Texas Auto Insurance Claims Tips and Tricks

Texas · One occurrence, one deductible

After a crash, the liability limit pays other people if you are at fault. Your own car is collision or comprehensive, minus that coverage’s deductible. This page will not invent a repair timeline or a claim cost.

Get to safety, photograph the cars and the scene, and exchange names and policy numbers. A police report records the facts. It is not the policy. Tell your company. Texas is a fault state. The floor is $30,000 bodily injury per person, $60,000 per accident, and $25,000 property damage. An $80,000 judgment against a $30,000 per-person limit leaves the rest on the driver. That is example math. Uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage, if you did not reject it in writing, pays your injuries when the other driver has no insurance or not enough. It is not collision.

Hail, theft, and a flood that reaches the car use the comprehensive deductible. A crash uses collision. A total loss is usually actual cash value unless you bought gap or a new-car endorsement. Gap pays the difference between that value and the loan only if it is on the policy. Parts are often like kind and quality. Original equipment is required only if the form or an endorsement says so. You can often pay the difference. A direct-repair shop is not required unless the policy says so. Rental reimbursement pays only if you bought it. A supplement is hidden damage from the same occurrence, and the deductible is usually charged once. Appraisal argues the amount of a covered loss, not whether it is covered.

What those coverages are: what Texas car insurance covers and car insurance in Texas. The other driver’s missing limit: uninsured motorist. Parts: new or aftermarket. Why a blog will not price your claim: common claims.

Keep the photos and read which deductible applies before you accept the check. Ask an agent or get an auto quote.