Full coverage auto insurance covers everything. If the car is totaled they will will replace it. Liability auto insurance will only cover medical bills, and not the car if it is totaled.
Auto insurance is a state law requirement in PA. You are only required to carry liability insurance.
Yes, you can get auto insurance that only covers liability and property damage. However, you will need to purchase collision insurance if there is a lien on your vehicle.
Theft will be covered by most auto insurance policies as long as you have full coverage insurance. It will not be covered if you only have liability or basic coverage.
The types of Motor Insurance coverages that are available are Auto Liability Insurance, Liability Car Insurance, Personal Injury Protection and Collision only. The type of coverage also depends on the state as they have different laws.
Your liability portion of your auto insurance pays for injury and damages for which you are liable to others. Your Comprehensive and Collision portion of your auto policy will cover your own vehicle. One can not be liable to ones self. If you have "liability only" coverage, then their is no coverage for your own vehicle if you were at fault.
You only need the minimum liability insurance, what the state requires.
Auto insurance laws in the United States vary by state. The majority of states require that you have a minimum amount of liability insurance. This insurance covers third party injuries and property damage when you are found at fault for an auto accident. The only states that do not have some sort of minimum insurance law is New Hampshire and Wisconsin. In addition to liability coverage some states require PIP insurance and uninsured motorist insurance as well.
If you only carry liability insurance, that is all that the insurance company is liable for in this state.
If you have medical payments in your insurance. Liability only does not pay medical benefits. And the medical bills have to be the result of an auto accident.
Liability insurance only covers someone else in the case that you are responsible for damages caused in a collision. Comprehensive coverage will cover a driver that you hit, as well as cover yourself for any damages inflicted during a collision.
In most states you need a Comprehensive insurance plan to cover Auto glass replacement. If you only have Liability like most people you'll have to replace the glass out of pocket.