Auto Insurance Coverages
From windshield damage to accidents, Wawanesa offers affordable car insurance coverage to help protect you.
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What is Car Insurance?
Car insurance is a contract between you and the insurance company, in exchange for a premium typically paid on a six-month basis. You get financial protection against property damage or bodily injury in the event of an accident or other covered loss.
Auto insurance coverage is mandatory in most states, with specific laws varying by state. Certain coverages are state-mandated; however, coverages are priced individually to allow you to customize the various options to fit your specific needs and budget.
Auto Insurance Coverage Types
Bodily Injury Liability
Helps pay, the cost of injury to or death of another person when you’re at fault. It also provides for your legal defense against any bodily injury claims or lawsuits, if necessary.
Property Damage Liability
Helps pay, the cost of damage to another person’s property such as someone else’s vehicle, home, building, or fence when you’re at fault. It also provides for your legal defense against property damage claims or lawsuits, if necessary.
Collision
Helps to repair or replace your car if it collides with another vehicle or object, regardless of who is at fault.
Comprehensive
Helps to repair or replace your car if damaged by something besides a collision, including theft, fire, vandalism, storms, contact with animals, and more.
Uninsured/Underinsured Motorist Property Damage
Helps pay for damages to your car if the other driver is at fault and does not have any property damage insurance.
Personal Injury Protection
Helps pay your, your resident relatives’, and your passengers’ injuries expenses related to injuries, regardless of who’s at fault.
Auto Medical Payments
Helps pay for medical bills and related expenses for you and each person injured in your vehicle. Medical payments coverage also protects you and your family if injured by a car while walking or, bike riding.
Coverages vary from state to state. Visit your state's coverages page for more details.
Affordable Auto Insurance Coverage by Wawanesa
Nobody wants to think they’re overpaying on auto insurance. Is it possible to find reliable coverage that’s also affordable? Short answer: Yes — when you choose Wawanesa car insurance. Trusted by drivers for over 120 years, Wawanesa stands for affordability, reliability, and award-winning customer service.[1]
Get a Car Insurance Quote
Discover the Wawanesa difference by getting a quick and easy car insurance quote today. Saving more on your auto coverage could be as simple as a call or a click. Find out how much you could be saving on reliable auto insurance.
Auto Insurance Discounts
On top of already low rates, Wawanesa delivers on the discounts too. Learn how you can save even more by exploring what’s available. Wawanesa auto insurance discounts — designed to save you even more.
Roadside Assistance Coverage
Getting stranded by the side of the road with a disabled vehicle can put a real dent in your day. Dead batteries, empty gas tanks, flat tires, and the rest have happened to most drivers. Get Roadside Assistance coverage and get peace of mind when you’re on the road.
Auto Insurance Options
It’s always good to have options in life, especially auto coverage options. Regardless of your budget or the type of car you drive, it’s important to make sure you have enough insurance to cover you, your property, and any other assets. Some coverages are mandatory — state law dictates that drivers must carry them. These coverages, while optional, should be considered to give you the utmost protection.
Collision
Collision insurance covers your vehicle if:
- You’re in a single-car accident
- You’re in an accident with another vehicle
- You collide with an object like a tree or streetlight
- You roll your car accidentally
Comprehensive Coverage
Pays if your car is stolen or damaged by something besides a collision, such as weather, fire, vandalism, falling objects, or contact with animals.
Roadside Assistance
Helps pay for common roadside services if your car is disabled, leaving you stranded by the side of the road.
Covering roadside services such as:
- Emergency towing
- Flat tire change
- Battery jump start
- Fuel delivery
- Winching service
- Vehicle lockout/locksmith services
Rental Car Expense
Helps pay for rental car fees while your vehicle is being repaired or replaced because of a covered claim. You’ll need to carry comprehensive or collision coverage to add this endorsement.
Special Vehicle Equipment Coverage
Pays additional costs for loss or damage to special vehicle equipment where the cause of damage to your vehicle is covered under either your comprehensive or collision coverage. This includes custom furnishings or equipment permanently attached to the vehicle that were not installed by the original vehicle manufacture, such as special carpeting and furnishings, electronic equipment, specialized tires and wheels, engine accessories, anti-theft equipment, and custom paint.
Understand Your Car Insurance Coverage
The auto insurance policy consists of a variety of coverages that provide protection in different situations. The coverages have different limits and may have an associated deductible. The following are insurance terms commonly used in auto insurance.
Coverage
The protections and benefits provided to you by the insurance policy, subject to limitations and exclusions.
Declaration Page
The declarations page of your policy summarizes the important details of your policy contract. It highlights your premium, coverages, limits, deductibles, discounts, insured vehicles, driver’s insured on the policy, and more. It’s important to check the details on this page to ensure everything is correct because any errors could affect you if you ever need to file a claim.
Deductible
The amount of the loss that the policyholder is responsible to pay up-front before covered benefits from the insurance company are paid out. This is applicable to comprehensive or collision coverage only.
Effective Date
The date your auto policy starts, and your coverage is active. If an accident happens before this date, it will not be covered by the policy.
Exclusion
A contractual provision in an insurance policy that denies or restricts coverage for certain events, persons, property, or locations.
Limits
The maximum amount of financial protection available for a specific coverage, subject to limitations.
Motor Insurance
Whether you prefer to call it “car,” “auto”, or “motor insurance,” Wawanesa auto coverage gives you reliable insurance for an affordable premium.
Policy
An insurance policy is a contract between you and your insurance company. In exchange for your payment of your premium, your insurance company agrees to pay covered costs associated with an auto accident or other covered loss, subject to the policy terms.
Premium
The amount charged by the insurance company to the policyholder for the insurance policy.
Primary Use
How you most commonly use your vehicle. Typically, the choices are commuting to work or school, business, or pleasure use.
Find Your States Auto Insurance
Shopping for auto insurance is easy when you choose Wawanesa. You’ll find coverages to fit your needs and discounts to fit your budget. Find out just how affordable reliable insurance can be. Get a quote for your state today.
Auto Insurance Frequently Asked Questions
Have more questions on auto insurance? Visit our FAQs page to find answers on common questions relating to coverage, making a claim, and more.
Disclaimer
- Wawanesa Insurance received the highest score in California in the J.D. Power 2023, 2022, 2021, and 2020 U.S. Auto Insurance study of customers’ satisfaction with their auto insurance provider. Visit jdpower.com/awards.↩
Please note that this website provides only a summary of auto insurance to generally illustrate how auto insurance works. Your insurance policy is the legal contract containing the terms and limitations of your coverage. Any coverage provided by a Wawanesa General Insurance Company policy is subject to the terms, conditions, exclusions and endorsements of your insurance policy.