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"The driver who killed Seamus had just $100,000 of liability coverage per victim."

That's actually several steps up from what the insurers pitch to you as "basic".

A screenshot: https://imgur.com/a/JVe2flB

The 3 numbers are per person, per accident, property damage. Above 100k per person is 7 tiers up from their recommendation. Though, to be fair, the incremental cost is pretty low...~$9/month to jump up to that 7th tier in this example.

Also, I wonder if the issue is wholly "cheap" insurance or is it also expensive health care?



Just to put this in perspective, in Australia $20M third party insurance is compulsory. You can not register the car without it. The cost is about $500/year.




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