Car Insurance

Car insurance as we all know is the insurance consumers buy for their vehicle be it a car, truck or any other automobile. The purpose of auto insurance is to safeguard the vehicle against accidents, theft and any other loss incurred. Auto insurance can lid, the insured party, the insured vehicle and the third parties. Different policies specify the situations under which each of these items is covered.







Like life insurance, auto insurance too has become the need of the hour. A surge in insecurity of the vehicles has resulted in many gigantic and little companies venturing in this place and trying their luck.


There are different types of auto insurances available. The policies vary with the need and wants of the people purchasing the policy. For example certain types of insurance policies include bodily injury liability, property broken liability, medical payments, and collision and comprehension coverage for physical broken to the insured vehicle.


Broadly speaking an auto insurance policy is divided into five parts.

1.Declarations- this part of policy contains personal information about the drivers in your house. This includes their name and address, make and model of the vehicle, vehicle identification number, policy number, duration etc. This part also comprises of basic type of coverage that you purchased and your policy limits and deductibles. It is very important to provide correct information in this area; otherwise the insurance affirmation can be declined at ease.

2.Coverage Parts- in this option the coverage limits such as liability, medical, collision and comprehensive are discussed. This section primarily outlines what your insurance company guarantees to provide in return for your payment, based upon the coverage and coverage limits opted.


3.Exclusions- this section briefs about what is left uncovered by your policys limitations. From here you will profit to know that what all will be covered when you make a allegation and allows you to make rectifications in the policy.

4.Conditions- this section is all about legitimacy i.e. the legal bindings upon the insurer and the insured. It includes premium payment obligations, steps to filing a claim, and guidance to resolve disputes.


5.Definitions- also known as good print, this segment is where terms and the rights of the policyholder and the insurance company are defined.


In several countries it is mandatory to purchase auto insurance before driving upon public roads. The least requirement in this area is third party insurance to guard the third parties against the loss, broken or crash by a vehicle. You may or may not acquire an insurance lid against loss or damage to your own vehicle. While some other countries make the insurance of both the car and the driver compulsory.

Car insurance plans a regular flat charge per-car or per year despite of the extent to which the car is used. There is no adequate statistical basis for the insurers to compare costs used to keep price classifications. Other well known methods of differentiation are reasonable estimation, odometer based systems, GPS based system and OBDII-based system.

Uninsured drivers are ten times more likely to beverage and drive and three times more likely to be convicted of driving without due care and attention. They also cause one crash every six months. In fact one in twenty motorists regularly steer without insurance. It's therefore not perhaps surprising that, one in ten of all motorists have been involved in accidents with uninsured drivers. The ask is what to do if you're involved in an crash with one?


At the time of the crash you're unlikely to realise that the other driver is uninsured so you'll have to react in the usual way. Take a note of the other car's make, model and registration number. Also note the other driver's name and address  but whether he'll give you his correct details is perhaps unlikely! Nevertheless, always record what the other driver says. Unless you have this information you'll have no leg to stand upon when it comes to getting some of your money back.

Also take notes about the broken to the other car and the accident scene. Remember to note road markings, road signs, light and weather conditions and whether the other car had its lights upon  in fact as much detail as possible. Then if you're lucky enough to have an independent witness acquire their full contact details. And if you happen to have a camera in the car, take lots of pictures - and try and profit one with the other driver clearly in the describe. The police might like that one!

If your policy is comprehensive, your insurer pay for your car to be repaired but you could lose your no claims discount unless you've paid to protect it. But then there's the issue of your excess payment  that's the first part of the repair cost you have to pay for. You'll have to pay that unless you're fortunate enough to have a policy that waives the excess payment if you're hit by an uninsured driver.

For those of you with third party car insurance, you're in for a hard time. Your insurer won't pay for your repairs and, as the other driver is uninsured, you're not going to get any money off him unless you can trace him and succeed in a court action. Even then there's no guarantee that he'll pay up! Your only guaranteed solution is to make a compensation allegation to the Motor Insurers' Bureau - but you'll yet have to pay the first 300 of the allegation.

The Motor Insurers' Bureau insists that have the other drivers' car registration number and you must first report the accident to the police. Always ask the police for a copy of their accident report as the Bureau's likely to ask to see it.

At the moment The UK' Law is being amended to crackdown upon uninsured drivers. Not before time. Anyone keeping, not just driving, an uninsured vehicle now faces a fixed 100 good and can also have their car seized and crushed. Currently the average great for driving without insurance is just 170 and that's hardly a punishment when car insurance costs many times more. Losing the car plus a good of 100 is much more realistic. Let's hope that the courts fully implement the crushing sanction!

A police spokesman said recently,  Uninsured drivers are often guilty of many other driving related offences, such as having no driving licence or MOT certificate. We're doing all in our power to get these dangerous and illegal drivers off our roads.

We say, go to it blues and two's!