The Standard Texas Liability Auto Insurance Policy Buying automobile insurance in Texas can be a confusing experience. If you are not careful, you can wind
Buying automobile insurance in Texas can be a confusing experience. If you are not careful, you can wind up paying a lot of money for the wrong kind of coverage. This article is designed to help consumers understand the various types of coverage made available under a standard Texas liability auto insurance policy.
In Texas, all drivers are required by law to carry the minimum limits of liability coverage. Those are liability insurance limits of 30,000 per person up to 60,000 total per accident in a standard Texas liability auto insurance policy. Additionally, drivers are required to carry a minimum of 25,000 in property damage coverage. In addition to higher limits, optional coverage includes uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, personal injury protection coverage, and medpay coverage. But drivers are not required to carry any of the optional coverages under Texas Law.
Liability insurance is third-party insurance coverage that applies to someone else when you cause an accident through your own negligence and they sustain injuries. Your insurance company has agreed to accept responsibility for a certain amount of damages (the limits) you are judged to have legally caused to another by your negligence. In a minimum limits policy, this amount is damages up to 30,000.00 for one injured person.
The first number is a per-person cap on pay-out, the second number is a per accident cap. Thus, if you have a minimum limits policy of 30,000.00/60,000.00 and you hit a car with three people in it who each have 35,000 in damages, your insurance policy is only liable to pay a total of 60,000.00 with no more than 30,000.00 going to any single person. The remaining 45,000.00 in damages would be your responsibility.
If someone is injured in an automobile accident, 30,000.00 is not always enough to pay their medical bills. It is a good idea to carry more than just the minimum required limits on both personal injury liability and property damage liability. Individual policies typically issue all the way up to 250,000.00/500,000.00 where commercial policies go much higher.
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