) |
20k/40k/10k |
| AK |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
50k/100k/25k |
| AZ |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
15k/30k/10k |
| AR |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
25k/50k/15k |
| CA |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection |
15k/30k/5k |
| CO |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection |
25k/50k/15k |
| CT |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist
|
20k/40k/10k |
| DE |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection |
15k/30k/5k |
| DC |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist |
25k/50k/10k |
| FL |
Property Damage Liability,
Personal Injury Protection |
10k/20k/10k |
| GA |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
15k/30k/10k |
| HI |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection |
20k/40k/10k |
| ID |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
25k/50k/15k |
| IL |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist |
20k/40k/15k |
| IN |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
25k/50k/10k |
| IA |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
20k/40k/15k |
| KS |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection, Uninsured
Motorist |
25k/50k/10k |
| KY |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection |
25k/50k/10k |
| LA |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
10k/20k/10k |
| ME |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist |
50k/100k/25k |
| MD |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection (may
be waived for policyholder but compulsory for passengers),
Uninsured Motorist |
20k/40k/10k |
| MA |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection, Uninsured
Motorist |
20k/40k/5k |
| MI |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection |
20k/40k/10k |
| MN |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection, Uninsured
and Underinsured Motorist |
30k/60k/10k |
| MS |
Financial Responsibility
Only |
10k/20k/5k |
| MO |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Underinsured Motorist |
25k/50k/10k |
| MT |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
25k/50k/10k |
| NE |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
25k/50k/25k |
| NV |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
15k/30k/10k |
| NH |
Financial Responsibility
Only |
25k/50k/25k |
| NJ |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection, Uninsured
Motorist |
15k/30k/5k |
| NM |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
25k/50k/10k |
| NY |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection, Uninsured
Motorist |
25k/50k/10k |
| NC |
Bodily Injury
and Property Damage Liability |
25k/50k/15k |
| ND |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection, Uninsured
Motorist |
25k/50k/25k |
| OH |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
12.5k/25k/7.5k |
| OK |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
10k/20k/10k |
| OR |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection, Uninsured
Motorist |
25k/50k/10k |
| PA |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Medical Payments |
15k/30k/5k |
| RI |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist |
25k/50k/25k |
| SC |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist |
15k/30k/10k |
| SD |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist |
25k/50k/25k |
| TN |
Financial Responsibility
Only |
25k/50k/10k |
| TX |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
20k/40k/15k |
| UT |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Personal Injury Protection |
25k/50k/15k |
| VT |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Uninsured and Underinsured Motorist |
25k/50k/10k |
| VA |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist |
25k/50k/20k |
| WA |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
25k/50k/10k |
| WV |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability, Uninsured Motorist |
20k/40k/10k |
| WI |
Financial Responsibility
Only, Uninsured Motorist |
25k/50k/10k |
| WY |
Bodily Injury and Property
Damage Liability |
25k/50k/20k |
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