Reader’s Question:

If I am driving a Dallas Texas company car, do I still need car insurance?

John

Dallas TX

All automobiles on the road should have insurance by the car owner. Your company is responsible for ensuring that the company car that you will be driving has insurance.

In case of an accident, usually the insurance follows the automobile, so the car’s insurance is used as the primary ; your insurance will be used for secondary insurance if the damages exceed the limits of the automobile’s insurance. Typically if you do not own a car, you are not required to have your own auto insurance.

usually it is suggested that you carry a non-owners insurance policy so you will have coverage when you operate other people’s vehicles. This will provide you additional insurance in the event that the car owner’s policy limits are too low.

You need to contact your company’s insurance carrier in Dallas Texas to determine the specifics of the car insurance policy on the company car and how much coverage is provided for you when you operate the car.

Tags: auto insurance, non owners insurance

Reader’s Question:

I know someone who is disabled and lost his drivers license. Someone is driving for her with her own vehicle. How can she get car insurance on her vehicle in Dallas Texas if she does not have a license?

Morris

Dallas, TX

Obtaining car insurance for that individual may be hard if they have no plans to obtain a drivers license again. In most states it is illegal to insure a non-licensed motorist. Since the vehicle owner is disabled there might be helpful rules for them in obtaining car insurance without a drivers license in Dallas Texas. It is best to contact your state insurance regulator to know her consumer rights.

Once she knows her rights she may contact an insurance carrier in Dallas. If it is not possible for a person without a license to obtain car insurance it might be possible to have another person insure the car for her. There are insurance carrier that will permit somebody else to insure her car, even if they do not have an ‘insurable interest’ in it.

It would be better if both the driver and the car owner have their own auto insurance so they are protected in case of an accident.

Tags: auto insurance