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Property Damage: Bodily Injury

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These following are examples of the coverage or other things involving an accident or crash: Bodily injury, Property damage, Personal Injury Protection, Collision, Comprehensive, Medical Payments, and many others. For a Bodily Injury, you would take care of these things: Minimum coverage limits- some are too low to protect assets of motorists. Unless your income and assets are minimal, buy at least $1000,000 per person, and $3000,000 per accident. On the other hand, you would follow these things for Property Damage: Something that covers the repair or replacement of other people’s cars and property. The minimum limits are about $15,000. The average cost of a new car is $30,000, but you need to buy at least $35,000 in coverage. There is something …show more content…

Getting your credit straight- insurers have access to all sorts of personal info, including motor vehicle record, credit record, and your history of claims with other insurers. It makes no sense to lie about your background, so never do it. Mistakes can happen, a glitch on a report could make you look like a worse risk than you actually are. If you have not done this, you should, in a few years, consider obtaining credit report from all three credit reporting services. You always want to keep your records. When you are filing a claim, your best protection are your good records. After a car accident, you should take down names and license numbers of all the drivers involved, and identify any witnesses. You will want to record your version of the event; take photos, if possible. Also, get the police report. The four steps required by law to take when you are involved in a crash are these. 1. Stop immediately-You may be penalized if you don’t remain at the scene of the crash. 2. Render Aid- If possible, you want to find someone trained for first aid. Until medical help arrives, you should avoid moving anyone who appears to be seriously injured. You can transport someone

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