WHAT ARE THE BEST LIABILITY POLICY LIMITS?
It is generally accepted among insurance agents that the state minimum policy limits are not enough. Most insurance professionals would agree for the average driver the best liability limits to have on New York automobile insurance are 100/300/100. This means:
· 100,000 per person for bodily injury
· 300,000 per accident for bodily injury
· 100,000 per accident for property damage
Since in most areas medical treatment is in fairly the same range, the last limit, per accident for property damage, is the one you may want to take into account if you are not the average driver. If you live in an area where you feel that if there was an accident, that was your fault, and property damage may exceed 100,000, you may want to consider higher limits. Remember, property damage is the other person’s car and any other property damaged during the accident if you are at fault. In some areas one’s landscaping can cost over 100,000!
