Auto Insurance
Understanding Your Auto Policy
What Can Auto Insurance Help Cover?
Auto insurance can help protect you financially after certain accidents and other covered losses. The right combination of coverage depends on your state, vehicle, drivers, finances, insurance company, and the amount of protection you want.
Bodily Injury Liability
May help pay certain injury-related damages when you are legally responsible for a covered auto accident, subject to the policy limits and applicable terms.
Property Damage Liability
May help with covered damage you cause to another person’s vehicle or other property when you are legally responsible.
Collision Coverage
May help repair or replace your insured vehicle after a covered collision, subject to the deductible, valuation provisions, limits, and policy terms.
Comprehensive Coverage
May help with qualifying non-collision losses such as theft, vandalism, fire, hail, falling objects, and other covered events.
Uninsured & Underinsured Motorist
Depending on the state and policy, coverage may help after a qualifying accident involving a driver with no insurance or insufficient insurance.
Medical Payments or PIP
Depending on the state and policy, these coverages may help with certain eligible medical expenses or other accident-related expenses.
Rental Reimbursement
Optional coverage may help with eligible temporary transportation expenses while your insured vehicle is being repaired after a covered loss.
Roadside Assistance
Available programs may provide towing, battery assistance, lockout service, or other roadside benefits depending on the insurance company.
Loan or Lease Options
Certain insurance companies may offer coverage designed to address part of the difference between a covered vehicle value and an outstanding loan or lease balance.
Build Coverage Around Your Household
What Should You Review Before Buying Auto Insurance?
Your vehicle is only part of the insurance picture. Drivers, vehicle ownership, mileage, garaging location, driving history, coverage selections, deductibles, and prior insurance can all affect available options.
Drivers in the Household
Insurance companies may require information about licensed household members and regular vehicle operators. How each driver is handled varies by state and insurance company.
Driving Record
Accidents, tickets, violations, prior claims, licensing history, and other driving information may affect pricing and eligibility.
Vehicle Ownership
Paid-off vehicles can provide more flexibility, while lenders and leasing companies commonly establish physical-damage and deductible requirements.
Mileage & Vehicle Use
Annual mileage and whether the vehicle is used for commuting, pleasure, school, business, or another purpose may affect the insurance review.
Garaging Location
Where the vehicle is principally garaged can influence theft exposure, traffic patterns, claims experience, repair costs, and available pricing.
Limits & Deductibles
Higher liability limits, lower physical-damage deductibles, and optional coverage can increase premium but may also provide broader protection.
Understand the Difference
Liability-Only vs. Coverage for Your Vehicle
Liability-Focused Policy
Primarily Protects Against Your Responsibility to Others
Liability coverage generally focuses on covered injuries or property damage you cause to other people when you are legally responsible. It generally does not repair your own vehicle after an at-fault collision.
Broader Vehicle Protection
Liability + Comprehensive + Collision
Adding comprehensive and collision may provide protection for qualifying physical damage to your own insured vehicle. Customers often call this “full coverage,” although that is not a specific insurance policy type.
Remember: State minimum liability requirements are legal minimums. They are not necessarily the amount of financial protection that fits every driver or household.
Auto Insurance Learning Center
Simple Answers for Everyday Drivers
Explore practical guides designed to help you understand common auto insurance coverage decisions and requirements.
More Than One Personal Policy?
Review Your Auto and Property Insurance Together
Some insurance companies may offer multi-policy discounts when eligible auto and home, condo, or renters policies are placed together. Reviewing policies together can also help identify limits, deductibles, and potential coverage gaps.
Auto Insurance Questions
Auto Insurance FAQs
Clear answers to common questions about liability, comprehensive, collision, deductibles, financed vehicles, SR-22 filings, household drivers, roadside assistance, and auto insurance.

