The Risks of Liability-Only Car Insurance May Cost You

Texas · Legal is not the same as repaired

Liability-only can satisfy 30/60/25 and still leave your car, a hailstorm, and any judgment above the limit on you.

Bodily injury and property damage liability pay other people when you are at fault, up to the limits. The Texas floor is $30,000 per person, $60,000 per accident, and $25,000 for property damage. If a judgment is $80,000 against one person and you carry the floor, the policy’s share stops at $30,000. The rest is yours. That is example math, not a prediction of your claim. There is no deductible on this part, because it is not a repair of your car. Registration checks this floor. It does not check whether you can replace the car.

Hail, theft, and a flood that ruins the car are comprehensive, not liability. A crash that ruins your car is collision. Without those, you pay the shop or you replace the car. A lender usually requires both even when the state does not. A total loss, when you do carry them, is usually actual cash value minus the deductible. Gap is extra. Uninsured motorist is extra. If the other driver has no insurance and you rejected UM, their missing policy is not a liability claim against yourself. A guest hurt at your house is a homeowners liability question, not this auto policy. A credit-based insurance score can make liability-only look cheap. It does not add the coverages you skipped.

The comparison: liability versus full coverage, what full coverage means, and what Texas car insurance covers. Comprehensive on its own: comprehensive. Why the floor has to exist: mandatory liability and registration. A guest at the house is a different policy: home liability for guests. Collision in another state, same idea: Missouri collision.

If you cannot replace the car from savings, liability-only is a legal policy and a bad repair plan. Ask an agent or get an auto quote.