OKS Senate bill sets limits auto insurance
Baton Rouge - A divided Senate said Tuesday that the insurance liability auto borders should be higher when they are now, which means that the premiums.
Senate Bill 223 by Senator Mike Michot, R-Lafayette, on a 22-12 vote. There would be current limits of $ 10000 for damage to property of another in a car accident and $ 10000 for the death and injury of a person up to $ 25000 for each type of damage. The bill also increases from $ 20000 to $ 50000 threshold reporting several cases of death or injury in an accident.
Michot said his account, which is now home to head the committee on insurance, it is realistic reach. He said that the borders have not increased in 20 years, while the average price of vehicles is an average of $ 10600 in 1983 to $ 21600th
At current levels, “said Michot, Louisiana is tied with Florida’s lowest insurance compulsory automobile liability relative to nation-states.
But Sens Francis Heitmeier, D-Algiers, and Cleo Fields, D-Baton Rouge, said the higher threshold means higher prices for those who can not scratch today to pay the premiums.
“Rewards of up to 20 (percent) to 25 percent,” Heitmeier said. “They are the addition of 20 (percent) to 25 per cent on the insurance man still at home, even if they can provide.
“This is a minimum, that the poor struggle to pay. Premiums are through the roof whenever you turn. People are always beaten by insurance rates now,” said Heitmeier.
Areas of agreement, which stipulates that the invoice for the increase in the number of uninsured drivers. “This law is not a good law,” said Fields. “You can not expect that people buy something they can not provide. It is simply to increase the number of people have no insurance.
Michot said he called his auto insurance agent and said that its premiums up to $ 12 per month to increase coverage.
“This is not an attempt to harm someone,” said Michot. “But nothing wrong and get off at more than one person (another vehicle driving) and they are not insured get injured one second time
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