Tag: uninsured motorist

Car Insurance Coverage: Uninsured Motorist & Deductibles

Last week, I wrote about the one required coverage on any Texas car insurance policy. It is liability coverage (see https://wiseinsurancegroup.com/car-insurance-one-coverage-required-texas/). I’m going to continue on the theme of car insurance coverage this week as we look at two more coverage types which are Uninsured Motorist and deductibles.

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Hit by Someone with no Car Insurance?

I got a call from a client on the Friday after Thanksgiving. He’d been hit on Central Expressway in Dallas after some Black Friday shopping by someone with no car insurance. The person who hit him was driving a pickup truck that rear ended him and then did some damage along the side of his car when he took off. He wanted to know what to do.

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The Worst Car Insurance Policy in Texas

You are in your car, stopped at a red light patiently waiting for it to turn green so you can get to your destination. A car zooms up behind you and rear ends you. Maybe the driver wasn’t paying attention, was texting, or some other equally frustrating reason the driver didn’t stop. You know your car sustained significant damage just from the force of the impact.

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Texas Driver Surcharges

The Dallas Morning News reported earlier this year on surcharges the state of Texas assesses to Texas drivers who are convicted of offenses such as driving while intoxicated, failure to maintain car insurance, and driving without a valid license or with an invalid license. These driver surcharges were enacted as a part of The Driver Responsibility Program in 2003.

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