How Much Teen Car Insurance Coverage Needed in Connecticut
Reader’s Question:
My teenage daughter who is nineteen years old just recently bought a car and is getting her own insurance on it Connecticut She attends college and she works part time. How much car insurance should she have? .
Maria
Bridgeport, CT
The state of Connecticut requires minimum Bodily Injury Liability coverage of $20,000 per injured person up to a total of $40,000 per accident, and with a minimum limit of $10,000 for the Property Damage Liability coverage .
Higher limits of the state minimum amounts are good to be purchased if it is financially available to your teenage daughter. It is something she could speak about with an insurance broker or agent.
Beyond the coverages if her vehicle is financed she will likely be required to also have comprehensive and collision on the car. If her vehicle is not financed she may still want to consider these types of physical damage coverages so that her vehicle is protected.
