When we meet with a homeowners insurance customer, we review their auto insurance and current homeowners insurance policies and over 90% of home owners have the minimum Liability insurance limit to protect their assets.
You worked so hard to buy a house, a few cars, maybe even a boat.
Why leave your assets at risk to an Orleans or Jefferson parish judge to take away?
Accidents do happen.
“Something that could never happen in a million years, only takes a second”
Types of claims that can exceed your basic liability policy limit?
Bump the wrong person in the fast food drive thru lane and you own their existing injuries.
Judges in our area do not care about low impact collisions.
Property damage does not determine severity of injury.
The billboard attorney sends the other driver to the chiropractor for 6 months, orders an MRI and now they have a herniated disc.
But you only have 15,000 limit on your auto policy and you own a house.
It goes to court and a judge hands down a $75,000 judgement.
Your policy pays the $15,000 and now you owe $60,000 out of your pocket.
Myth #1 I don’t have 1,000,000 in assets so why do I need 1,000,000 in coverage?
If you are sued and there is a judgment, its not only what you have now, but it will follow your future earnings, investments, retirement fund and can even garnish your wages to satisfy the judgement.
What if you are involved in a serious accident and you are at fault?
What if someone falls down at your house during a Saints game bbq?
These claims can escalate and your assets are now on the table to make good on the claim if you have low liability limits.
Ok. What is an Umbrella?
It is an additional liability policy that provides asset protection from 1,000,000-5,000,000 of coverage on top of your existing auto, home, boat and rental properties underlying liability policy.
So if you have 300,000 liability on your house, you would get an additional 1,000,000 of liability protection in case of a claim, lawsuit or just the cost to defend a frivilous claim against you.
Myth #2 The cost of 1,000,000 of extra liability with an Umbrella must be expensive.
No. Annual premiums begin at $200
How do I know if I need an Umbrella policy?
Do some simple math.
Add up your
- bank account
- investment accounts
- home equity value
- estimated future earnings
- car, boat or rental property values
Do these add up to more than your current auto insurance limit?
What about your homeowners insurance liability limit?
More than likely your liability limits are way too low.
Maybe you purchased your auto and home policies when you were at a different financial position in your life.
Have things changed?
What’s this all about?
An Umbrella allows you the comfort to rest easy knowing you are protected from billboard attorneys, claimant friendly jury of your peers or just a judge that is trying to take care of the people who voted him in.
If you feel your assets are exposed and you don’t have enough liability protection
or no insurance agent ever recommended you get more protection
My name is Tim D’Angelo
I am the owner of FM Agency Group
and I would like to review your current insurance policies and make some recommendations.
If you want to learn more about an Umbrella policy click here