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QuestionInsurance Question  I have a situation where my wife and I are insured on one policy and have comp. and BI full coverage with $500 deduct. While pulling out of garage at night she hit our 2nd car parked out side, It was dark and she did not see in back and caused damages to both cars. I called the insurance company; my insurance company says each car has to pay deductible. They say hitting my 2nd car is not under PI insurance it would cover if it was neighbor or someone else car. They say 2 deductibles have to be met. Damage may be $1100 for both cars. Two deductibles are $500+$500=$1000. Is my insurance company being fair with me or should I look for different insurance? I have had 0 claims in last 10 yrs. should I file a claim and pay out of my pocket. Is there a rule written up to cover my 2nd car under property insurance rather than collision?

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We are sorry for the trouble you are going through. Although we don't fully understand the abbreviations and coverage you are listing, we will try to answer your question.

If one car is covered with physical damage (Comp and Coll) and the other car is not then it would matter which car was being driven. If she was driving the car with physical damage then she would likely have to pay the deductible on that claim, but there typically is not a deductible for a property damage liability claim on the other car. This is all dependent on your state and policy coverage amounts.

If both cars have physical damage then you should still have one claim where one vehicle would claim under the collision portion and the other would be classified as property damage liability. In that instances, you should only need to pay the deductible for the portion that falls under physical damage coverage (unless your state has a separate deductible for property damage liability).

It is not really up to your insurance company adjuster, but rather up to the verbiage in your policy contract. Some policies (states) define an incident as a single occurrence while others define it as a per vehicle occurrence.

If you comment with more information (state and list all policy coverages and covered vehicles) I may be able to update the answer with more relevant help. Please read our related answers, you may find your answer.

If the amount of damage is $1100 and the deductible turns out to be $1000 then it is probably not worth filing the claim with your insurance company.

 

 

 

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