If you are to blame for an accident, your liability insurance will pay
the other driver for property damage and personal injuries up to your policy's limits.
If you are not at fault, the other drivers liability insurance pays for your car damage
and/or personal injuries.
In California, if you and the other driver both have car damage or injuries and you
both are partly responsible for the accident, you each may be able to collect part of your
loss. How much each of you collects from the other's policy depends on the amount of your
damages and on how much each of you is at fault.
If you loan your car to someone who has an accident, your insurance pays for the
damages - just as it would if you had been driving.
Collision. No matter who is at fault, your collision insurance pays for damages to your
car (not your medical expenses), minus the policy deductible. Most insurance companies
do not offer collision coverage for very old cars.
You may have other insurance too. Your health insurance, for example, may pay your
medical bills. Also, your automobile insurance may have medical payments coverage. If
so, it will pay the cost of your medical treatment. This coverage can be used in place
of your other health insurance or in addition to it.*
Answered by
ankit
, an ibibo Advisor,
at
12:22 AM on March 18, 2008