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Accident Terms and Definitions

 
 

Towing & Labor Coverage
Pays for towing charges when your car can’t be driven. Also pays labor charges, such as changing a flat tire, at the place where your car broke down.

Scrapped
Vehicles that have been dismantled and/or crushed and should not return to the road.

Insurer
The insurance company providing the insurance.

Producer
A term applied to an agent, solicitor or other person who sells insurance.

Hearsay
Evidence based on what the witness has heard someone else say, rather than what the witness has personally experienced or observed.

Flood Damage Title
States issue flood titles when a vehicle has been in a flood or has received extensive water damage.

Commission
That portion of the premium paid to the agent as compensation for his or her services.

Uninsured Motorist Coverage (UMC)
Provides coverage for a policyholder involved in a collision with a driver who does not have liability insurance.

Commissioner of Insurance
The title of the head of most state insurance departments. In some states, the Director or Superintendent of Insurance is used instead.

Junk Title
A Junk Title is issued on a vehicle damaged to the extent that the cost of repairing the vehicle for safe operation exceeds its fair market value; or a vehicle that has been declared a total loss by an insurer or other state or jurisdiction.


Contact our DC Accident Lawyers if you have ever experienced a personal injury and think others are at fault for the accident.

 
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A Pedestrian Is Killed In A Motor Vehicle Crash Every 13 Minutes And Injured Every 8 Minutes
Its estimated 68,000 pedestrians are injured and 4,641 were killed in traffic crashes in the United States, representing 2% of all the people injured in traffic crashes and 11% of all traffic fatalities.

 


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Terms

 


Today's Terms

Gap Insurance

Definition:
Insurance that pays the difference between the actual cash value of a vehicle and the amount still to be paid on the loan. Some gap policies may also cover the amount of the deductible.

Exclusion

Definition:
A contractual provision in an insurance policy that denies coverage for certain perils, persons, property, or locations.

Limits

Definition:
The maximum amount of benefits the insurance company agrees to pay in the event of a loss.

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DC Car Accident Lawyers

 
If you live in one of the following cities and have been in an auto accident you should contact an DC Car Accident Lawyers as soon as possible:

  • Washington DC
  • Adams Morgan
  • Anacostia
  • Capitol Hill
  • Cathedral Heights
  • Chevy Chase
  • Chinatown
  • Columbia Heights
  • Dupont Circle
  • Foggy Bottom
  • Friendship Heights
  • Georgetown
  • Glover Park
  • Logan Circle
  • Mount Vernon Square
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Shaw
  • Woodley Park
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