{"id":1149,"date":"2019-05-13T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/?p=1149"},"modified":"2019-05-07T11:59:50","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T16:59:50","slug":"is-auto-insurance-required-in-texas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/2019\/is-auto-insurance-required-in-texas\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Auto Insurance Required in Texas?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you know that the state of Texas has a Bill of Rights for consumers who get auto insurance? Ask your agent at The Select Insurance Agency, serving Coppell, TX and the surrounding area, to give you a copy if you are considering getting auto insurance. You will automatically get a copy when you buy or renew an auto insurance policy.<\/p>\n

Texas Law Requires Auto Liability Insurance<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Along with your rights, you have responsibilities. If you are going to operate a car in Texas, you must have liability insurance. If you borrow money to buy a car, the lender will likely require you to also have collision and comprehensive insurance coverage. There are five other types of coverage that are optional; however, you will probably want to insure your car for more than the barest minimums required.<\/p>\n

Here is the breakdown of the eight auto insurance types:<\/p>\n

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  1. Liability: <\/strong>This type has minimum legal requirements called 30-60-25 insurance coverage. If you cause an accident, your insurance must be a minimum of $30,000 for one person that is injured and a limit of $60,000 if more than one person is injured in the same accident. The minimum insurance required for any property damage is $25,000.<\/li>\n
  2. Collision:<\/strong> This coverage pays to repair or replace a vehicle that is damaged in an accident.<\/li>\n
  3. Comprehensive:<\/strong> This coverage is for other things that happen to the vehicle besides an accident, like theft or vandalism.<\/li>\n
  4. Medical Payments:<\/strong> This pays the medical bill for you and your passengers.<\/li>\n
  5. Protection for Personal Injury: <\/strong>Pays medical bills, lost wages, and other non-medical costs caused by an accident. This is not legally required; however, it is automatically included in your auto insurance in Texas unless you tell the insurance company, in writing, that you do not want it.<\/li>\n
  6. Under- or Uninsured Driver:<\/strong> This pays the claim if the responsible party who caused the accident cannot pay or does not have insurance.<\/li>\n
  7. Towing:<\/strong> This pays to have the vehicle towed away after an accident.<\/li>\n
  8. Rental Car Expense:<\/strong> This pays for a rental car to use while your car is being repaired.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Contact your agent at The Select Insurance Agency in Coppell, TX by calling 972-315-7299 or using the convenient online form to get a quote for auto insurance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Did you know that the state of Texas has a Bill of Rights for consumers who get auto insurance? Ask your agent at The Select Insurance Agency, serving Coppell, TX and the surrounding area, to give you a copy if you are considering getting auto insurance. You will automatically get a copy when you buy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[892,199],"class_list":["post-1149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auto-insurance","tag-coppell-tx","tag-the-select-insurance-agency"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1150,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1149\/revisions\/1150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.insurancefordfw.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}