Saturday, August 1, 2009

Auto Insurance - The State Will Not Let You Venture Out Onto The Public Street Without It

By William Hazelhurst

In almost all countries and in all states of America insuring your automobile is required and you are required to have an auto insurance policy before you are permitted to use or keep a motorized vehicle on the public roads.

Auto insurance is a type of insurance plan that is bought to protect you against a variety of events related to the use and ownership of a vehicle and it gives you coverage particularly if you are involved in an accident leading to damage and injury.

Many people are unhappy with the fact that auto insurance is obligatory but this is necessary to protect the interests of third parties and is also something that anybody who has ever been involved in a motor accident is very glad that they were required to purchase before venturing out onto the road.

Automobile accidents can be extremely expensive when you consider the cost of repairing your own car or that of the other driver in an accident. However, the real value of having auto insurance comes when either you or another party is hurt as a result of an automobile accident. The cost of medical treatment nowadays can literally ruin you without insurance cover and even a quite simple accident could land you with a bill which you would otherwise never pay off.

In may cases insurers also operate a no-fault system that ensures that costs are correctly paid according to how fault is apportioned. This means, in effect, that your insurance company will meet the costs regardless of who is to blame and will sort out recovery if necessary with the other party's insurer. However, you do need to be careful when arranging auto insurance as there is ordinarily a limit stipulated within the contract to the insurance company's liability.

You should also bear in mind that there are different forms of auto insurance plan giving you different levels of cover. For instance, you can select to insure yourself just against claims from third parties to keep your premiums down or could opt for a comprehensive auto insurance policy which will cover you for just about anything you can think of.

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