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Old 09-16-2008, 06:13 PM
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Accident Coverage


What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?

I live in Illinios. I was in a bad motorcycle accident back in 2005. Can you tell me if you are able to "stack" policies? The guy who hit me had $100,000 of coverage and my policy had $250,000 in coverage. We both had State Fram Insurance. Seems to me $350,000 should be availiable not the $250,000?
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Old 09-16-2008, 06:32 PM
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When you called the insurance company, what were you told?
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Old 09-16-2008, 06:35 PM
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When you called the insurance company, what were you told?
I was told this by an attorny. My question is is this the law or not?
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Old 09-16-2008, 06:37 PM
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I was told this by an attorny. My question is is this the law or not?
I'm been getting conflicting info.
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Old 09-16-2008, 06:53 PM
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It depends on the policy, but most commonly, underinsured motorist coverage does not stack with the at-fault party's coverage. If you have UIM of 250k and the other person has 100k, then you have 150k available to you under your own policy - up to 250k TOTAL.
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